Emulator Red Viper - Virtual Boy emulator

[Floogle]

Red Viper v1.0.1​

Featuring some UX improvements for the new multicolor mode, as well as fixing some bugs that snuck into the v1.0.0 release.

 

[raxadian]

Wait, what multicolor mode?

 

[Floogle]

Wait, what multicolor mode?

New video setting introduced in v1.0.0, lets you use arbitrary palettes, like this one:

 

[Blythe93]

New video setting introduced in v1.0.0, lets you use arbitrary palettes, like this one:

That looks really neat!

 

[raxadian]

New video setting introduced in v1.0.0, lets you use arbitrary palettes, like this one:

I guess it is the closest we will ever get to get Wario Land colorised.

The biggest mistake of this console is how much everything looked like stuff from a Gameboy despite being a 32 bit console.

Edit: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025...virtual-boy-emulator-adds-full-color-support/

 

[DaxInterloper]

After this latest update I can't seem to get to my roms folder anymore. I see the roms folder but only one sub-directory in that folder. Do I have to recache or do something else to be able to see my folder?

 

[N7Kopper]

I guess it is the closest we will ever get to get Wario Land colorised.

The biggest mistake of this console is how much everything looked like stuff from a Gameboy despite being a 32 bit console.

Edit: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025...virtual-boy-emulator-adds-full-color-support/

Yeah, "bits" mattered a lot to people back then, because they didn't understand what they actually were representing. The Virtual Boy giving people headaches and looking puke-red probably didn't help either.

 

[Floogle]

After this latest update I can't seem to get to my roms folder anymore. I see the roms folder but only one sub-directory in that folder. Do I have to recache or do something else to be able to see my folder?

Weird. Check the "lastrom" entry in config/red-viper/rv_config.ini on your SD card and check whether it's a path that exists. If you remove that line entirely, it should default back to the root of your SD card.

 

[DaxInterloper]

lastrom was blank (lastrom=). i removed it, and could still see the root, but not certain subfolders.

Renamed it to lastrom=/roms/vb/ and still couldn't see any folders in my roms folder.

Decided to just drop my /roms/vb/ folder into root and can access it that way, but still odd.

Thanks for the note.

 

[Floogle]

lastrom was blank (lastrom=). i removed it, and could still see the root, but not certain subfolders.

Renamed it to lastrom=/roms/vb/ and still couldn't see any folders in my roms folder.

Decided to just drop my /roms/vb/ folder into root and can access it that way, but still odd.

Thanks for the note.

To be clear, it usually starts with "sdmc:/" and points to a specific ROM file, as in "sdmc:/roms/vb/somegame.vb". If it's resolved then cool, but weird that it became empty.
So you're specifically saying that it breaks when there are multiple layers of subfolders? I've tried making a roms/vb folder, and it seems to work correctly.

 

[Floogle]

Red Viper v1.1.0​

Featuring a software renderer to improve compatibility with Test Chamber, a recently released homebrew game, on New 3DS.

 

[insectpins]

Red Viper v1.1.0​

Featuring a software renderer to improve compatibility with Test Chamber, a recently released homebrew game, on New 3DS.

WOW you work fast

 

[raxadian]

Red Viper v1.1.0​

Featuring a software renderer to improve compatibility with Test Chamber, a recently released homebrew game, on New 3DS.

Sadly I only have the New 2DS so no 3D but at least I can still play the game.

 

[FanNintendo]

New video setting introduced in v1.0.0, lets you use arbitrary palettes, like this one:

it looks like Game Boy Color

Post automatically merged: Aug 15, 2025

Red Viper v1.1.0​

Featuring a software renderer to improve compatibility with Test Chamber, a recently released homebrew game, on New 3DS.

That's really cool and Hope to see more 3D games like Doom. WOW!!

 

[raxadian]

Doom for Virtual Boy is technically possible, but it would have to fit in 4 MB. How big is the Snes version again?

 

[FanNintendo]

Doom for Virtual Boy is technically possible, but iy would have to fit in 4 MB. How big is the Snes version again?

v1.52 and I dmed you the link

Post automatically merged: Aug 15, 2025

Sadly I only have the New 2DS so no 3D but at least I can still play the game.

it should work on new 2DS because they removed the autosteroscopic 3D display

 

[Logans]

Has the end of Red Viper?

 

[Nephiel]

Apparently that thing is only available in US and Canada? And locked behind a subscription on top of that.

 

[LandonAndEmma]

Has the end of Red Viper?

No, you apparently NEED the goggles to play it, like haven't we learned last time?

 

[hippy dave]

Will be interesting as a different option, but its goggles approach and the 3D screen Red Viper approach are different enough to coexist.