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    Some Very, Very Nice Game Boys

    Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame

    GameBoy Cozies Up To Your iPhone

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    Image of Manly_McBeeferton Manly_McBeeferton
    12/07/09

    In reply to Some Very, Very Nice Game Boys
    I like the melting one. Very cool.

    I miss my old Gameboy. When my cousin and I got our GBAs we shot at our old ones with a bb-gun. Bad idea for future-nerd me. :(
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    12/07/09

    @Manly_McBeeferton: That sounds like the kind of destructive for the sake of it things I used to do. Man do you regret it later on!
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    Image of 4xis.black 4xis.black
    12/07/09

    In reply to Some Very, Very Nice Game Boys
    As strong as the image of the DS's dual screen is, I think that classic gameboy form is much more iconic.
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    Blore07 promoted this comment Edited by 4xis.black at 12/07/09 1:14 AM 4xis.black was starred 4xis.black was unstarred
    Image of raffleking raffleking
    12/07/09

    In reply to Some Very, Very Nice Game Boys
    I still have my original Game Boy. Like, the original released in 1989. I still remember the day I got it...my dad had (fortunately) just gotten a promotion at his job which meant more money coming in. I had a subscription at Nintendo Power at the time, and I know he knew what was up because he worked from home and I always caught him reading all my new issues whenever I got home from school. I hadn't necessarily made a fuss about getting one as I was apt to do at the time, but deep down inside I knew I wanted one. I just wasn't very cognizant of release dates at the time. Anyways, one day I come home from school and my dad says "Hey, let's go to the mall!" I was reticent at first cause hey, those few hours after school had some pretty bombass cartoons. However, a 7 year old has very little bargaining power in such situations, so I went. I thought it was just gonna be another "Mall Trip With Dad," meaning he buys suits and gets into an argument with the sales clerk at Sears. It started out the same, with my dad buying various things that at the time I regarded as Old People Stuff, but then at the last minute we swung by the electronics section (I can't remember exactly where actually) and there it was. A Game Boy. I thought my Dad was teasing me. He wasn't. He bought it and two games for me, and that was that. Probably one of the most awesome random days of my life, now that I look back at it. I'm sure it was more of a dual-gift kind of thing, because instead of catching him reading my Nintendo Powers afterschool I totally caught him playing Tetris, but whatever. I was one happy 7 year old, and everytime I come home and look in my old room, there it is, the Game Boy. Beat to hell through years of use, and essentially useless since I cannot find any of the original games. But everytime I look at it, I remember that day, and it makes me almost as happy as I was that day.

    End random wistful nostalgia rant. But it's good to see the original Game Boy get some retro-art love.
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    Image of plasticmouse plasticmouse
    12/07/09

    @raffleking: This story makes me happy :) I too received my original Gameboy on the day of it's release. £70 it was! Those were the days. I remember breaking it by head-butting the screen in frustration (thanks Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly). I cried :'(
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    Image of lazesummerstone lazesummerstone
    12/07/09

    In reply to Some Very, Very Nice Game Boys
    What will archeologists think 2000 years from now when they uncover these?
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    Image of Comban Comban
    12/07/09

    @lazesummerstone: My god, this game with the blocks is badass!
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    Image of Microwaved Doozer Microwaved Doozer
    12/07/09

    @lazesummerstone: You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy.
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    Image of plasticmouse plasticmouse
    12/07/09

    @Doozer: Elijah Wood Back To The Future reference for the win!
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    Image of josephmeraz josephmeraz
    12/07/09

    In reply to Some Very, Very Nice Game Boys
    Wow those are all really good. I wonder what the story is w the first one. Maybe sat out in the sun too long?.... then turned to gold?
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    12/07/09

    In reply to Some Very, Very Nice Game Boys
    I wouldn't be surprised if all of them still worked.
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    Image of MatthiasBeoulve MatthiasBeoulve
    12/07/09

    @NeVeRMoRe666: You think the mother of Christ would mess around with a faulty Game Boy Color? C'mon.
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    Image of Atomsk88 Atomsk88
    12/07/09

    @NeVeRMoRe666: Even if there isn't anything inside?!
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    12/07/09

    @Atomsk88: Hey man, Nintendo can do a lot with very little....

    ....

    ...

    ...THE WII IS TWO GAMECU....
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    Image of Mrtorrence Mrtorrence
    12/07/09

    @NeVeRMoRe666: They will be the console of choice to the mutated roaches that will outlive our nuclear demise..
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    12/07/09

    @NeVeRMoRe666: 1.5 actually *runs*
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    Image of Selma Blair Selma Blair
    12/07/09

    In reply to Some Very, Very Nice Game Boys
    I don't get #4 it looks like a gold colored gameboy stuck on a statue.
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    Image of ShushKebab ShushKebab
    12/07/09

    @Selma Blair: Its the Virgin Mary.
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    Image of 4xis.black 4xis.black
    12/07/09

    @Selma Blair: The gameboy sits in the place of Jesus.
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    Image of KichiGuy KichiGuy
    12/07/09

    @4xis.black: Is this implying she gave birth to a gameboy, or that she sold Jesus to afford the gameboy?

    Scary thoughts either way.

    I would be pissed if I were Jesus.
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    Image of plasticmouse plasticmouse
    12/07/09

    @KichiGuy: Oh lawd did I laugh.
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    Image of (Starman) NONAME (Starman) NONAME
    11/05/09

    In reply to Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame
    Good on them! The Game Boy truly was revolutionary in the way that it used its resources at hand and popularized handheld gaming for many!

    And no other gaming platform really was as popular as the Game Boy was at the time or ever since. And if there's one thing Nintendo always had a grip on, it was the handheld market. #gameboy
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    Image of Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition
    11/05/09

    In reply to Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame
    I recently snagged one a few months back. Granted that I have my DSLite, I still have alot of my Game Boy games. #gameboy
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    Image of Curse lily Curse lily
    11/05/09

    @Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition ([k]): Buy rechargeable batteries...trust me (^_~) #gameboy
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    Image of Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition
    11/05/09

    @Curse lily: Already got a ton of them :) #gameboy
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    Image of Kitty Kitty
    11/05/09

    In reply to Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame
    It's difficult to explain but whenever I see the old school Gameboy I have this strange nostalgic vibe where I remember exactly what it felt like to be a kid again. It's more intense than mere nostalgia. Suddenly I remember exactly the kind of foods I would eat, the smell of my old house, how much bigger everything seemed to be.

    It's amazing how such a simple object can elicit those kinds of intense memories that would otherwise be dormant.
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    Image of ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom
    11/05/09

    @Kitty: Likewise. The endless hours with Metroid 2 and Super Mario Land have become a cornerstone of my nostalgia. #gameboy
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    Image of Sustenance Sustenance
    11/05/09

    @Kitty: Whenever I hear the tinkly Super Mario Land theme music, I flash back to sitting in art class in school, the smell of paint and turpentine. With the Tetris theme, it's a long road trip on Christmas Day, the dawn turning to morning on Highway 5. That's just the audio. Seeing those green-brown ghostly little LCD images is like being in a freakin' time machine.

    I suppose our grandparents had their tiddlywinks and the Game of Life and model airplanes... we had our chunky little Game Boys. #gameboy
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    Image of Kitty Kitty
    11/05/09

    @Sustenance: The music to the original Pokemon will always make me think of the trip my family made out to Death Valley :) Funny how songs also can get ingrained into places or events. #gameboy
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    Image of Shiryu Shiryu
    11/05/09

    In reply to Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame
    Time to dig out the old brick! I need to play Castlevania II some more... #gameboy
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    Image of Aparanoidandroi Aparanoidandroi
    11/05/09

    @Shiryu: get those four double A's too! #gameboy
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    Image of Dr. Evil Genius is eagerly anticipating the Year of the Black Rainbow Dr. Evil Genius is eagerly anticipating the Year of the Black Rainbow
    11/05/09

    In reply to Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame
    I remember as a 9 year old, my family was super dirt poor. We were bouncing around between Domestic Violence shelters and life was extremely difficult for myself, my mother and sisters who were just babies at the time.

    I never had any of the things my classmates and neighbors had but one day, my mother surprised me with a GameBoy. It came with Tetris and that might have been the happiest moment in my life.

    Very few people had it at that time and I drew a lot of attention for the first time in life - while not being made fun of for my ragged appearance.

    I played the GB until I was putting dead Duracell batteries in the freezer - thinking making them really cold would give them some more juice.

    I played Tetris until I got so good that the pieces were just blurs on the screen. That was the only game I had for a long time but I never enjoyed it any less.

    Thinking back on those horrible days, the GameBoy was the one thing I had that brightened up those days - until my 4 year old sister snuck it out of the house one day and left it in a phone booth and never to be seen again.

    The GameBoy has always been in my personal Hall of Fame.

    If you have read this far, thank you. #gameboy
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    Image of Shiryu Shiryu
    11/05/09

    @Dr. Evil Genius: Bravo! #gameboy
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    11/05/09

    In reply to Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame
    Gameboy, We Salute You!




    Wait a sec, which Nation's National Hall of Fame is it entering exactly? #gameboy
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    Image of Sandhurst_Superhero Sandhurst_Superhero
    11/05/09

    @Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair):

    By the looks of it, America.

    [kotaku.com] #gameboy
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    11/05/09

    @Sandhurst_Superhero: I thought as much.

    Now does this strike anyone else as strange? #gameboy
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    Image of Northstar5000 Northstar5000
    11/05/09

    @Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): Not me. What would be strange about it? Its was sold in the USA. Its the best portable toy since Stick man How I loved Stick....I cant believe Rock didnt make the list or Mud man. I could have wasted a whole day back then with a Stick a Rock and some Mud. #gameboy
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    Image of Sandhurst_Superhero Sandhurst_Superhero
    11/05/09

    @Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair):

    What part is strange? The fact that something that is constantly being scape goated for a higher obesity rate in children is being promoted for once? #gameboy
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    Image of QualityJeverage QualityJeverage
    11/05/09

    @Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): National TOY Hall of Fame. #gameboy
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    11/05/09

    @Everyone: *sigh* You lot all completely missed the point I was trying to make. It was sold in the USA, but wasn't it designed and created by a Japanese company? I mean, I thought something National would be, you know, patriotic? And not include things that, well, belong to another Nation?
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    Edited by Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) at 11/05/09 2:22 PM Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) was starred Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) was unstarred
    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    11/05/09

    In reply to Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame
    Well deserved and long over due. The Brick was awesome and I'm sorry I don't still have my own. #gameboy
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    Image of Ursus-Veritas Ursus-Veritas
    11/05/09

    In reply to Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame
    My Nan brought me my first Game boy, that big red chunky behemoth, along with Super Mario Land and James Bond (best fucking Bond game EVER!), for christmas when I was 7.

    I loved that thing so much, I still have it somewhere. In fact, I think I have about 4 original game boys in my house, including one covered with worn stickers of Pikachu, Scyther, Jigglypuff and Nurse Joy that were free with Nintendo Official Magazine! Ah, the nostalgia.

    I salute you, Game Boy, for a childhood of brilliant handheld gaming!
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/05/09

    In reply to Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame
    Now you're playing with power, PORTABLE power! #gameboy
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    Image of QualityJeverage QualityJeverage
    11/05/09

    @Skunky: I like that the guy is 100% OK with being summoned into an alternate dimension to battle Robocop in a game of Tetris. #gameboy
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/05/09

    @QualityJeverage: Dude, who wouldn't be!? That was like, every kids dream in the late 80's. That and maybe getting to first base with one of the female American Gladiators. XD #gameboy
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    Image of Sl0th Sl0th
    11/05/09

    @Skunky: What do you mean in the late 80's? I still dream about that! #gameboy
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    Image of CoffeyWasHere CoffeyWasHere
    11/05/09

    @Skunky: I love that Tetris was "outrageous" at one point. Goddamn I miss 1989! #gameboy
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/05/09

    @CoffeyWasHere: Only because "Extreme" hadn't infected our vocabulary yet, and we were in the process of phasing out "Radical." #gameboy
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    Image of Tsunamidusher Tsunamidusher
    11/05/09

    In reply to Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame
    Ah... I loved this gameboy for the longest... though I only did play one type of game for it most of the time.

    Pokemon RPGs.

    Well, that and Super Mario games
    ("Super Mario: The Six Gold Coins" is one of the craziest games on that thing) #gameboy
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    Image of RudestBuddhist RudestBuddhist
    11/05/09

    In reply to Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame
    Ahh, the Game Boy... I remember the first time I saw someone with one and was blown away. I saved up for what seemed like years to be able to get one. When I finally did, it was bliss. I've had my share of games and electronics, but the Game Boy will always be part of my childhood. #gameboy
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    10/22/09

    In reply to GameBoy Cozies Up To Your iPhone
    (Other iphone cases that Kotakuites will like.)
    [gizmodo.com] (Xbox 360)
    [gizmodo.com] (NES)
    [kotaku.com] (PlayStation)
    [gizmodo.com] gameboy-iphone-case (Gameboy)

    Which one is your favourite? #iphone
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    Image of McLuvin McLuvin
    10/22/09

    @Scotland: I quite like my iPhone case... which is the clear stick on non scratch one... so it looks like an iPhone. You can say what you like about the iPhone and its gaming prowess but it sure is one pretty gadget!

    Or as they would say in sunny Glasgow: It's pure dead gorgeous man...
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    AJ Glasser promoted this comment Edited by McLuvin at 10/22/09 5:39 AM McLuvin was starred McLuvin was unstarred
    Image of simplyPARTICLE simplyPARTICLE
    10/22/09

    @Scotland: I bought the felt gameboy case ( which you linked to) about a month before the gizmodo article. As soon as it was featured it sold out completely, the poor girl who made them probably worked til her hands bled to keep up with demand, subsequently she appears to have stopped making them (although there are a now a number of similar cases available).
    I really like the case although I question if it will last much longer, I often get compliments from ( mostly non gaming) friends, most of whom own those hideous silicon cases (which I despise) or something equally horrific. #iphone
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    Image of LucasReis LucasReis
    09/05/09

    In reply to Game Boy Houses 80 GB "Super Hard Drive"
    If I had any kind of talent modding stuff I would try to stick a flash memory inside it and load it with roms hehehe
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