Game Boy Charred, but Still Plays
September 19th, 2010
While it might look a bit singed and melty around the edges, this Nintendo Game Boy managed to survive a bombing back during the 1990-1991 Gulf War.
In fact, it still plays – as you can see from the game of Tetris on screen. Hopefully, the troop who owned the miraculous handheld made it out without any harm. This unique bit of Nintendo history is on display over at New York’s Nintendo World if you ever want to see it up close and personal.
[Flickr via Reddit via Gamefreaks]
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I do want to point out that Nintendo Power ran a story on it back in 1992. Everything but the screen survived the bombing. The screen was replaced, and to their amazement, still worked. Also, the guy who sent it to them got a new one.