A list of the major portable gaming devices to be released since the 70s.

• 1979: Microvision
• 1980: Game & Watch
• 1984: Epoch Game Pocket Computer
• 1989: Atari Lynx | Game Boy
• 1990: Gamate | Sega Game Gear | PC Engine GT (TurboExpress)
• 1991: Atari Lynx II
• 1992: Watara Supervision | PC Engine LT
• 1995: Sega Nomad | Virtual Boy
• 1996: Game Boy Pocket
• 1997: Game Boy Light | Game.com
• 1998: Game Boy Color | Neo Geo Pocket
• 1999: Neo Geo Pocket Color | WonderSwan
• 2000: WonderSwan Color
• 2001: Game Boy Advance | GP32
• 2002: SwanCrystal
• 2003: GameKing | Game Boy Advance SP | N-Gage | Tapwave Zodiac
• 2004: GameKing II | Nintendo DS | N-Gage QD | PlayStation Portable | PocketFami
• 2005: Game Boy Micro | Gizmondo | GP2X
• 2006: Nintendo DS Lite | VG Pocket
• 2007: GP2X F200 | PlayStation Portable Slim and Lite
• 2008: Nintendo DSi