The Game Boy Is Awesome (But We Knew That Already...)

GayGamer  Nov 07 09

For its innovation in taking videogaming on the road, Nintendo's Game Boy has now been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. I mean, there had been some handheld gaming devices, but the Game Boy really took it to a whole new level. And it continued to expand and basically take over. I'm pretty sure that we've all owned at least one iteration of the device, whether you were playing it in black and white (well, green, really), or color. The National Toy Hall of Fame at Strong National Museum of Play recognizes toys that have reached a certain level of renown, so the Game Boy was inducted alongside the ball and Big Wheel, and joins such memorable products as the Atari 2600, Barbie, Candy Land, Easy-Bake Oven, Silly Putty and the Teddy Bear, among others. Full story...

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