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The 3DS has now been on the market for over four years, in that time making use of auto-stereoscopic 3D in a lot of games. After the original models suffered from a narrow viewing angle the New 3DS has delivered more stable 3D, so in this time of Nintendo's improved and solidified the technology it can be interesting to look back at its earlier efforts.
Most are familiar with the Virtual Boy, but not everyone will necessarily know about the Famicom 3D System. It was only released in Japan in 1987 with a limited number of compatible games, utilising active shutter glasses and compatible with old CRT TVs built to the Japanese and North American standard.
Yan's World is an upcoming difficult platform game homebrew being released for, of all things, the Nintendo Virtual Boy.
Virtual Boy, Sega Nomad, Ouya and the other troubled game systems that nobody bought.
How has this article missed out Sega's Dreamcast and Nintendo's Wii U, two consoles that were actually superb devices in their own right, but were seen as failed due to lacklustre sales at the time of release?
Wonder how long before Stadia appears on the list surprised the Ngage is not on that list
Talk about a blast to the past.......I remember trying the virtual boy at Toy R Us and it was cool but I did feel slightly disoriented afterwards......good article.
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Excellent submission. I would like to see more articles like this as opposed to the typical flamebait you see on N4G.