Gameboy Survives Bombing, Still Works

What you see is a Gameboy that survived a barracks bombing during the Gulf War and currently resides at the Nintendo World Store in NYC. As is evident by the Tetris screen, it still works! Now that, my friends, is quality. This clearly proves beyond a shadow of a doubt one of my most recent theories -- that Gameboys really do save lives. Okay, so maybe it doesn't prove that at all. But it does prove that Tetris was an awesome freaking game doesn't it? Yes, it most certainly does that.

Video of the unit in action after the jump.

Game Boy - Damaged in Gulf War [deviantart]

Thanks to Ambird, who is a wonderful artist, for the tip

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