The History Of Handheld Videogame Consoles By Shelby Cignetti

What is a Handheld Console?

A handheld console that is lightweight and portable.

Features of a handheld are: Built in speakers

Built in screen

Game controls

Replaceable batteries (in old models) or rechargeable

The First Handhelds

Was made by Mattel which released the Auto Race

Was released in 1976

Was LED based

Most popular game was Football

Nintendo's first Handheld

Introduced in 1980, was called the Game & Watch

Featured a clock and alarm as well as:Donkey Kong

Mario Bros

Balloon Fight

The New Wave1989 - 2005

Nintendo Gameboy

Most Successful

Price was $109

Best Game Tetris

Nintendo would improve design in future years

Sony Game Gear

Was Released in 1990

Was “Everything the Gameboy was not”

Had a color backlit screen

Released over 240 games

Died in 1997

My favorite game was the gambling

Nintendo Gameboy Color

Released in 1989

4 time the original (32 kilobytes of RAM to the 16 kilobytes)

Featured infrared commutations and linked trough cables

Showed 56 colors on screen

Gameboy Advance

Released in March of 2001

Retailed at $99

Was more improved than the Gameboy Color

2 bumpers where added

Came out with a small version called the Gameboy SP

The NowPresent and the future

Nintendo DS Series

Was called the brick due to bulky-ness of the first released

Was frowned upon by gamers

Had Wi-Fi

NINTENDO DS

NINTENDO DS LITE

NINTENDO DS XL

NINTENDO DSI

Sony PSP & PSP Go

Was too expensive for gamers

Was very advanced for its time

Used UMD (universal disc media) which was only used by Sony

Came out with the PSP Go

Sony PSP Sony PSP GO

Nintendo 3DS

Does not require 3d glasses

Will still give u a headache if you play for to long (that is if you tilt it at the wrong angle or looking over someone’s shoulder}

Have a sensor that knows which way the device is tilted

Playstation Vita

Has a better battery life than the Iphone 4s and Nintendo DSI and 3DS

Its bigger than most handhelds

Has a touch screen and touch pad on the back

Works Cited

http://www.slideshare.net/100577962/history-of-handheld-video-game-consoles

Game Informer Magazine issue 227 “Grading the Playstation Vita” bye Kyle Hillard pages 30-31

http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/features