Game Boy
Maybe those ancient games that youngsters worldwide used to beg their parents to buy weren’t such a waste of money after all. Their effect, however, did not end there. The Game Boy was first launched in 1989 and rapidly became a must-have gadget for every child.
Because we can no longer buy one of those handheld consoles in stores, its resale value has skyrocketed, and they now retail for between $750 and $2,000 everywhere. On August 18, 2019, an unopened and hence new Game Boy was sold for slightly over $4,000 on eBay. And all the small kids of the 1990s now exclaim to their parents and possibly to their friends, “I told you it was worth it!”