Gameboy Inducted to Toy Hall of Fame

November 5th, 2009 at 6:48 pm | Views: 603 | 31 Comments

This is something I felt could not be ignored. As a child I played the original Gameboy quite often. With games Tetris, Super Mario Land, to Pokémon, I’m sure we all remember the original Gameboy. The National Toy Hall of Fame has recently inducted the original Gameboy to the great toys of the past.

The National Toy Hall of Fame lists the Gameboy saying,

No video-game platform did more to put gamers “on the go” than Nintendo Game Boy. And go they did—bringing their gaming experience to school, to summer camp, and to the back seat of the family automobile. Over the past two decades, Game Boy has become synonymous with portable gaming fun.

I couldn’t agree more. I remember all the times I was glad to have a Gameboy to play when I was somewhere without my game consoles.

Thanks Gameboy for all the “on the go” fun you’ve provided over the years, you’ve earned it!!

Who here played a Gameboy? Tell us!

Nintendo Gameboy [National Toy Hall of Fame via Kotaku]

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31 Comments

mc594
November 14, 2009
Reply #1

That was my first handheld system that I bought with my own money. I had a blue one and I thought it was the coolest thing…until Gameboy color.

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Dynamitekyle
November 6, 2009
Reply #2

Gameboy = Epic. I miss those days.

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Soviet_General
November 6, 2009
Reply #3

Man, gameboy… I used to play it at while I was taking a shit,over a friend’s house, on the road, and even outside while enjoying nature.It deserves to be in the Toy Hall of Fame, This is what go me into video games!

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Joelsteen
November 6, 2009
Reply #4

I had one that I always used to play snake on…Ah, those were the times.

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Kenyi
November 6, 2009
Reply #5

Good for the Gameboy, it deserves it. It’s been a great innovation, not to mention the endless hours of fun you had on it as child (since there are DS’s now, no one seems to care about the good ol’ Gameboy pocket D:).

Couldn’t agree more indeed.

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JMILLZ22
November 6, 2009
Reply #6

I got hooked with the gameboy pocket since that was the first game system I got. I still remember the commercial of the gameboy being made in the factory. Classic times Classic times. This is a honor to Nintendo and to all portable game systems

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wardog546
November 5, 2009
Reply #7

Gameboy, the best handheld i ever owned. I still follow to my DSi (which is dead, need to charge it).

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gatesfan85
November 5, 2009
Reply #8

the gameboy was the SHIT!!! and still is

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Greg Arganda
November 5, 2009
Reply #9

To this day I still use my Gameboy SP, the Gameboy is legendary and deserves its day of glory.

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punkovision
November 5, 2009
Reply #10

i had a gameboy…. i loved it…i remeber getting it to…my cousin got it for me….i got the clear one and i rocked..1st game was pokemon red then donkey kong then i think super mario bro’s. Anywho congrates to them, bringing old GOOD memorys back!!!!!! POKEMON FTW

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MasterOfAwesomeness
November 5, 2009
Reply #11

I can still remember playing Pokemon on the Gameboy so many years ago!

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MrTastyDDR
November 5, 2009
Reply #12

brings back memories of playing LoZ games on the GBC

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n stEez
November 5, 2009
Reply #13

this is awesome news. i remember how happy i was when GB first came out and how much i used to play them on road trips, at school, walking down the street, lol. good times

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BlueMidnightRayz
November 5, 2009
Reply #14

Gameboy Colour introduced me to gaming with Pokemon Yellow

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dragonquestking
November 5, 2009
Reply #15

I played my gameboy so much I started hearing the pokemon music when the game wasnt on. it was freaky but awesome.

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megakirby10
November 5, 2009
Reply #16

Gameboy Owned back then epically Pokemon

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GETTOTHECHOPPA
November 5, 2009
Reply #17

iii diiid

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FreedomPhantom
November 5, 2009
Reply #18

Gameboy was a major impact on my childhood it deserves this hall of fame

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xReaper29
November 5, 2009
Reply #19

I remember pokemon being the shit back then. I had all of them.

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conkerbunker
November 5, 2009
Reply #20

i miss my gameboy for the old castlevania, warrio, and of course marrio.

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JesusHMacy
November 5, 2009
Reply #21

Pokemon red… yeah good times

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thatdude101
November 5, 2009
Reply #22

Long over due Standing Ovation.

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beastlypoop
November 5, 2009
Reply #23

ITS ABOUT DAMN TIME!!! lol sorry for caps

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DeadStretch
November 5, 2009
Reply #24

Oh boy let me tell you! lol I remember playing my Gameboy during school and the teacher hearing the blips and boops and saying “What is that?” and that’s when I shove to the back of my desk.

The first Gameboy I even had was kinda taken from someone. My family were on a Vacation Trip and there was an Asian family staying in the same “lodge” as us. I would always see their boy just sitting on the swing playing a gameboy. One night he was called in for dinner and left it on the swing. I snatched it up and hid it in my dads suitcase.

The down side, that game it had was not in english! lol but I tell you what it was fun as hell.

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lou8ega
November 5, 2009
Reply #25

Yea, It’s good that they recognize such an inspirational handheld. But the thing I’m wondering is… I wonder if the best handheld of all time is in there??!! >_>

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=378966

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- lou8ega
  November 5, 2009
  Reply #26
  
  damnit wrong link
  
  this one! http://www.giantbomb.com/r-zone/60-103/
  
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Labtech
November 5, 2009
Reply #27

I wasn’t a fan of the Gameboy (only because I had one game: Tetris) but it was the system that helped the development of many handheld and console video game systems.

To make it into the Toy Hall of Fame is definitely an accomplishment. Congratulations Nintendo!

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turinx
November 5, 2009
Reply #28

Nintendo revolutionized the handheld market when it released the Game Boy, and they have pwnd anyone else that has tried to enter the fray. Congrats Game Boy, you have definitely earned it.

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DeltronZero000
November 5, 2009
Reply #29

Oh man, this is awesome! The gameboy definitely deserves a spot in toy hall of fame. I remember me and my brothers always playing bomberman and pokemon yellow lol. That old grey box that played games that you had to tile the screen in the perfect light to see haha

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xDSJxPyro
November 5, 2009
Reply #30

Wow, I did not even know there was a toy HOF. Now that I do, this deserves to be in it. This IS the hand held that changed hand held games. I think almost everyone has played a gameboy at one point in their lives.

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- death_monkey
  November 5, 2009
  Reply #31
  
  I didn’t know there was a Toy HOF either, but the Game Boy DEFINITELY belongs there, all those hours of Tetris man..
  
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