Mario Demo (lost Virtual Boy tech demo; 1994)

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. The demo was also apparently hard-coded onto the Virtual Boy prototypes.

Gallery

Footage of the demo.

See Also

Virtual Boy

• 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 Bros. VB (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy "Mario Bros." remake; 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 Block (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 finished Virtual Boy "F-Zero" spin-off video 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 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 Link

• Super Mario Wiki's page on the Virtual Boy Mario demo. Retrieved 20 Oct '15