Hell, back in Nintendo Power #10x, a person dropped a Game Boy Color from a 6 Story veranda of his apartment by accident. It landed on the area where the grass and pavement meet.
The only damage was a dented battery cover and a chipped corner. Other than that, the gameboy was fully operational.
Too bad after the N64 era, things break easily. I have a Nintendo 64 controller pak that erases memory each time its pulled out of the controller. Because of this, I basically had to tape the thing on to avoid me pulling it out (the clip was damaged). I also had a Superpad 64 with a broken Control Stick and Z button clip. And my N64 has a broken Reset button (which is ok).