List of handheld game consoles
The list of handheld game consoles documents notable handheld game consoles released as commercial products. Handheld game consoles are portable video game consoles with a built-in screen and game controls and the ability to play multiple and separate video games. It does not include PDAs, smartphones, or tablet computers; while those devices are often capable of playing games, they are not generally classified as video game consoles. This is not a complete list; it only lists handheld game consoles with its own Wikipedia article and a source verifying its classification as a handheld console.
List[]
There are 41 handheld platforms in this list.
Name | Image | Notes | Release year | Units Sold | Ref |
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Microvision (Milton Bradley) |
|
1979[2] | [1] | ||
Entex Select-A-Game |
|
1981[3] | [3] | ||
Entex Adventure Vision |
|
1982[5] | 50,000[5] | [4] | |
Palmtex Portable Videogame System |
|
1984[6] | [6] | ||
Game Boy (Nintendo) |
|
1989[1] | 118,690,000[10] | [1] | |
Atari Lynx | 1989[1] | 500,000[12] | [1] | ||
Sega Game Gear |
|
1990[16] | 11,000,000[13] | [1] | |
TurboExpress (NEC) |
|
1990[17] | 1,500,000[12] | [1] | |
Gamate (Bit Corporation) |
|
1990[18] | [18] | ||
Game Master (Hartung) |
|
1990[15] | [15] | ||
Watara Supervision |
|
1992[15] | [15] | ||
Mega Duck (Welback Holdings) |
|
1993[15] | [15] | ||
Sega Nomad |
|
1995[12] | 1,000,000[12] | [1] | |
Game.com (Tiger Electronics) |
|
1997[3] | 300,000[12] | [3] | |
Neo Geo Pocket |
|
1998[21] | 2,000,000[12] | [1] | |
WonderSwan (Bandai) |
|
1999[1] | 3,500,000[23][24] | [1] | |
Cybiko | 2000[25] | 500,000[27] | [28] | ||
Game Boy Advance (Nintendo) |
|
2001[30] | 81,500,000[31] | [1] | |
GP32 (Game Park) |
|
2001[3] | 32,000[32] | [1] | |
N-Gage (Nokia) | 2003[34][3] | 3,000,000[12] | [1] | ||
Tapwave Zodiac |
|
2003[1] | 200,000[12] | [1] | |
Nintendo DS |
|
2004[1] | 154,000,000[37] | [1] | |
PlayStation Portable (Sony) |
|
2004 | 80,000,000[39] | [1] | |
Gizmondo (Tiger Telematics) |
|
2005[1] | 25,000[12] | [1] | |
GP2X (GamePark Holdings) |
|
2005[42] | [43] | ||
Dingoo A320 (Dingo Digital Technology) |
|
2009[44] | [44] | ||
GP2X Wiz (GamePark Holdings) | 2009[45] | [45] | |||
Pandora (OpenPandora) |
|
2010[46] | [46] | ||
CAANOO (GamePark Holdings) | 2010[41] | [41] | |||
Nintendo 3DS |
|
2011[51] | 75,000,000[49][52] | [1] | |
PlayStation Vita (Sony) |
|
2011[53] | 16,000,000[53] | [53] | |
Neo Geo X (Tommo) |
|
2012[56] | [55] | ||
GCW Zero (Game Consoles Worldwide) | 2013[58] | [58] | |||
Nvidia Shield Portable |
|
2012[61] | [59] | ||
GPD XD (GamePad Digital) |
|
2015 | [62] | ||
GPD Win (GamePad Digital) |
|
2016[64] | [64] | ||
Nintendo Switch |
|
2017[1] | 89,000,000[68] | [69] | |
Evercade (Blaze Entertainment) |
|
2020[72] | [70] | ||
Analogue Pocket (Analogue Inc.) |
|
2021 | [73] | ||
Playdate (Panic) | 2021 | [74] | |||
Steam Deck (Valve Corporation) |
|
2022[77] | [78][79] |
See also[]
- List of best-selling game consoles
- List of video game console emulators
- Comparison of handheld game consoles
- List of video game consoles
- List of home video game consoles
- List of microconsoles
- List of dedicated consoles
- List of retro style video game consoles
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