Nintendo · 1995–1996 · ~770,000
Nintendo's tabletop stereoscopic console displayed red monochrome 3D graphics and caused headaches and eye strain, selling fewer than 800,000 units before being quietly discontinued.
Designed by Gunpei Yokoi — creator of the Game Boy — the Virtual Boy used a red LED display with a parallax effect to simulate depth. The result caused headaches and eye strain, particularly for children, and required users to press their face into a visor while the unit sat on a tabletop. Nintendo of America's aggressive marketing failed to find an audience and the system was discontinued within a year, with only 22 games released worldwide — 14 of them in North America. Yokoi resigned from Nintendo shortly after.