Game Boy damaged in Gulf War

The display card reads:

GAME BOY DAMAGED IN GULF WAR
This GameBoy was damaged when barracks were bombed during the 1990-1991 Gulf War. It still works!

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See video of this GameBoy in action!

Same unit pictured from the rear
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Scuzzi says:

wow, that is a nice shot of the melted gameboy.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

rollenran says:

that`s something crazy!!!!!!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

rollenran says:

I would like to have that for some reason! I mean I have 2 old ones I'm old gamer, I am a old NES guy
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

DEBBIESEASHORE [deleted] says:

oh my
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

BiggsZA says:

Wow! If that's really true then it's a testiment to the original GameBoy's durability :)

Could you please add it to the Handheld Gaming group? :)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Plaid Ninja says:

Well, it was on display at the Nintendo store. I'd be suspicious if it were just in someone's house on display but this was an official Nintendo statement, so I'm inclined to believe it.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Plaid Ninja says:

Wow, the numbers on this pic have jumped way up today! I wonder if this photo is linked from anywhere.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

VeRnSan says:

Yeah it actually is, www.doubleviking.com/?p=12281
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Plaid Ninja says:

ahh, nice! Thanks for the info
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Patient.X says:

It is being "digg" ed.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Bully Boy says:

It's amazing how the bomb affected all of the gameboy, but left the screen alone.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

R Hennessy says:

Cool skin, where can I get one?
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Plaid Ninja says:

If anyone's interested, I added a video & more photos when I went to Nintendo World to play a little Metroid on the Wii. Links are in the description.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

mrlnmarce says:

I remember this being featured in an issue of Nintendo Power about 15 years ago. The solider submitted a photo of it to the mag. Nintendo sent him a new Game Boy.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

ember says:

I think my Gameboy looks like this and it didnt go through the Gulf War...the batteries broke and leaked all over it.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

airencracken says:

Sweet. I <3 Nintendo.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

bkaraff says:

I was in Saudi & Kuwait Jan - May '91
Our Gameboy's saved many a man's sanity that year!

You could call this a Half-Life 2 Mod case Gameboy
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

UNSCleric says:

RIP.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Timothy!! [deleted] says:

Wow thats nuts
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Kevitivity says:

Those things were really well build. Mine took a lot of abuse - albeit no bombs.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

mark sebastian says:

wow, thats awesome! how did the screen come away without a scratch??
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

jennatar says:

My Game Boy finally burned out in '02 or '03, I suppose because I'd been playing it nonstop since 1988.

But then I see this, and I wonder how I ended up with such a dud.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Plaid Ninja says:

Ya... I wish my iPod could take a fraction of the punishment this could. I've had it for a little over a year and its now essentially a brick.

The screen survived because it had a cover screen over it which must have taken all the damage.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Afrokid says:

Great, a gameboy with History behind
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

final_station says:

nothing is tougher than Nintendo.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Plaid Ninja says:

Yeah, its pretty impressive. A while back I saw a G4 video in which Morgan Webb put the PS2, XBox, and GC up against a series of physical abuses, and only the GC made it through.

If only they would put the same effort into releasing new titles or courting 3rd party developers so they could make things...

Where are the Wii games? I hope it doesn't wind up with a nearly empty library like the GC :( :( :(
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

final_station says:

Yes I saw that Morgan sketch it was pretty funny. I know I still love my gamecube, and the Wii is getting started up. Metroid, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Smash Brothers are gonna be here before the end of the year. Also looking toward for the new Animal crossing.

I know though they are all first party, but Ubisoft is getting there, and Rockstar is gonna release a Bully for the Wii. But I'm pretty excited about all the games I listed here.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Plaid Ninja says:

I always wanted to love the GameCube but I can't think of many reasons to. Sure it has a handful of great titles, but for every good game there's a crappy Mario title out, like Mario Party x, y , and z or Luigi's Mansion in which he humps his furniture. Or Kirby's A ride, where all you do is hit the damned A button. Meanwhile on PS2 and XBox there are TONS of amazing games.

So for the Wii yes, Metroid looks good. Super Mario Galaxy should have been out a LONG time ago (as should Metroid), and I have zero interest in Smash Bros. I already have Bully for PS2. As for Animal Crossing aka Animal Slave Masters, look here for enlightenment.

The SNES had an amazing library of 3rd party games. What happened??
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Excel-2008 says:

shopped
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Plaid Ninja says:

Right, its a photoshop job, just like my other photo. Just like all the other photos that have been taken of this. Yeah, all photoshop hacks. I suppose I also used after effects for the video, or did I just get in my time machine and place the faked item in the bunker after the explosion?

Because really, I have nothing better to do than make retarded photoshop images of gaming things. Yeah, that makes a hell of a lot of sense that my life would be so meaningless and empty that I came here just to turn some half assed photoshop trick.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

LordFinbar says:

Nice photo. You've been stumbled upon so hope you get even more comments.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Plaid Ninja says:

Thanks! I've been shocked and very happy about how many views and comments this photo has
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

«Gaurav» says:

Woah!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

DJ Arashi says:

To any naysayers:

Please visit the Nintendo World store in NYC. It's on display there... and rather impressive!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

dawntemplaris says:

Thats the worst hoax I have seen. How come everything else has melted but not the screen? Was the heat "selective"?
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Plaid Ninja says:

Does it feel good to cry "fake" on the internet? Does trolling cause multiple orgasms? I'm just curious, since its pretty rampant, and I can't imagine there would be any reason for so many people to cry fake and talk about things they have never seen up close and know nothing about in reality except that it causes you to bust a nut as soon as you hit the submit button.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

final_station says:

At around 4 minutes the guide talks about the gameboy on this photo.

Check it outs:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Z3wfQJNBI

:)
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Plaid Ninja says:

Thanks! I'll check it out...
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Greyory Blake says:

reminds me of videodrome
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

shelliobaby says:

it got hit by a bomb and got shit
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Armadeadn says:

im sorry but this is clearly fake. if the temperatures were high enough to bubble and scortch everything else the screen would surely be Ka-Fuh-cked!

but it still would be very cool if it were real... and it does look pretty damn awesome!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Plaid Ninja says:

Its not a fake. It doesn't take much to melt the outer shell. That plastic probably has a low melting point. Its not like the bomb exploded ON the Gameboy.

Have you ever owned one of these older models? I'm going to assume not. The screen wasn't right on top. There was a second clear plastic layer on top. That layer is not here.

But hey, whatever. If people here and on youtube want to go on believing its fake, then what can I do? And honestly, I really don't care so much as think that maybe people should actually go look at the thing before calling Nintendo a fraud based on a single photo or amateur video.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

videoCWK says:

I saw this when I went there and does anyone have any idea what that sensor-looking thing under the screen is?
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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