Game Boy Goes to Space, Then Goes to Auction

Logan Westbrook

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Game Boy Goes to Space, Then Goes to Auction

In space, no one can hear you play Tetris.

The humble Game Boy was a curious beast: It wasn't the prettiest, or most powerful handheld around, but everyone loved it, including Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr A. Serebrov, who took his Game Boy with him during his nearly 200-day stint on the Mir space station. Even better, this one-of-a-kind handheld is going up for auction, so it can be yours if you have a couple of thousand dollars lying around.

Serebrov went up in the Soyuz TM-17 in 1993, and played Tetris - a rather appropriate game for a Russian cosmonaut - in what little leisure time he got. Back in 1994, in his autographed provenance note, he wrote. "Like all cosmonauts, I love sport. My particular favorites are football and swimming. During flight, in rare minutes of leisure, I enjoyed playing Game Boy." The Game Boy has spent 196 days in space and orbited the Earth over 3,000 times. The Game Boy is lot 250 [http://www.bonhams.com/usa/auction/19144/lot/250/] of auction house Bonham's "Space History Sale." The auction starts on Thursday, with 250 lots available. It's estimated that it will fetch between $1,500 and $2,000.

If you're interested in space, there's plenty of other lots that might catch your eye, from the tag [http://www.bonhams.com/usa/auction/19144/lot/18/] that the first monkey that the US shot into space wore around his neck, to Soviet posters [http://www.bonhams.com/usa/auction/19144/lot/28/] from the 60s. The auction is based at Bonhams' New York branch, but you can also bid online if something catches your eye. You can look at all the lots here [http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19144/].

Source: via Dvice [http://dvice.com/archives/2011/05/nows-your-chanc.php#1]


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CINN4M0N

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Space? That's hardly far enough to matter. I want to play games on uranus.

Oh snap.
 

TimeLord

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MindBullets said:
Now I'm just picturing that GameBoy speaking like that personality core from Portal 2.
Space! Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace! I'minspace!

OT: Well it certainly is unique, I wonder if Action Replay works in 0G.....
 

Andronicus

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Actually, those soviet posters are pretty awesome, but I really don't have enough money to buy one.

Also, can you guys quit it with the "I'm in SPAAAAACE!" thing already? I haven't even played Portal 2 yet, and I'm already sick of it.

No more space related articles for a while please; we don't want to encourage this sort of behaviour.
 

RejjeN

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While it's nice and all I just don't understand how a Gameboy that's happened to have been in space would be worth several thousand dollars... I just don't see WHY anyone would want it for that reason...
Edit: @Guy above me: I agree, it's far worse than the obscene overuse of "The cake is a lie", stop trying to force a meme! IT WAS FUNNY IN THE GAME, NOT WHEN YOU SAY IT!
 

therandombear

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Wakefield said:
Im in space! SPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAAAACEEEEEEE
http://www.spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccee.com/

OT: I have that gameboy too...only in blue...who wants to buy it for 2000$?
:3
 

Simalacrum

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Daystar Clarion said:
MindBullets said:
Now I'm just picturing that GameBoy speaking like that personality core from Portal 2.
Damn it! I was going to say that!

RAAAAAAAAAGE!

Also, I'm in space.
TimeLord said:
MindBullets said:
Now I'm just picturing that GameBoy speaking like that personality core from Portal 2.
Space! Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace! I'minspace!

OT: Well it certainly is unique, I wonder if Action Replay works in 0G.....
Wakefield said:
Im in space! SPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAAAACEEEEEEE
GODDAMMIT I've been 1-upped so many times here!

Tell you what, I'll take it one step further:

 
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Andronicus said:
Actually, those soviet posters are pretty awesome, but I really don't have enough money to buy one.

Also, can you guys quit it with the "I'm in SPAAAAACE!" thing already? I haven't even played Portal 2 yet, and I'm already sick of it.

No more space related articles for a while please; we don't want to encourage this sort of behaviour.
U mad bro?

There's a cure for that. I'll give you a hint.

GO TO SPAAAAAAACE!
 

ryo02

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mustve got bored of SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE and came back to earth
 

Andronicus

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Daystar Clarion said:
GO TO SPAAAAAAACE!
Wow, I totally did not see that coming from a mile off at all.

And yes, I mad. And hungry. But mostly just mad.
 

Celtic_Kerr

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Veldie said:
Now that gameboy has been places and seen things most of us have only dreamed of
Let us know it has gone where no man has ever dared go before....

.... Oh wait...
 

Celtic_Kerr

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Daystar Clarion said:
Andronicus said:
Actually, those soviet posters are pretty awesome, but I really don't have enough money to buy one.

Also, can you guys quit it with the "I'm in SPAAAAACE!" thing already? I haven't even played Portal 2 yet, and I'm already sick of it.

No more space related articles for a while please; we don't want to encourage this sort of behaviour.
U mad bro?

There's a cure for that. I'll give you a hint.

GO TO SPAAAAAAACE!
I have something to tell you

I'm in space