Popular games for platform Virtual Boy
Yikes!!! Get ready for a devious treasure hunt with the infamous scheming Wario. Capture the shining gold and vast treasures locked deep inside a hidden cave. But, beware of poison ponds, perilous prisons, endless walls and creepy woods! Make a quick change into Sea Dragon Wario, Eagle Wario or Bull Wario and utilize their mighty strengths. Blow away enemy cave defenders with body attacks and power actions. Succeed in this greedy plot to seize the riches of this underground world and find this key to freedom!
Mario's Tennis is a tennis game that was released as a launch title for the Virtual Boy. It is the first tennis-related Mario game, and would later be followed by the Mario Tennis series. You get to choose from seven different characters, all with different ability levels, to play against each other in either singles or doubles matches. You can also play in an exhibition or tournament mode.
VB Mario Land is a cancelled entry in the Super Mario Land series for the Virtual Boy.
Doraemon: Nobita no Doki-doki! Obake Land is a cancelled 1996 action Virtual Boy game based on the popular manga/anime Doraemon by Fujiko Fujio. The game was developed by Epoch and planned to released in March 1996. The game would have Doraemon go through each stage by riding roller-coasters or bungee-jumps. Doraemon would also have to search for hidden tools and rescue his friends who were captured by ghosts. The game would also have five characters as playable characters, each with a unique attack.
Mario Bros. VB is a cancelled remake of the 1983 arcade platformer Mario Bros. intended to launch alongside the Virtual Boy in August 1995. The game was first unveiled at Shoshikai Software Exhibition 1994 alongside the Virtual Boy itself, Space Pinball (then known as Pinball VB), and Teleroboxer. Screenshots from the game would appear in various magazines until July 1995. Its last appearance was in issue 13 of EGM², where the game was mistakenly referred to as the actually released game Mario Clash, which is likely what Mario Bros. VB evolved into.
Virtual Dodgeball, also known as Virtual Battle Ball and Virtual Handball, was a cancelled Virtual Boy game by Hect that was likely almost complete. The game would have essentially been a dodgeball simulation, but because of the Virtual Boy's failure, it was never released.
A unique crosswords game, made for PVB Coding Competition 2013, that makes clever use of the third dimension for its puzzles.
Tee off for 18 holes of realistic 3-D links! Virtual Boy Golf elevates the game to an incredible new level!
VB Mario Kart is an unreleased Mario Kart game for the Virtual Boy. The game was cancelled during development due to the failure of the Virtual Boy. Nothing is known about the game, with the only evidence to prove it's existence being a magazine from Germany called "The Big N", which focuses on Nintendo products.
Soviet Union 2011 is the sequel to Soviet Union 2010. In it you control a Soviet airplane that’s equipped with a cannon. Your mission is to take down as many US airplanes as possible, and get out alive while getting a high score.
Big fish eat small fish! In Fishbone you play as a fish called Bubbles and go for Highscores in a total of 4 levels by eating as many smaller fish as you can, while avoiding the ones bigger than you, bombs and other harmful things.
The Mansion of Innsmouth is an Action game, developed by Betop and published by I'Max, which was released in Japan in 1995. Loosely based on the H.P Lovecraft novel "The Shadow over Innsmouth". On the cover and in the manual, the name is incorrectly rendered as "Insmouse". In 2026, the game was announced to be part of Nintendo Classics - Virtual Boy, under the new localized title.
A homebrew made for the Virtual Boy in 2010.
VB Racing is a homebrew Outrun clone for the Virtual Boy.
Faceball is a cancelled port for the Nintendo Virtual Boy. Even though the game was never released, a late stage prototype was released online. In the prototype 2 modes of play are available, “Normal”, which is the main 1-player game, and “Arena” which most likely would have been the 2-player mode that uses the link cable.
A cancelled action Virtual Boy game that was in development by Tomy and planned to released in December of 1995.
Team17 planned on producing Worms for the Virtual Boy back in 1995. Though, after a few weeks, they cancelled this plan due to the lack of interest of the publisher and the expected failure of the Virtual Boy.
A James Bond game for the Virtual Boy was in development by an unknown studio (possibly T&E Soft), during the years when Nintendo held the publishing rights for the James Bond franchise. Only one screenshot of the game exists from a brochure, and first-hand accounts of the game are scarce. The game appears to have been a racing/shooting game.
Mario Kart: Virtual Cup is a homebrew fan game for the Virtual Boy.
Out of the Deathmount was a cancelled Virtual Boy game from J-Wing that was supposed to be released on March 1st, 1996. However, due to the Virtual Boy's poor sales and bad reception, the game was never released.