A handheld game console is a lightweight, portable electronic device with a built-in screen, games controls and speakers.[http://www.mg-bl.com/fileadmin/downloads/deliverables/D4.1_Standards_and_technology_monitoring_report_revised_version_V1.7.pdf D 4.1 - Standards and technology monitoring report version]. University of Maribor. Sixth Framework Programme (European Community). 24 April 2007. p. 20. Handheld game consoles are run on machines of small size allowing people to carry them and play them at any time or place.Li, Frederick W. B. Computer Games. Durham University. Retrieved 19 December 2008. p. 4. Unlike video game consoles, the controls, screen and speakers are all part of a single unit.
A handheld game console is a lightweight, portable electronic device with a built-in screen, games controls and speakers.[http://www.mg-bl.com/fileadmin/downloads/deliverables/D4.1_Standards_and_technology_monitoring_report_revised_version_V1.7.pdf D 4.1 - Standards and technology monitoring report version]. University of Maribor. Sixth Framework Programme (European Community). 24 April 2007. p. 20. Handheld game consoles are run on machines of small size allowing people to carry them and play them at any time or place.Li, Frederick W. B. Computer Games. Durham University. Retrieved 19 December 2008. p. 4. Unlike video game consoles, the controls, screen and speakers are all part of a single unit.
In 1977, Mattel introduced the first handheld electronic game with the release of Auto Race . Later, several companies—including Coleco and Milton Bradley—made their own single-game, lightweight table-top or handheld electronic game devices. The oldest true handheld game console with interchangeable cartridges is the Milton Bradley Microvision in 1979.
Nintendo is credited with popularizing the handheld console concept with the release of the Game Boy in 1989, and continues to dominate the handheld console market with successive Game Boy, and most recently Nintendo DS, models.
Main: Handheld electronic game
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