Did you know there was a National Toy Hall of Fame at Strong Nation Museum of Play in Rochester, New York? True story!
Inducted last year into the Toy Hall of Fame was the Stick (seriously?), and this year it's joined by a few other toys you might have heard of -- the ball, Fisher Price's "Big Wheel," and Nintendo's Game Boy! Congratulations, Nintendo! Your hand held is as cool and fun as Lincoln Logs, LEGOs, the rocking horse, Raggedy Ann and Andy, the Slinky, Silly Putty, and the Easy-Bake Oven.
Anyone have any classic Game Boy stories? You first memories of the handheld? Do tell!
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8:30 PM on 11.05.2009
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none of this diamond crystal aluminum crap
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
and this year it's joined by a few other toys you might have heard of -- the ball
AAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
FUCKING GOLD!!!
First game system I ever owned, I remember wasting so many hours with Tetris, Pokemon, and Super Mario Land on that lovable grey brick. Heh, I bet if I still had it around it would work today too. :3
Other great Game Boy memories: I was playing Super Mario Land 2 the last time my family moved houses. Still love that game. Also, until it was unseated by Pokemon Red, Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening seriously didn't leave my GB's cartridge slot for somewhere around two years. I might as well have grafted the thing in there. Pokemon Red was better than Pokemon Blue because...uh...Charizard was on the cover? Your honor, the defense rests.
My favorite Game Boy memory is playing and beating Kirby's Adventure (the first game I ever played from start to finish in one sitting) during a late-night bus ride one summer at sleepaway camp. I must've stayed awake past 4 AM trying to beat naughty King De De De. Everyone was asleep when I finally won, my triumph and exuberance unnoticed.
The TickleMe Plant, It's a real plant that suddenly closes it's leaves and lowers its branches when Tickled, This is real, yet so animated you won't believe your eyes.You can see the video and grow your own at
http://www.ticklemeplant.com
I used to hang out with a group of boys when I was growing up, and we were all gamers and used to go to a friend's house and play on his computers (he literally had like 6 computers set up). Well one year for my birthday the guys pitched in and bought me a gameboy color so I can play pokemon.
We still play CS and battlefield when we can. =]
It has been one of the pioneer if not the first and the best handheld portable gaming console way back in 90's.
The awarding of GB should be a no-brainer.
sources: http://bit.ly/gameboy-hall-fame-hell-yeah
I even remember how I felt terribly bad when my schoolmates don't lend me a gameboy..
ahhh, nostalgia!