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At Shoshinkai 1994, Nintendo demonstrated their then-upcoming console, the Virtual Boy. To demonstrate its stereoscopic 3D effects, they made '''a brief demo''' featuring one of their most recognizable characters, Mario.
At Shoshinkai 1994, Nintendo demonstrated their then-upcoming console, the Virtual Boy. To demonstrate its stereoscopic 3D effects, '''they made a brief demo featuring one of their most recognizable characters, Mario'''.
 
==Content==
==Content==
A rendered image of Mario appeared under the Virtual Boy logo, and then the logo flew towards the viewer letter by letter.<ref>[http://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Demo Mario Demo at Super Mario Wiki.] Retrieved 20 October '15.</ref><ref>[http://www.planetvb.com/modules/games/?t003g Mario Demo at Planet Virtual Boy.] Retrieved 20 October '15.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odall6Jhd24 Mario Demo at YouTube.] Retrieved 20 October '15.</ref> The demo was also apparently hard coded onto the Virtual Boy prototypes.
A rendered image of Mario appeared under the Virtual Boy logo, and then the logo flew towards the viewer letter by letter.<ref>[http://www.planetvb.com/modules/games/?t003g Planet Virtual Boy listing on the Mario demo.] Retrieved 20 Oct '15</ref> The demo was also apparently hard-coded onto the Virtual Boy prototypes.
 
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==See Also==
===Virtual Boy===
====Main Article====
*[[Virtual Boy (partially found unreleased games for Nintendo virtual reality system; mid 1990s)]]
 
====Individual Articles====
*[[Doraemon: Nobita no Doki Doki! Obake Land (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy action game based on manga; 1996) ]]
*[[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)]]
*[[Out of the Deathmount (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1996)]]
*[[Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Gekitou Densetsu (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy wrestling game; 1995)]]
*[[Sora Tobu Henry (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy action game; 1995)]]
*[[VB Mario Land (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy platformer; 1995)]]
*[[Virtual Block (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1995)]]
*[[Virtual Dodgeball (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1995)]]
*[[Virtual Jockey (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy horse-racing simulation game; 1996)]]
*[[Wangan Sensen Red City (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1996)]]
*[[Zero Racers (lost finished "F-Zero" Virtual Boy racing spin-off game; 1996)]]
 
===Mario Series===
*[[BS Super Mario Collection (partially lost Satellaview broadcast versions of compilation platformer; 1997-1998)]]
*[[Mario Artist (lost builds of unreleased Nintendo 64DD games; 1999-2000)]]
*[[Mario's Castle (lost build of cancelled game on Nintendo's "Project Atlantis" handheld console; existence unconfirmed; 1995-1998)]]
*[[Mario's Face (lost Nintendo DS tech demo; 2004)]]
*[[Mario Motors (lost build of unreleased Nintendo DS racer; early 2000s)]]
*[[Mario Kart XXL (lost Game Boy Advance tech demo; 2004)]]
*[[Mario Takes America (lost build of cancelled Philips CD-i edutainment game; 1992-1994)]]
*[[New Super Mario Bros. (lost early builds of Nintendo DS 2D platformer; 2004-2006)]]
*[[New Super Mario Bros. Mii (lost Wii U tech demo; 2011)]]
*[[Super Mario 128 (lost build of cancelled GameCube/Wii game; 2000-2006)]]
*[[Super Mario 64 (partially found Spaceworld '95 demo of Nintendo 64 3D platformer; 1995)]]
*[[Super Mario Bros. 3 (lost Japanese prototype of NES platformer; 1987-1988)]]
*[[Super Mario Bros. (lost Commodore 64 port of NES platformer; existence unconfirmed; 1986)]]
*[[Super Mario Disk Version aka "Super Mario 64DD" (found unreleased Nintendo 64DD port of 3D platformer; 1999)]]
*[[Super Mario Galaxy (lost beta builds of Wii platformer; 2006-2007)]]
*[[Super Mario Kart R (partially found pre-release version of "Mario Kart 64"; 1995)]]
*[[Super Mario RPG 2 (lost pre-release version of "Paper Mario" Nintendo 64 role-playing game; late 1990s)]]
*[[Super Mario Spikers (lost build of cancelled Wii volleyball-wrestling sports game; 2007)]]
*[[Super Mario's Wacky Worlds (found prototype of cancelled CD-i game; 1993)]]
*[[Super Mario World: Mario Attack (lost Japanese arcade game; 1996)]]
*[[Super Mario World (partially found early build of Super Nintendo platformer; 1989)]]
*[[Super Paper Mario (lost build of unreleased original GameCube version of Wii side-scrolling platformer; 2006)]]
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Demo Super Mario Wiki's page on the Virtual Boy Mario demo.]
 
==References==
==References==
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==See also==
 
*[[Doraemon: Nobita no Doki Doki! Obake Land (cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1996)]]
*[[Dragon Hopper (lost cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1995-1996)]]
*[[Goldeneye 007 (cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1996)]]
*[[Out of the Deathmount (cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1996)]]
*[[Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Gekitou Densetsu (cancelled Virtual Boy wrestling game; 1995)]]
*[[Sora Tobu Henry (cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1995)]]
*[[VB Mario Land (cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1995)]]
*[[Virtual Block (cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1995)]]
*[[Virtual Dodgeball (cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1995)]]
*[[Virtual Jockey (cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1996)]]
*[[Wangen Sensen Red City (cancelled Virtual Boy game; 1996)]]
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 20 April 2023

Mario Demo.png

A screenshot of the demo.

Status: Lost

At Shoshinkai 1994, Nintendo demonstrated their then-upcoming console, the Virtual Boy. To demonstrate its stereoscopic 3D effects, they made a brief demo featuring one of their most recognizable characters, Mario.

Content

A rendered image of Mario appeared under the Virtual Boy logo, and then the logo flew towards the viewer letter by letter.[1] The demo was also apparently hard-coded onto the Virtual Boy prototypes.

Gallery

Footage of the demo.

See Also

Virtual Boy

Main Article

Individual Articles

Mario Series

External Links

References