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Open-Source Emulator Plays Virtual Boy Games On Quest, No Switch Needed

Open-Source Emulator Plays Virtual Boy Games On Quest, No Switch Needed

With Nintendo’s surprise announcement that Virtual Boy games are coming to the Switch 1 & 2, we thought it a good time to explore Virtual Boy Go, an open-source app for Quest that promises similar functionality. I’m a real Virtual Boy freak. I was eleven years old in August, 1995, when Volume 75 of Nintendo Power Magazine arrived in my …

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The Switch 2’s latest update improves the console’s GBA emulator

The Switch 2’s latest update improves the console’s GBA emulator

We’re now several months into a brand new Nintendo generation, and waiting impatiently for important information such as the release date for Metroid Prime 4 and the whereabouts of the next 3D Mario game. But in the meantime, the company has been gradually updating its various retro console emulators on Nintendo Switch Online, with the latest being the Game Boy …

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Not (just) seeing red: Virtual Boy emulator adds full color support

Not (just) seeing red: Virtual Boy emulator adds full color support

With Red Viper’s built-in color support, though, anyone with a 3DS modded for homebrew software can now easily add a bit of color to the Virtual Boy library. And running the emulator on the 3DS means you don’t even have to give up the Virtual Boy’s stereoscopic graphics to do so; Red Viper works with the filtered LCD screen on …

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