Handhelds

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