On July 21, 1995, the Virtual Boy hit Japanese store shelves and took the world by storm. Wait, no, not by storm. Whatever the opposite of that would be.

In 1995, Nintendo released the Virtual Boy, a video game console billed as providing gamers a unique and immersive playing experience via its stereoscopic red-and-black 3D graphic display.

By mid-1996, Nintendo was significantly behind schedule with the release of its Nintendo 64 console, and the Virtual Boy had not met sales expectations. Therefore, the company should quickly shift ...