Atari 2600 Inducted Into Toy Hall Of Fame
The Strong Museum of Play, which everyone should go to because it happens to be one of the coolest museums I've ever had the opportunity to walk through, has furthered their awesomenss by inducting the Atari 2600 into their toy "Hall of Fame". Even though the console is now thirty years old, it's still the most recently-created plaything to be inducted into this illustrious collection.
[The Atari 2600] is the first electronic "toy" to be inducted, joining such classics as the Etc-a-sketch, Frisbee, Barbie, Mr. Potato Head, Play-Doh, the yo yo, jigsaw puzzles, the hula hoop, and Legos."It may look primitive compared to the advanced video game systems available today, but it helped make these possible," said the museum's curator, Patricia Hogan.
I wonder what will be the first actual game inducted into the hall of fame... my bet is Custer's Revenge.
Videogame console joins toy "Hall of Fame" [Games Industry.biz]
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Posted to on 8 November 2007
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