Game Boy is now in the Toy Hall of Fame! - Neo-Geo Forums

Dio Brando · 11-10-2009, 08:09 PM

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10392262-17.html

Personally, I think it's awesome. I'm also quite impressed that it beat out Hot Wheels and Cabbage Patch Kids for the honor.

KanYozakura · 11-10-2009, 08:18 PM

OG Game Boy was the toy of my youth. I dragged that thing around till I was fucking 12-13...still works to this day.

I got mine by getting first prize in a Nintendo drawing...remember those Game Boy back packs from the early 90s? They had a mailin card for a contest which I thought was an order form for a free GB. I waited and waited and waited, bugging my parents to no end about when I'd get my GB. They just could not convince me that I wasn't going to win. Sure enough, after a few months they called me down before bedtime and showed me the Congratulations! letter.

Link's Awakening was, is and will always be one of my top 5 games. My GB had a weird tendency to corrupt LA carts though...I went through an original one AND a DX one.

My first job ever was slumming at a junkyard of all places. I helped my friend's dad crush cans/lawnmowers/other scrap for a week or two so I could afford my yellow Game Boy Camera. I made so many movies on that thing...

Fuck it, I might go play it right now.

INfintido · 11-10-2009, 08:26 PM

Toy... Hall. of.. Fame... wow.

I guess if any 'toy' is deserving... the good ol' gameboy should on the top of that list.

GregN. · 11-11-2009, 08:56 AM

There's only been hundreds iterations of the thing released (if you could the DS).

I'd say it deserves it.

My Dad used to call it a "playboy."

BlitzChris · 11-12-2009, 12:26 AM

I took it everywhere with me, and at the time it was a major status symbol! Even if you were only 12 years old..

11-10-2009, 08:09 PM	#1
Dio Brando NEST Puppet Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Port Angeles, WA Posts: 172	Game Boy is now in the Toy Hall of Fame! http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10392262-17.html Personally, I think it's awesome. I'm also quite impressed that it beat out Hot Wheels and Cabbage Patch Kids for the honor. __________________ Games are discarded culture… A system's specs have nothing to do with what's needed for a person to enjoy a game. -Hiroshi Iuchi, Radiant Silvergun Team Director

11-10-2009, 08:18 PM	#2
KanYozakura Ralf & Clark's Drinking Buddy Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 3,356	OG Game Boy was the toy of my youth. I dragged that thing around till I was fucking 12-13...still works to this day. I got mine by getting first prize in a Nintendo drawing...remember those Game Boy back packs from the early 90s? They had a mailin card for a contest which I thought was an order form for a free GB. I waited and waited and waited, bugging my parents to no end about when I'd get my GB. They just could not convince me that I wasn't going to win. Sure enough, after a few months they called me down before bedtime and showed me the Congratulations! letter. Link's Awakening was, is and will always be one of my top 5 games. My GB had a weird tendency to corrupt LA carts though...I went through an original one AND a DX one. My first job ever was slumming at a junkyard of all places. I helped my friend's dad crush cans/lawnmowers/other scrap for a week or two so I could afford my yellow Game Boy Camera. I made so many movies on that thing... Fuck it, I might go play it right now. __________________ Join the PS3 King of Fighters XII clan! XBL:Kan Yozakura PSN:KanYozakura Wii #: 3012591979773845

11-10-2009, 08:26 PM	#3
INfintido Robert Garcia's Butler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,298	Toy... Hall. of.. Fame... wow. I guess if any 'toy' is deserving... the good ol' gameboy should on the top of that list. __________________

11-11-2009, 08:56 AM	#4
GregN. $ Hundredaire $ Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Where there's too many trucks and pizza places Posts: 8,234	There's only been hundreds iterations of the thing released (if you could the DS). I'd say it deserves it. My Dad used to call it a "playboy." __________________ Blog

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11-12-2009, 12:26 AM	#5
BlitzChris Timid Neo Newbie Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 2	I took it everywhere with me, and at the time it was a major status symbol! Even if you were only 12 years old..

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