Nintendo’s classic Game Boy has been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, joining such venerable playthings as the cardboard box, the stick and co-inductee upstart, the ball. The hall of fame is housed at Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, featuring 41 iconic and influential toys. The only previous video-game honoree was the Atari 2600, so the Game Boy’s inclusion has been a long time coming.
Here’s why it was selected for the honor, according to the announcement: “Admitted into the hall because of its role as a major industry innovator, Nintendo Game Boy transformed the electronic-games market by popularizing handheld gaming. No video-game platform did more to put gamers ―on the go‖ than this invention. 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 hand-held gaming fun. Its portability and efficient design, ability to allow simultaneous multiplayer gaming, and scores of intriguing games (like Tetris and Super Mario Land, featuring Nintendo’s already-iconic character Mario) make it a true innovator.”
Congratulations, Nintendo. It's about time someone noticed you guys.
It's really taken this long for the Game Boy to be put into a Hall Of Fame??? Crazy!
I still remember playing Killer Instinct on that old thing, when I was three or four... Good times.
Well deserved
I never had a gameboy. I had a gameboy color.
Why don't they make plastic Big Wheels for adults? I would totally ride one of those.
I'll race you Reiner
Tetris and the original pokemon were absolutely epic.
Hell yeah! I have an itch to play excitebike now.
I would trade at least one of my sons for an adult-sized Big Wheel.
DUDE I LOVED my Big Wheel! Thats uh, not to say I didn't love my Game Boy Color. The OG Game Boy was before my time but I still have my kiwi GBC, and white GBA
Kinda surprised it took so long for it to be inducted. I mean it has been around for 20 years... It really is to bad that you can't play the old gameboy games on the newer ones. Would be so nice to revisit those old games.
wow, that old brick was probably my intro to gaming, its about freakin time.
This wasn't in there already? Shame on you, National Toy Hall of Fame!
An adult sized Big Wheel? Holy crap, that would be awesome. Motorized or not? Imagine the burnouts on a giant motorized Big Wheel...
Congratulations indeed Game Boy...now when will penises become part of the National Toy Hall of Fame.
(yeah, bad taste. oh well.)
Congradulations Nintendo.
*Looks at Jeff shiftily, then takes his son and runs away*
Wow, that pic alone just recalled dozens of childhood memories.
Lol nice Vincent. Lol a lot of the things here can be said about that too. Gamers can definitely bring this experience to school, summer camp, and even the back seat of the family car. It's become synonymous with "hand-held" gaming since the beginning of man. And its portable and efficient design, coupled with the ability to "allow simultaneous multiplayer gaming" *cough* if you know what I mean, and scores of intriguing "games" make it a true standby.
The game boy was amazing, shoulda been done earlier.
About time!!
This is no surprise. The Game Boy is an instant classic.