Original Game Boy: One of the Toughest Gadgets Ever Made

Feb. 6 4:55 PM by Alicia Ashby

Whenever I think of the original spinach-screen Game Boy, one memory always comes to mind: an article I read in Nintendo Power, published during the first Gulf War, which recounted the story of a Game Boy that was run over by a tank, retrieved, and then found to still be playing Tetris perfectly. That is, incidentally, the story that comes to mind when I think of Nintendo's sturdy hardware in general.

CNet's Crave blog did a rundown of gadgets so hardcore and trusty that they deserved absolute respect, and you know the Game Boy was there.

There's no two ways about it: the original Game Boy is one of the hardest gadgets ever conceived. Rumour has it this beige behemoth isn't made of plastic, but from the skulls of fallen Gurkhas. If you ever saw one that was broken, it's because it lost a boxing match with a nuclear bomb -- on points.

It was big, heavy, and the only colours it could show were black, green, and the blood of its victims. But it remains the only thing I've never cackhandedly broken. We were going to do a gag at the end of this feature where I endorse a massive pile of broken tech, but Game Boy has defeated me. Damn him.

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Gameboys are tough handhelds.

 

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