Game Boy Damaged in Gulf War @ Nintendo World Store NYC

[Blokeio]

Wow. I probably wouldn't have even tried to turn it on, but imagine the owner's face when they turned it on after finding it like this!

[IscreamlikeBrucelee]

This one will never be forgothen

[AnonymouslyAgnostic]

@TheSovietSamurai You mean the HINGES snapped. They can't be made of nintendium, that'd make the DS impossible to open & close. But, they've mended that problem in the DSi, don't worru, using a precision made, stripped down version of nintendium alloy.

[AJRACING17]

YES mom! is bomb proof

[CJWilliams96]

There's strong, then there's army strong, and then there's Nintendo strong!!! ;)

[Ledundeadv66]

Nintendo makes its consoles are hard as its games.

[Lyk1ns]

Indestructible Nokia ?

Nintendo : Close enough..

well.. back to 9gag :)

[IWEBProductions]

My DSi XL dropped so much by mistake on rough tiled floor and it still doesn't even have a scratch on it which is unbelievable

[xDriftyX5]

you had to check if you could cook a gameboy on the sidewalk with a magnifying glass

[bipsplosion]

Well, considering I dropped my Gamecube down several flights of stairs once and didn't even damage it...this doesn't really surprise me.

[XLinkflamesX]

Iron? STEEL? NINTENDO SAYS FUCK NO

[friednoodleguy]

I can imagine someone prying this thing out of some burned up kids hands

[brainjuice654]

kids, this is why you don't put your Gameboy in the toaster

[Tuckerscreator]

@brainjuice654 Correction: this is why you DO put your Gamebody in the toaster!

[TheDizzyPotato]

What they mean is - They replaced the screen because it was cracked but all the hardware inside the case still worked. (maybe replacing small objects such as wires/resistors etc)

[hongerjp]

what happened to the soldiers?

[hoodedbro1001]

@hongerjp Hopefully they encased themselves in a suit of GameBoys.

[Matiasdfghjkl]

GOLF WAR?

Tigers Wood you son of a bitch!

[MadokaCatty]

์Nintendo 1942 ??

[ECCY101]

@MadokaCatty 1991

[MadokaCatty]

@ECCY101 it's look like 1942 Worldwar II series :)

[TheCIScommander]

Is it mint condition?

[mikebola]

I remember reading this in the nintendo power as a kid, and then saw it at the world store. the owner dropped it in the sand during an attack. Although the front of the case melted, it still fully worked. also there is some damage to the screen. the owner actually wrote to nintendo to compliment them on making such a rugged device, and they sent him a complimentary new one.

[gontamac]

This is the legend GAME BOY!!!

まさに伝説の名機ですね(^_^)

NYCに行った時は、ぜひNYCの任天堂直営店に足を運んでみた­いです。

[gtafanboy32]

Holy Shit

[royalgameboy]

its bieng played by a ghost!

[NexroHATENA]

Looks like toast XD

[cloud041089]

@NexroHATENA more like... BURNT toast.

[LeadingNowhere]

Am I the only one who thought this was covered in poo?

[Firedragon41520]

@LeadingNowhere no. it looks like toast.

[baul104]

Well, I'LL BE DAMNED!! This ol' relic definitely surpasses todays games! It definitely deserves a true heroic Nintendo medal! It even survives the bombing as well!

[stoudbaker]

37 people bombed their gameboys and still play happily

[SmoothCriminalAaron]

I can just picture some Iraqi soldier playing Tetris in the Desert

[TheGreatStarkiller]

All nintendo products are made of nintendium, the hardest substance known to man.



[tilaustin]

@TheGreatStarkiller i believe my dick is the hardest substance known to man

[TheSovietSamurai]

@TheGreatStarkiller Even though my DS snapped when it fell off the table :P

[DrKnockOut1115]

@TheGreatStarkiller Or at least they used to be.

[Deliciousfruit233]

What is the gameboy made of? Out of ALL the electronic devices I've ever owned, my Gameboy has lasted the longest out of any of them. And I got it back when I was an idiotic little kid who threw my games across the room when I lost. I've stopped doing that now, but even without doing it, I've already gone through 3 PSPs.

[sherbetstorm]

@Deliciousfruit233 It's called Nintendium, hardest material know to man.

[stoudbaker]

@Deliciousfruit233 my gameboy still plays,i have to have batteries,but it still plays,so does my sp

[jogoslogo]

my fucking psp broke the day i got it but this can survive a fuckig bomb..... that just RUINED my night!!

[xXThatMusicFanXx]

I knocked my DS off my desk and the neck snapped, but this survives a bomb, over 20 years ago..? O.o

[Spocktavian]

THEY DONT MAKEM LIKE THEY USED TOO! HAHAH!

[LondonOntGuy]

This was featured in a letter to the editor in an issue of Nintendo Power way back in 1991. I think it was the issue with either Power Blade or Robin Hood on the cover.

[supertrogdorman5252]

@NikeThe

Suuure it does

[ZezimaXL]

This shows the durability of old consoles!

[NikeThe]

well xbox has moving parts so makes it break easier. gameboy doesnt but xbox still beats the fucking monkey piss out of nintendo..just saying

[Vyse195]

@NikeThe you came here to stat a console war chain, that's sad, ore all xbox like that or just you, if they are ike that i know one system i'm not buying, ever

[NikeThe]

@Vyse195 im srry i was just talking

[wolfy2033]

There should be a Purple Heart pinned to that game boy.

[ThePoopPlace]

@Lakilester00 russians

[madsli]

In case you didn't know, the original game boy was made out of almost pure nintendium.

[Kenny3821]

"Now you're playing with power" lol

[doomrider7]

Behold the power of Nintendium Alloy!!!

[suprhero1]

im sure the Screen was replaced.

[Facewizard13]

how is the screen completely untouched? im rather skeptical

[SinDawg030]

@Facewizard13 The original screen was probably bacon crispy. They must have replaced it but what matters is that the circuitry still works! Its the Toyota Hilux of gaming!

[leafbarrett]

@Facewizard13 The screen was probably replaced, since it would have been as crispy as the rest of it, and thus impossible to see through (assuming the inside hadn't been liquidated by insane impact). The important thing is that it still works. The pure Nintendium outside shielded the important circuitry from destruction.

[ctuan13]

@Facewizard13 The screen was probably replaced.

[evilgemios130]

@Facewizard13 they put on a new one

[superduperdrew12345]

@Facewizard13 they cleaned the screen...

[frballz]

@Facewizard13 I think they replaced the screen. What matters though is that the circuitry still works.

[ThatGuyCarth]

@Facewizard13 The thing probably still works, the display went bad, obviously, so they replaced the display.

But the rest of it worked, of course.

[imalwayswatchingu00]

@ThatGuyCarth I was thinking the same thing.

[StRabBleD]

@Facewizard13 The screen is glass, the case is plastic.

[Sukuraidogai]

@StRabBleD they replaced it to confirm that it still worked.

[CreepinTooMuch]

@Facewizard13

I honestly think they replaced the screen and the system,

[EmulatedGamer]

@Facewizard13 In Nintendo Magazine they made an article about this GameBoy, and in the article they said they turned it on, heard noises, so they replaced the screen, and it worked.

[ebony202]

@Facewizard13 They put a new screen in it when they turned it on and heard sound coming out of it.

[MarkoRudan]

@Facewizard13 they replaced it bro duh its till works just the screen was too damamged to see so they just kinda tweaked it

[NLFonsseals]

@Facewizard13 The screen has been replaced.

[ZuhBoomaFooHD]

@Facewizard13 it was probably replaced

[BigDog91527]

@Facewizard13 because Iraq had lame bombs

[DrPepper42yes]

@Facewizard13 nintendium

[Tehpillowstar]

@Facewizard13 If I recall correctly, the screen wasn't completely untouched--the outer layer of plastic that protects the screen completely disintegrated.

[eatbetter]

@Facewizard13 when this was in nintendo power, it mentioned that the screen was too damaged to work, blackened by the fire. but the hardware was fine, so they replaced the screen and it turned on fine.

[Madness9001]

@Facewizard13 They had to replace the screen.the rest is still working standalone tough.(AKA:No replaceament)

[Lakilester00]

Who the heck plays tetris during war?

[manga510]

@Lakilester00 well it would be a little confusing if it was CoD lol

[DwightKSchrute3]

@Lakilester00 Pretty much everyone because it gets really boring out there. Some solider's go to such Lengths by finding insects and putting them in a fight to the death. Or destroying a xbox 360 that RROD.

[TardisHobo]

I dropped mine at the doctor's office when I was a kid, and it stopped working immediately. Huh.

[metallifan456]

That gameboy deserves a medal

[manga510]

if there was a nuclear war cockroaches and those gameboys would survive!

[goblinskin1]

@manga510 well atleast the cockroaches will have something to do....

[jurnag12]

Say what you will about Nintendo, but nothing can even attempt to break Nintendium.

@manga510 And presumably Lemmy and Keith Richards.

[neoshogun42]

What's tougher than tonka tough? Well anything made out of nintendium apparently.

[nasasakahaza]

well face it Nintendo products last a lot longer than Sony and Xbox mostly Xbox.

[TheKingZangetsu]

nintendo builds to last

[Mariolover34]

and it still works after all these years, let alone after  being bombed.

[SuperAshleync]

LOLZ VICTINI WENT NUTZ WITH HYPER BEAM....

[carnyzzle]

Cars need to be made out of Nintendium.

[BgRdMchne]

Let's honor a GameBoy instead of the soldiers who died there. Thanks for your compassion Nintendo.

[khrise26]

if the gameboy looked like this.... I wonder what happened to the owner??? :)

[IfritEngen]

Nintendium > Adamantium > Steel > Iron

[anirocks11]

cool....crush it



[ventusdude88]

looks like a gow 2 or 3 edition XD

[Wyldephang]

@kamauldi Definitely. And yet, I broke my first GameBoy by headbutting it in an angry fit as a child. :-\ Not my proudest moment as a gamer.

[KampferXeon]

I dropped mine in a puddle during a rainstorm and had my dog leave a clawmark in the screen. I thought it was almost doomed each time.

Nintendo must have a gameboy army. We're all fucked if they do.

[jebug29]

I think it looks more like a cookie. XD

[scubamax222]

lol, looks like burnt toast with a screen in it :P

[ThePikachuSHOWCASE]

@scubamax222 Lol hell yeah it does:D

[sparkster7744]

But... Will it blend??

[groftsnur1]

@LPSLUV447 You know that this information also stands in the title, don't you?

[4everOscar]

I know why it was at a battlefield: It wanted to become a Gameman!

[zawzero]

@4everOscar Why would you like to become a German?

[4everOscar]

@zawzero lol what? i said Game Man get it?

[4everOscar]

@zawzero lol what? i said Game Man get it?

[Roweanos212]

this can take a bomb, but yet an xbox 360 cant take a little heat, WOW

[TheCombineify]

@Roweanos212 its called planned obsolescence :)

[Roweanos212]

@TheCombineify big word.. what do you mean?

[ichypizza]

@Roweanos212 thats why nintendo is the best they make there stuff to last

[Roweanos212]

@ichypizza ohhh

[jakewidsrocks]

@Roweanos212 Xbox 360 can't take being dusted

It's dad original XBOX can live up to it's standards...(goes tests it out on a bomb) (tests if works) still works...

[BlueDragon992]

And yet my first Xbox 360 console got the red ring of death THE DAY I PURCHASED IT...

They just don't build them like they used to...

[Dreamewalker]

@BlueDragon992 Yea. Never has that old adage rang so true...

[ForBelowTheAverage]

@BlueDragon992 Where the fuck did you buy it???

[djdavedoc]

@BlueDragon992 No they dont, just like the £425 I spent on a PS3 only to have it fail on me soon afterwards (blu ray drive failure) and then eventually the replacement had YLOD (same problem that fucks up 360's) so yeah only the Wii seems to have been reliable.

[lace0mafia]

@djdavedoc atleast the wii is reliable

[izzy4684]

@djdavedoc im guessing your from the UK, but im sure youve heard of the north american video game crash of 83, well essentially atari made consoles that broke after a few hours of gameplay, and most of the title were utter crap, what does that remind you of, and nintendo saved the industry. history has a way of repeating itself

[bfudge85]

will it blend?

[pzaark]

i wish i had a gameboy color, evan a shity one like this

[OSXLionTech]

@pzaark That's an original GB not GBC.

[Antpaok]

almost looks like its fake!!!



[CrashSG32]

Wow, that's pretty awesome :D

[TheToadRacer]

Oh my cheesies this proves that Nintendo takes their products seriously!

[lipedidek99]

Eu tenho um desse aqui em casa meu pai ganhou numa promoção da Elma Chips e so tenho aquele jogo ali com uma musica irritante . Mas é legalzinho.

[PureMadness]

Gentlemen, we can rebuild him.

We have the technology.

Better than he was before.

Better...stronger...faster

[MachineGunJoepwns]

@PureMadness And that's how the Wii was created.

[xXTheRealDeacleXx]

my original gameboy is a game disposal.

It erases game files, so you need to start over!

I learned that the hard way :'(

[Gouranga547]

@xXTheRealDeacleXx Your cartriges are game disposals! Not the Game Boy. Due to time, the little battery on the cartriges might just ran out, so it cannot save games. It is not your Game Boy's fault.

[xXTheRealDeacleXx]

@Gouranga547 oh...

[CinrageElite]

cool nintendo finally made a gameboy toast!

[Danfitz2010]

Been through 3 original 360's with red rings of death due to cheap parts/poor design/poor soldering then I see this beast! Nintendo don't fuck about.

[Kr4v3rd]

Now you're playing with power. Portable power

[missm2706]

in the nintendo world store they sell energy drinks just like red bull but they have a pic of mario on them and there called 1-Up!

[Sylverstone14]

@missm2706 Don't forget the one with Donkey Kong on it!

[stevejobs101]

My father had a game boy in the Gulf war I wonder if this is his...

[iE2TheV]

I've been there XD

It's awesome

[123Pichuka]

@iE2TheV you where in the gulf war ? and u think it was awesome ?

[iE2TheV]

@123Pichuka No! I meant I have been to the Nintendo World in New York and I've seen that GameBoy :)

[123Pichuka]

@iE2TheV okay :D

i just joke a bit :D

[105sdfi]

oh, they at least changed the screen, right?

[Nitzudan1]

wow... just... wow.

[woahcoolwaffles121]

this proves that nintendo builds stuff to last

[OmegaZ0153]

Nintendium.

My N64 works even though it's as old as I am, yet my DS just stopped reading cards just after three years of use.

[alidan]

@OmegaZ0153 my top screen is shot on my 2 year old ds lite...

sad that their quality fell so far.

[OmegaZ0153]

@alidan I used to have a DS Lite myself. Fell down from my bed and literally broke in half.

I was talking about the first DS before.

[Mbash93]

I wish they still used Nintendium. Shit's unbreakable.

[MessyVictor]

how is the screen not affective...Huh?...HUH?!1!!1

[CTPcso]

Aguanto el madrazo, si ke NINTENDO fabrica productos de calidad aprueba de todo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eldrnoguez]

NINTENDO ES LA POLLA EN CALIDAD!!!!!!!!!!

[bumflint905]

what i like about it is that is playing tetris.

i mean tetris is one of THE best games ever!

best war artifact EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PeanutButterDimond]

Damn, what does Nintendo use to make their consoles?

[HechEff]

@PeanutButterDimond Nintendium, the hardest substance known to man.

[absolfanhamtaro]

if that was an xbox or ps3 it would say "it's broken" OLD CONSOLES PWN!!!!

[bakugancollecterZ]

Sooo... the soldiers were playing tetris until they got bombed? lol.

[1300cassy]

They dont make them that gOod any more

[KampucheaKing]

did they retrieve this for historical purposes lol

[rokemon101]

who said that Nintendo doens't make HARD-core Consoles?

[masterpd85]

my gameboy color survived a swim in the Atlantic ocean and one of its games survived a trip in the washing machine and dryer. Those old gameboys are built like a tonka.

[NewDie9]

It survived the Gulf War but can it survive the Great War in 2077?

[valdivia562]

o yeah its real, my grandpa still has his gameboy from WWII

[nappytown254]

awesome



[pikmin257]

Back then, they made game systems that could survive explosions, now, they make game systems that can be destroyed with a single drop.....ah whatever, i still love video games old and new

[DoctorOc290]

Proof that the Original game boy is indeed, a brick.

[rokemon101]

@DoctorOc290 Even Bricks can be destroyed by explosions XD

[JJProductionsJosh]

This Game Boy survives a bomb and my first GBA died from a soda accident? Wut....Nintendo Logic applies to real life?!

[corionzielig]

@JJProductionsJosh

Yeah, fat kids always destroy their electric toys with soda or ice cream.

[Joesolo13]

@JJProductionsJosh look at it this way. a bomb cant hurt a gamboy, but soda can. now think of what that soda is doing to your stomach

[bubbadragon35901]

NINTENDO IS IMMORTAL!!!!!!!!!!

[bubbadragon35901]

Terrorists used!:AK-47!!!(ching-ching-chi­ng-ching-ching-ching-ching!)U.­S Gameboy uses!:T_T Realy? Thats All You Got?

[Takaoldaria]

Proof that Nintendo OWNS. Not like Call Of Dute or other crap like this.

[medicwheat69]

lol does that mean the DS I had in Iraq is a collectors item because it was damaged during an IED on our convoy? lol.....to bad I tossed it ..but then again it was crushed

[Gold171]

ill go grab my gameboy. Now im ready for japan's revenge for hiroshima.

[randomenvelope]

oh nintendo, you find a dead kid and you go all ''HEY SAVE THE GAMEBOY!!'' xD

[LckeStudios]

It's all fine and good

UNTIL YOUR START BUTTON BECOMES NONEXISTANT.

[CidSilverWing]

Bombed in the Gulf War and it STILL works?

[targetdummy1]

That's nintendo power!!!