Not (just) seeing red: Virtual Boy emulator adds full color support

Summary

With Red Viper's built-in color support, though, anyone with a 3DS modded for homebrew software can now easily add a bit of color to the Virtual Boy library. And running the emulator on the 3DS means you don't even have to give up the Virtual Boy's stereoscopic graphics to do so; Red Viper works with the filtered LCD screen on the 3DS to emulate the visual depth built into Virtual Boy games. More than just Wario Land Red Viper currently doesn't have any "default" palettes to choose from, meaning it can take some manual fiddling to get multicolor games to look halfway decent (you can save your palettes on a per-game basis). Once you do, though, it's impressive just how much color adds to games that were never designed to be seen in more than a few shades of red. The higher contrast between the road and the racers helps make homebrew Virtual Boy Mario Kart much more playable. Kyle Orland / Red Viper The higher contrast between the road and the racers helps make homebrew Virtual Boy Mario Kart much more playable. Kyle Orland / Red Viper The light blue asteroids in the background make everything feel more space-y Kyle Orland / Red Viper The light blue asteroids in the background make everything feel more space-y Kyle Orland / Red Viper Adding some contrast between moving characters and background elements makes a game like Red Viper much more playable. Kyle Orland / Red Viper Adding some contrast between moving characters and background elements makes a game like Red Viper much more playable. Kyle Orland / Red Viper The light blue asteroids in the background make everything feel more space-y Kyle Orland / Red Viper Adding some contrast between moving characters and background elements makes a game like Red Viper much more playable. Kyle Orland / Red Viper Turn down the lights for a smooth jazz version of Panic Bomber Kyle Orland / Red Viper We feel like a blue and purple palette fits the setting of Galactic Pinball better than harsh reds. We've found that high contrast ...