Here are the best handheld games consoles of all time
(Pocket-lint) — Unbelievably, the Nintendo GameBoy first launched way back in 1989. All these years later Nintendo still reigns supreme with the superb Switch OLED.
However, with the continual rise of mobile gaming and newcomers, such as the Steam Deck, entering the market, handheld gaming is experiencing something of a resurgence. It's enough to get us all gooey inside about the glory days of portable play.
That's why we've put together this list of our favourite portable consoles from yesteryear to today that made us beam from ear to ear.
The true daddy of all handheld consoles, the Nintendo GameBoy effectively defined the category on its launch in 1989. It also brought Tetris into many more lives for the first time, including our own. It wasn't the first version of the game, but lordy was it the most addictive and popular. We can even hear the music now as we write.
Many versions of the GameBoy were released in later years, including the GameBoy Color, but the classic, chunky, greyish original will always live on the longest in our hearts.
A year after the GameBoy arrived, Sega launched a rival machine that was superior in almost every way except one, very important aspect. Because its 3.2-inch backlit screen was full colour, battery life was atrocious. A GameBoy could last for up to 15 hours of play on four AA batteries, while the Game Gear struggled to last more than three hours on 6 AAs.
Nonetheless, those who had a Game Gear loved it, with almost full versions of games ported from the Sega Master System fitting on its tiny cartridges. The handheld's version of Sonic The Hedgehog was amazing for its time and hardware restrictions.
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