Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy (Zagal Jose P.)(Paperback)

The curious history, technology, and technocultural context of Nintendo's short-lived stereoscopic gaming console, the Virtual Boy. The console was red. The (revolutionary!) stereoscopic 3D graphics were red. And shortly after its vaunted release in 1995, Nintendo's balance sheet was in the red. Of all the failures the games industry has witnessed over the years, perhaps the most famous--or infamous--was the Virtual Boy. Why the Virtual Boy failed is one question José Zagal and Benj Edwards explore in Seeing Red, but even more interesting to the authors is what the platform was: what it promised, how it worked, and where it fit into the evolving story of gaming. A red-and-black standalone tabletop video game console that featured stereoscopic 3D graphics, the Virtual Boy was released by Nintendo in 1995--and was quickly discontinued after lackluster sales and
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