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Toy Hall of Fame Admits Nintendo Game Boy

by Blaine Metzgar | November 10, 2009 at 05:10 pm

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The National Toy Hall of Fame recently admitted Nintendo's Game Boy into it's ranks according to a representative's statement from the Strong National Museum of Play. The archetype of handheld games, the Game Boy, was inducted because of its role as an innovator in a major industry and furthermore setting the precedent for what a handheld gaming experience should truly be. In the National Toy Hall of Fame's statement they explicated their reasoning for the Game Boy's induction saying,

"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."

Since it's inception in 1998, only 44 toys have been inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is housed at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY.

Below you can find a list of those 44 toys, lucky and innovative enough to be included in the National Toy Hall of Fame.

Alphabet Blocks
Atari® 2600 Game System
Baby Doll
The Ball
Barbie®
Bicycle
Big Wheel®
Candy Land®
Cardboard Box
Checkers
Crayola® Crayons
Duncan® Yo-Yo
Easy Bake® Oven
Erector® Set
Etch A Sketch®
Frisbee®
G.I. Joe®
Hula Hoop®
Jack-in-the-Box
Jacks
Jigsaw Puzzle
Jump Rope

Kite
LEGO®
Lincoln Logs®
Lionel® Trains
Marbles
Monopoly®
Mr. Potato Head®
Nintendo Game Boy®
Play-Doh®
Radio Flyer® Wagon
Raggedy Ann and Andy™
Rocking Horse
Roller Skates
SCRABBLE®
Silly Putty®
Skateboard
Slinky®
Stick
Teddy Bear
Tinkertoy®
Tonka® Trucks
View-Master®