List of handheld game consoles
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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. Currently there are 51 entries in this list, 4 consoles were canceled.[note 1]
List[edit]
Name | Image | Notes | Release year | Units Sold | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Microvision (Milton Bradley Company) |
| 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] | ||
Digi Casse |
| 1984 | [7] | ||
Epoch Game Pocket Computer |
| 1984 | [8] | ||
Game Boy (Nintendo) |
| 1989[1] | 118,690,000[12] | [1] | |
Atari Lynx | 1989[1] | 500,000[14] | [1] | ||
Game Gear |
| 1990[18] | 11,000,000[15] | [1] | |
TurboExpress (NEC) |
| 1990[19] | 1,500,000[14] | [1] | |
Gamate (Bit Corporation) |
| 1990[20] | [20] | ||
Game Master (Hartung) |
| 1990[17] | [17] | ||
Watara Supervision |
| 1992[17] | [17] | ||
Mega Duck (Welback Holdings) |
| 1993[17] | [17] | ||
Sega Nomad |
| 1995[14] | 1,000,000[14] | [1] | |
Design Master Senshi Mangajukuu |
| 1995 | [22] | ||
Game.com (Tiger Electronics) |
| 1997[3] | 300,000[14] | [3] | |
Neo Geo Pocket |
| 1998[24] | 2,000,000[14] | [1] | |
WonderSwan (Bandai) |
| 1999[1] | 3,500,000[26][27] | [1] | |
Cybiko | 2000[28] | 500,000[30] | [31] | ||
Game Boy Advance (Nintendo) |
| 2001[33] | 81,500,000[34] | [1] | |
GP32 (Game Park) |
| 2001[3] | 32,000[35] | [1] | |
N-Gage (Nokia) | 2003[37][3] | 3,000,000[14] | [1] | ||
GameKing |
| 2003 | [38] | ||
Tapwave Zodiac |
| 2003[1] | 200,000[14] | [1] | |
Nintendo DS |
| 2004[1] | 154,000,000[41] | [1] | |
PlayStation Portable (Sony) |
| 2004 | 80,000,000[43] | [1] | |
Gizmondo (Tiger Telematics) |
| 2005[1] | 25,000[14] | [1] | |
GP2X (GamePark Holdings) |
| 2005[46] | >60,000[47] | [48] | |
Dingoo A320 (Dingo Digital Technology) |
| 2009[49] | [49] | ||
GP2X Wiz (GamePark Holdings) | 2009[50] | [50] | |||
Pandora (OpenPandora) |
| 2010[51] | [51] | ||
CAANOO (GamePark Holdings) | 2010[45] | [45] | |||
Nintendo 3DS |
| 2011[56] | 75,000,000[54][57] | [1] | |
PlayStation Vita (Sony) |
| 2011[58] | 16,000,000[58] | [58] | |
Neo Geo X (Tommo) |
| 2012[61] | [60] | ||
Game Gadget |
| 2012 | ~20,000[62] | ||
GCW Zero (Game Consoles Worldwide) |
| 2013[64] | [64] | ||
Nvidia Shield Portable |
| 2012[67] | [65] | ||
GPD XD (GamePad Digital) |
| 2015 | [68] | ||
Arduboy |
| 2016 | [69] | ||
GPD Win (GamePad Digital) |
| 2016[71] | [71] | ||
Nintendo Switch |
| ||||
Evercade (Blaze Entertainment) |
| 2020[78] | [76] | ||
Analogue Pocket (Analogue) |
| 2021 | [79] | ||
Ayaneo |
| 2021 | [80][81][82] | ||
Steam Deck (Valve Corporation) |
| 2022[85] | ≈3,000,000 as of 2023[86] | [87][88] | |
Thumby (TinyCircuits) |
| 2022 | [89] | ||
Playdate (Panic) | 2022 | [90] | |||
Ayaneo 2 (Ayaneo) |
| 2022 | [92][93] | ||
ROG Ally (Asus) | 2023[94] | [94] |
Canceled[edit]
This is a list of notable canceled handheld game consoles.
Name | Image | Notes | Anticipated year of release | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Red Jade |
| 2002 | [95] | |
MoMA Eve |
| ~2005 | [96] | |
XGP |
| ~2007 | [97] | |
Jungle (console) |
| 2011 | [98] |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ This number is always up to date by this script.
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