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

• Doraemon: Nobita no Doki Doki! Obake Land (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1996)
• Dragon Hopper (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1995-1996)
• Goldeneye 007 (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1996)
• Mario Demo (lost Virtual Boy tech demo; 1994)
• Out of the Deathmount (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1996)
• Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Gekitou Densetsu (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy wrestling game; 1995)
• Sora Tobu Henry (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1995)
• VB Mario Land (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1995)
• Virtual Dodgeball (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1995)
• Virtual Jockey (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1996)
• Wangan Sensen Red City (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1996)
• Zero Racers (lost build of unreleased "F-Zero" Virtual Boy game; 1996)