Game Boy, Ball Gets Into Toy Hall of Fame
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: game, boy, nintendo, ball, toys | Themes: Digital Entertainment
Ball gets recognized too.
The Game Boy was a revelation for gaming. It was the device that allowed gamers to take a screen, d-pad and buttons along with them wherever they went for portable gaming.
Playing Super Mario Land or Tetris on that monochromatic, puke-green screen provided many of us with soul-saving entertainment on otherwise boring outings.
Likely for that very reason, the Game Boy is now in the Strong National Museum of Play’s Toy Hall of Fame.
Also joining the Game Boy in the honors is the Big Wheel tricycle--wait for it--the amazing BALL! Yes, after centuries as a plaything, the ball finally has its recognition for being a wonderful toy.
Share with us in the comments your fond memories with your Game Boy, Big Wheel, or even your ball.
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I love playing with my balls....
Had to be said.
They started 11 years ago and someone just now points out that they FORGOT the ball
The ball finally got into the Toy Hall of Fame? How can you have a TOY HALL OF FAME without the BALL.
I have hall of Fame balls..
Wow, the ball should have been the first in there. Unless they are being specific about which ball.
The Game Boy definitely deserves it. The highest sales ever out of all hand helds and consoles I believe.
but who's got the biggest balls of them all?
we got the biggest balls of them all!
My gameboy still works and I figured out you can use a soldering iron to fix all the dead lines in it. Only problem is I accidentally scratched the screen trying to repair it but it is barely noticable.
I suppose the WHEEL will get the Nobel Peace prize next...
Balls. Gotta love them or hate them (?)
Hmm... Didn't it come out right after the Atari Lynx? I think the lynx was much more of a "Revelation in gaming" than the gameboy was. Gameboy just had more money to be thrown into marketing and production. That's what really killed the lynx I think. Just an opinion though
hooray for GB!!
I love balls. Well, the ones we can play with. Well, err... nevermind.
I am just back from the doctor and I brought my GBA with Metroid Zero Mission... 3 hours that flied faster than I thought.
but who's got the biggest balls of them all?we got the biggest balls of them all!
yea, I'm wondering how many people actually got that, lol. I think we're dating ourselves.
Gameboy launched in April (Japan) and September (NA) 1989, Lynx in Sept 1989, ohh, sorry Lynx you're old news.
My first GB in 1992!
Later I colored it black because they sold black ones too, and I had a regular grey one.
Had the most fun on that for years, until I had my first pc.
"Ok now, be the Ball" (Antz movie) - what wisdom!
I still have my old Game Boy, and it still works. Link's Awakening is probably my favorite Zelda game. Another lesser-known game I enjoyed is Bionic Commando: Elite Force. I could beat Super Mario Land in ~50 minutes, plus there were the good times spent playing two-player Tetris with a friend.
As for the Big Wheel - all the kids had them back in the day, but they were so poorly made. The wheels would crack in no time, and eventually flat surfaces would form so the wheel would turn awkwardly or stop altogether. The Roller Racer definitely trumps the Big Wheel in my book.
DAMN YOU TOMS!!!!!!!!!
I horrible wave of nostalgia passed trhough me reading this. I miss those old games!
I want my GB back! I wish I hadn't sold it!!! :'-(
I have two balls and many fine memories.
Aaah the old gameboy...I miss that old beast. Just like the original Nintendo, it may be obsolete and then some, but I'd still game on it for hours if I still had one. Of course, you can DL emulators and such, but it just isn't the same.
They started 11 years ago and someone just now points out that they FORGOT the ball
I'm sorry did you forget your balls? I haven't jaja
I liked the game gear best!!! that was some bad ass hand held console...
Too bad sega "died"
If the ball wasn't already in the hall of fame than what the hell was? The double helix?
Fine about balls, what about boobs? Those are age old toys.
I don't get it either. What about all the different balls one could play with? There's basketballs, footballs, baseballs, chocolate salty balls...
My Sega Game Gear totally owned the gameboy.
Ball? How on God's green earth did the ball not make it in as the FIRST ENTRY INTO THE HALL OF FAME.
The ball has been a play thing for LITERALLY ALL OF RECORDED HISTORY. If there were ever a more iconic item in the world of toys it is the ball. Seriously, as Buzznut said, there are so many different balls in use right now, not to mention rubber bouncing balls, hamster balls, and jinglying balls-on-a-stick-that-look-like-distance-counters (you know what I'm talking about all of you with who had 1-year-old's in the 80's). And that doesn't even scratch the surface of the ubiquity of the "ball" toys.
The ball...seriously...
best bigwheel mo\/e e\/er... haul ass down the sidewalk as fast as you can go then jam it sideways for a spin and then keep pedaling. similar to a power slide, only i ne\/er could know how much i would spin, haha.