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    Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame

    Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch

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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    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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    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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    11/05/09

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

    @Dr. Evil Genius: Bravo! #gameboy
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    11/05/09

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

    @Skunky: I love that Tetris was "outrageous" at one point. Goddamn I miss 1989! #gameboy
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    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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    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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    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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    08/13/09

    In reply to Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch
    Things like this make me proud to be an Iowan.
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    Image of Neostorm Neostorm
    08/14/09

    @pax et agape: Things like this confuse me as an Iowan. Why Ottumwa for the video game hall of fame? Is there a development studio or anything relevant there other then the hall of fame.
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    08/14/09

    @Neostorm: Twin Galaxies, the definitive Guiness for videogame records is based there, I think.
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    08/13/09

    In reply to Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch
    Uh, Tom Vilsack is the former governor. Presently the governor is Chet Culver.
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    08/13/09

    @_GABO_: Will fix. Thanks for the corrective.
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    Image of buddhathing buddhathing
    08/13/09

    In reply to Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch
    This has to be the first instance of someone voluntarily flying in from the U.K. to Iowa.

    On a side note, this is the first comment where I have clicked outside the box without having my comment go missing. I had heard that problem was fixed, but I had become superstitious.
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    08/13/09

    In reply to Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch
    I live in Iowa, and I don't even know where Ottumwa is.

    Granted, I haven't been here very long.

    In general, Iowa is known for 3 things: corn, pigs, and Ashton Kutcher.

    VIdeogames? No, not so much.
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    08/13/09

    @ForkInSocket: Riverside, Iowa is the future birthplace of James T. Kirk!
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