Handheld Consoles At a Glance

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Handheld Consoles At a Glance

Navneet Prakash, Sep 13, 2006 1500 hrs IST

Let's have a glance at few of the handheld consoles that were available in the years gone by.

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I remember the first time I saw a Gameboy, I pinched myself twice; I couldn't believe my eyes. I was in awe of its simple design and small size (It wasn't exactly small as per today's standards.) The games were brilliant and very engaging, but it was the concept of portable gaming that really intrigued me. I would like to brief you guys on a few of the handheld consoles that were available in the years gone by.

Nintendo Gameboy

The first commercial success in the World of Handheld gaming, the Nintendo GB sure did set standards for future. The system was small, light, inexpensive, and durable, as well as had a varied, recognizable library of games. The top-selling game for the GameBoy model was Tetris, selling about 3 million copies. Tetris was packaged with the GameBoy, and often, consumers were buying the GameBoy so as to play Tetris.

The success of the GameBoy is exhibited in one way by its expansive and successful line of consoles. For instance, the GameBoy Color and GameBoy Advance have respectively reached worldwide sales figures of 49 million and 75 million. The original GameBoy sold roughly 70 million units worldwide. Next, I shall discuss the Nintendo Line-up after the success of GB.

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(28) Comments

Akshay

,mumbai, on Oct 22, 2009 12:10 AM

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,MUMBAI, on Jun 26, 2009 07:24 PM

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Mukesh Adlakha

,New Delhi, on Aug 30, 2008 05:03 PM

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,santo domingo norte, on May 04, 2008 11:27 PM

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,mumbai, on Mar 28, 2008 02:06 PM

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Aditya

,mumbai, on Mar 28, 2008 02:03 PM

I want to repair my nintendo Ds lite

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,Mumbai, on Dec 24, 2006 03:27 PM

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,New Delhi, on Nov 14, 2006 12:23 AM

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hunk

,raipur, on Nov 06, 2006 05:25 PM

The PSP UMD game is around 2200 bucks which makes it prohibitively expensive. I've been reading on the net that these games can be loaded on to the memory card and then played on the PSP. Can someone tell me how this can be done?

nikhilchen

,Bangalore, on Sep 25, 2006 04:09 PM

can anyone pls let me know where i can buy PSP in Bangalore

shubhashish

,new delhi, on Sep 14, 2006 02:42 PM

psp is the best though it was expensive the gaming quality is amazin .... the screen is a 4.3" 262k thats like amazin and the games on it are wonderful... i hav one and i am playin ridge racers .. u shud see the graphics ..im sure it will put all the nintendos to SHAME ....

gagan

,delhi, on Sep 22, 2006 09:56 AM

can u tell me how much does psp last on one charge? battery that is

Rijoe Samuel Ma

,kochi, on Sep 19, 2006 07:13 PM

There was actually the gameboy pocket, after the original gameboy, which was smaller and worked on two AAA batteries, compared to the original one, which worked on 4 AA batteries.... And then about the Game Boy Advance... The Game Boy Advance was a device shaped somewhat like the N-Gage. It was released years before the Nokia device however. But the photo shown is that of the Game Boy Advance SP. And you have got the facts all wrong... From, the Game Boy Advance SP onwards, Nintendo started using rechargeable batteries like that in mobiles. Regards Rijoe

Tanmay

,Mumbai, on Sep 17, 2006 10:54 PM

The PSP already has the NES,SNES,GBA,GBC Emulator now only remaining is the DS. 1.5 PSP ROX !!!

satyanjoy das

,New Delhi, on Sep 16, 2006 10:56 AM

We want Handheld Consoles At a Glance : Part 2..nice job Navneet Prakash

shiva

,chennai, on Sep 15, 2006 05:01 PM

Why do some of the game related articles over here feel like nothing but a hash job of copy pasting from a google search with pictures randomly stuck in the middle

Siddhartha

,Secunderabad, on Sep 15, 2006 06:39 PM

well, that's probably because you've read only about say, two of them, or rather 1/2 of 4 , blind folded, at the edge of the terrace of your house, standing on one leg, with your laptop in one hand and shoe in the other....

yoxx01

,jo, on Sep 15, 2006 04:36 PM

holy crap. i just bought a PSP with 1.5 firmware and now they say they r comin out with a new psp. man sony says that its consoles are suppose to last 8 years, wat bout that, what if they stop makin games for the older ones

Rahul

,Mumbai, on Sep 14, 2006 08:53 AM

I still think neogeo pocket,sega gamegear, zodiac, gizmondo, gp32, gp2x, neogeo pocket color should have been covered

Sunil Chaudhry

,New Delhi, on Sep 14, 2006 08:35 AM

It is wonderful hand held gaming machine. Yes I do agree that it is not a very popular item of as compare to Nintendo ones. The main reason to that is the software is very limited and also very expensive. If the production of software can be increased will definitely make it more popular then other hand held consoles. Hope the Sony corporation which is not much into software will give a heed to it.

ash_force

,Hyrule, on Sep 13, 2006 08:18 PM

Edit:Thats including GBC sales

ash_force

,Hyrule, on Sep 13, 2006 08:11 PM

Well Tetris for GB has sold over 30 million units..And GB itself has sold about 118 million and is the best selling gaming system of all time..

Brut

,Protection, on Sep 13, 2006 06:54 PM

I did had Sega gamegear. Shud have included it.

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