Hidden Cache of Virtual Boys Unearthed in Dubai; Eye Strain Epidemic to Sweep the Middle East

In the history of video game consoles, the Virtual Boy from Nintendo still stands out as one of the worst. To this day, most people remember the device as a less-portable Gameboy that could bring on massive migraines in a matter of minutes. But that’s not stopping some collectors in the UAE from snatching up some brand new Virtual Boys that were recently discovered in Dubai last month. While cleaning out a warehouse, some video game retailers unearthed a lost shipment of 100 Virtual Boys, all in mint condition and in their original packaging. Since the console only sold under a million units and was released for barely a year, these systems are actually considered rare and worth well more than their original price. As such, avid collectors have been grabbing one or more of the newly discovered Virtual Boys off the shelves, hoping to resell them for a higher price.

And I thought millions of E.T. Atari cartridges buried in the desert was strange. I can only imagine what it must have been like for those game retailers to open up a mysterious box containing such horrors…

Via The National