Virtual Block (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1995)

Rare flyer advertising the game.

Status: Lost

Virtual Block (バーチャルブロック) is a cancelled Virtual Boy game from Bottom Up. It was supposed to be released in December of 1995 in time for Christmas, but was cancelled due to the Virtual Boy's failure.

Plot

This game would have played similarly to Arkanoid in that you had to bounce a ball off a paddle and hit blocks. The only difference in that mechanic is that the game would use two paddles, each controlled by the two D-pads on the controller. Each stage had enemies that you could hit with the ball. There would also have been boss stages, one featuring a giant tree stump enemy that would throw rocks.

Availability

While no prototypes have been found, at least one likely exists as the game was shown at Famicom Space World 1995. Besides this, little information on the game can be found apart from a few screenshots and some advertisements.

Gallery

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  Boss stage.

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  Back of flyer.

See Also

Virtual Boy

Main Article

• Virtual Boy (partially found unreleased games for Nintendo virtual reality system; mid 1990s)

Individual Articles

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• Dragon Hopper (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy action-adventure game; 1995-1996)
• Goldeneye 007 (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy movie tie-in game; 1996)
• Mario Bros. VB (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy remake of "Mario Bros." arcade game; 1994)
• Mario Demo (lost Virtual Boy tech demo; 1994)
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• Sora Tobu Henry (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy action game; 1995)
• VB Mario Land (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy platformer; 1995)
• Virtual Dodgeball (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1995)
• Virtual Jockey (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy horse-racing simulation game; 1996)
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• Zero Racers (lost finished "F-Zero" Virtual Boy racing spin-off game; 1996)