Ah the Game Boy, so many journeys as a child were filled by the seemly never ending onslaught of the Game Boy’s heavy-hitters including Pokémon and Zelda. Even to this day, when given the choice between playing a PlayStation 4 or Pokémon Blue , the latter will always win. There’s something about the simplicity and easy controls that made the Game Boy one of the highest grossing and most popular handhelds in the world. Here we’re going to look at 15 odd facts about this gaming icon. 1. In 1993, Soviet cosmonaut Aleksandr A. Serebrov took his Game Boy to space on his TM-17 space mission. Later, it was auctioned for $1,220 and is said to have orbited earth 3000 times. 2. In the New York Nintendo World Store, a Game Boy sits proudly on show which survived a Gulf War barracks bombing. The mangled handheld still displays a picture clearly. 3. Tetris , although released on the PC, was a huge hit on the Gam...
