GAMES: GameSpot: Best of 2008 | GameFAQs | SportsGamer MUSIC: Last.fm | MP3.com MOVIES: Metacritic | Movietome TV: TV.com

Nintendo Game Boy makes the Toy Hall of Fame!

The best-selling portable system ever is now a hall of famer.

In honor of its revolutionary features and impact on pop culture, Nintendo's original Game Boy has been inducted into The National Toy Hall of Fame.

"Over the past two decades, Game Boy has become synonymous with hand-held gaming fun" the Hall said in a release. "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."

The Game Boy beat out nine othertoys -- including Hot Wheels, Cabbage Patch Kids and the Rubik's Cube -- to earn a spot as one of three inductees in this year'sgroup. The others? The iconic Big Wheel and the ubiquitous "ball," which somehow took a decade before getting the green light. Who's voting on these things, anyway?

Nintendo's potent portable is now the second video game system to earn Hall honors, joining the landmark Atari 2600, which was inducted in 2007.

Posted by W8I8Z, 11/11/2009 7:32am
3 Comments  | Post Comment Sign up to post comments!

Comments

Previous   |   Next
Page: 1
A well-deserved honor for a great system!
Posted 11/11/2009 5:01pm
I remember my Game Boy when I was younger. I would play that thing until the batteries were dead. Then I'd put new ones in and do it all over again.
Posted 11/12/2009 1:08am
That's great news it deserves it.
Posted 11/12/2009 7:04am
Previous   |   Next
Page: 1

Post a Comment

Profile

W8I8Z
last online: 6:33pm Nov 29, 2009
member since: Apr 25, 2005
Rank:
Level:
My Other Profiles:
GameSpot TV.com MovieTome

About Me

My favorite type of games are RPG's and Horror. I've played & finished hundreds of games and still have my old NES working like it was brand new!

Friends' Recent Blogs

Data Warehouse Clear Gif