Despite taking up its own aisles, corners, and cases of Toys R Us and KayBee Toys for the last two decades, there are those who might dispute the validity of the claim that video games are toys. Nonetheless, when assembling their list of "The Best Toys of All Time," Good Housekeeping had no qualms about including two video game platforms among their ranks.

The first is kind of obvious. Organized by decade from the 1920s on, the Cabbage Patch Kids are joined by the Nintendo Entertainment System as one of the best toys to represent the 80's. "More than 60 million units were sold in its first two years," the article notes, "and it paved the way for high-tech consoles of today like the Wii and Nintendo DS Lite."

The other platform to join the NES on the list is both predictable, in a way, and yet still surprising.

While it comes as little surprise that SEGA would take a spot in the 90s division, more surprising is that it is not the Genesis which fought with Nintendo for console dominance and ignited the very concept of console wars, but rather their last console ever, the SEGA Dreamcast, who made the list.

Though Good Housekeeping says that the epitome of SEGA hardware was "the season's to-die-for item" in 1999, we all know now that it would not be enough to overcome the Sony PlayStation juggernaut that would eventually supplant SEGA from the hardware business. Even so, the console is touted for its chip that could process graphics four times faster than a Pentium II, its 128-bit graphics (which must have been the last time anyone touted bits), its ability to play CDs, and its modem.

Following the Dreamcast, the 2000s is sparsely covered, with only the "Ultimate Planetarium" holding a spot. One can only wonder whether the likes of the PlayStation 2, the Xbox 360, the Wii, or the Nintendo DS will take up residence on the list in the future.