As the beginning of the fifth generation of gaming started, Nintendo gambled on long secret project headed by one of their most talented designers. Nintendo, once the king of the entire video game industry, stumbled out of the gate leaving the Virtual Boy to be their first significant failure in the company's 40+ years in the video game market. You can learn more about to virtual boy from Benj Edwards and his piece from Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/3050016/unraveling-the-enigma-of-nintendos-virtual-boy-20-years-later Intro - 0:00 Part 1 - Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology - 1:28 Part 2 - Launch and Infamy - 9:19 Ending - 19:06