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This is one of Nintendo's American "Have You Had Your Fun Today?" advertisements for the Game Boy. It contrasts the dull tools of adult life, a plunger, a briefcase, a hand vacuum and a commuter sign, with the handheld and its promise of a quick game wherever you are, arguing that grown-ups need fun as much as anyone.
The ad name-checks three of its cartridges, Tetris, F-1 Race and Golf, and frames the Game Boy as pocket relief from the daily grind. It is a good example of Nintendo's early US campaign that sold the console on attitude and everyday escapism rather than raw specifications.
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