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my history of handheld video game consoles
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The History Of Handheld Videogame Consoles By Shelby Cignetti
What is a Handheld Console?
A handheld console that is lightweight and portable.
Features of a handheld are: Built in speakers
Built in screen
Game controls
Replaceable batteries (in old models) or rechargeable
The First Handhelds
Was made by Mattel which released the Auto Race
Was released in 1976
Was LED based
Most popular game was Football
Nintendo's first Handheld
Introduced in 1980, was called the Game & Watch
Featured a clock and alarm as well as:Donkey Kong
Mario Bros
Balloon Fight
The New Wave1989 - 2005
Nintendo Gameboy
Most Successful
Price was $109
Best Game Tetris
Nintendo would improve design in future years
Sony Game Gear
Was Released in 1990
Was “Everything the Gameboy was not”
Had a color backlit screen
Released over 240 games
Died in 1997
My favorite game was the gambling
Nintendo Gameboy Color
Released in 1989
4 time the original (32 kilobytes of RAM to the 16 kilobytes)
Featured infrared commutations and linked trough cables
Showed 56 colors on screen
Gameboy Advance
Released in March of 2001
Retailed at $99
Was more improved than the Gameboy Color
2 bumpers where added
Came out with a small version called the Gameboy SP
The NowPresent and the future
Nintendo DS Series
Was called the brick due to bulky-ness of the first released
Was frowned upon by gamers
Had Wi-Fi
NINTENDO DS
NINTENDO DS LITE
NINTENDO DS XL
NINTENDO DSI
Sony PSP & PSP Go
Was too expensive for gamers
Was very advanced for its time
Used UMD (universal disc media) which was only used by Sony
Came out with the PSP Go
Sony PSP Sony PSP GO
Nintendo 3DS
Does not require 3d glasses
Will still give u a headache if you play for to long (that is if you tilt it at the wrong angle or looking over someone’s shoulder}
Have a sensor that knows which way the device is tilted
Playstation Vita
Has a better battery life than the Iphone 4s and Nintendo DSI and 3DS
Its bigger than most handhelds
Has a touch screen and touch pad on the back
Works Cited
http://www.slideshare.net/100577962/history-of-handheld-video-game-consoles
Game Informer Magazine issue 227 “Grading the Playstation Vita” bye Kyle Hillard pages 30-31
http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/features