By Andrew Liszewski
While many grown-up gamers instantly thought back to the Virtual Boy when Nintendo announced the upcoming 3D successor to the DS, it turns out that the company actually had a 3D accessory dating back to the days of the original Famicom in Japan. The Famicom 3D used a pair of LCD shutter glasses connected to the console that would sync to the left eye/right eye images on screen, producing a convincing 3D effect.
There were only a handful of titles ever released that supported the 3D accessory because it never really caught on in Japan, which also meant that Nintendo never bothered to release it in the United States either. Of course the fact that users complained of motion sickness and headaches while using it didn’t help its cause. So hopefully Nintendo doesn’t strike out a 3rd time with whatever the 3DS ends up being.
[ Famicom World – Famicom 3D ] VIA [ NES-A-DAY ]
