• Handheld Consoles At a Glance

    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.

    mail share

Expert Review

  Previous   next



Gameboy Color

The market for Handheld consoles was a booming one. It was also a very competitive market that was developing very fast. The GameBoy Color (GBC) is Nintendo's successor to the GameBoy and was released in 1998 in Japan and United States. It features a color screen, yet the processor was twice as fast as that of GameBoy's and has twice as much memory.



It also had an infrared communications port for wireless linking, which was very popular. The GBC was backward compatible, a first for a handheld console system and added a large library of games. This became a major feature of the GameBoy line since it allowed each new launch to begin with a significantly larger library than any of its competitors. The console was capable of showing upto 56 different colors simultaneously on screen and could add basic four-color shading to games that had been developed for the original GameBoy. The games on the GBC were more popular than ever because they were visually superior than anything ever seen on Nintendo.

GameBoy Advance

The GameBoy Advance (GBA) is the successor to the popular GameBoy Color. It was released in 2001 and has been a major success. The GameBoy Advance is backward compatible with most games previously released for the GameBoy or the GameBoy Color as well as new software developed to take advantage of the new technical capabilities of the system. It is powered by two AA batteries, which give about 5-10 hours of play-time, as well as an optional power supply that plugs directly into the GameBoy Advance.



The GameBoy Advance has a custom 32-bit 16.8-MHz ARM processor, which basically means that it is a superior Handheld. The 2.9" LCD is capable of a maximum of 240 160 pixels in 15-bit color, which ensures that you can enjoy almost all the games. The GameBoy Advance also has a serial port for connecting to other GamBoy Advance units in a setup. The GameBoy Advance Wireless Adapter was released on 2004 in the United States. It allows GameBoy Advances to be linked without cords and allows more than four players at a time. Some of the most popular games on GBA included the Mario Kart and Pokemon series.

Follow Techtree on Twitter

  Previous   next

Do you agree with this Review?
YesNo

Up

2

Down

2

Related Links
5K -12K: The Mad Mobile Market Segment
12K-18K: The Over Budget Phones
Nokia 5800 Gets First Firmware Update
Tag keywords
Handheld At a Glance review consoles Nintendo Gameboy Color GameBoy Advance Nokia N-Gage DS Sony PSP



Discussion Board
(28) Comments
Akshay
,mumbai, on Oct 22, 2009 12:10 AM
I want to repair my gameboy can someone guide me where can i get help?
Report abuse
SANJAY JOSHI
,MUMBAI, on Jun 26, 2009 07:25 PM
Can anybody tell me where I Can get my PSP Slim repaired in ... can somebody guide me to where i can get my nintendo ds lited ... I want to repair my ...game boy nintendo
Report abuse
SANJAY JOSHI
,MUMBAI, on Jun 26, 2009 07:24 PM
Can anybody tell me where I Can get my PSP Slim repaired in ... can somebody guide me to where i can get my nintendo ds lited ... I want to repair my ...
Report abuse
Mukesh Adlakha
,New Delhi, on Aug 30, 2008 05:03 PM
Can anybody tell me where I Can get my PSP Slim repaired in New Delhi except Sony India as it was purchased from grey market
Report abuse
hector
,santo domingo norte, on May 04, 2008 11:27 PM
estos son muy entretenido con tos juegos de wario land 1 wario blaster y mortal kombat 1
Report abuse
Aditya
,mumbai, on Mar 28, 2008 02:06 PM
can somebody guide me to where i can get my nintendo ds lited repaired in Mumbai
Report abuse
Aditya
,mumbai, on Mar 28, 2008 02:03 PM
I want to repair my nintendo Ds lite
Report abuse
BANG BANG
,KOLKATA, on Sep 24, 2006 08:36 PM
APPLE IPODS IN KOLKATA .CALL 9831246232. WE HAVE ALL THE LATEST NANO 1/2/4/8 GB .VIDEO 30/60/80 GB ALL IN STOCK . WE ARE DISTRIBUTORS AND WE ALSO DO WHOLESALE WE CAN GIVE YOU THE BEST PRICE IF YOU NEED IPOD IN BULK. FOR ANY REPAIR OF IPOD CALL US WE WILL REPAIR WITHIN 48 HOURS.
Report abuse
Mehul
,Bhopal, on Oct 14, 2006 12:48 AM
i have a generic ipod andits firmware is delete. can u repair it. if u can plz give your address.
Report abuse
BANG BANG
,KOLKATA, on May 12, 2007 03:12 PM
any proble in ipod we repair apple ipods within 48 hours. fastest ipod repairing centre. BANG BANG ELECTRONICS . 1SHAKESPEARE SARANI .A.C.MARKET .1ST FLOOR .CALCUTTA 71.
Report abuse
Shawn Rodrigues
,Mumbai, on Dec 24, 2006 03:27 PM
hey can someone , anyone tell me where in mumbai I can get ome PSP games installed on my Memory stick pro to play on the PSP...
Report abuse
BANG BANG
,KOLKATA, on Sep 24, 2006 08:41 PM
we sell sony Psp game and cds in calcutta . call 9831246232. all psp games and gameboy cartridges are available with us
Report abuse
Anurag Sikder
,New Delhi, on Nov 14, 2006 12:23 AM
i would like to know if you have psp consoles, xbox 360 consoles and games and ipod at wholesale value. if you do please reply or call me at 9818462753. i am based in new delhi.
Report abuse
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?
Report abuse
nikhilchen
,Bangalore, on Sep 25, 2006 04:09 PM
can anyone pls let me know where i can buy PSP in Bangalore
Report abuse
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 ....
Report abuse
gagan
,delhi, on Sep 22, 2006 09:56 AM
can u tell me how much does psp last on one charge? battery that is
Report abuse
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
Report abuse
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 !!!
Report abuse
satyanjoy das
,New Delhi, on Sep 16, 2006 10:56 AM
We want Handheld Consoles At a Glance : Part 2..nice job Navneet Prakash
Report abuse
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
Report abuse
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....
Report abuse
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
Report abuse
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
Report abuse
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.
Report abuse
ash_force
,Hyrule, on Sep 13, 2006 08:18 PM
Edit:Thats including GBC sales
Report abuse
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..
Report abuse
Brut
,Protection, on Sep 13, 2006 06:54 PM
I did had Sega gamegear. Shud have included it.
Report abuse

Opinion Poll