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. Currently there are 52 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] |
P/ECE (AQUAPLUS) | ![]() |
| 2001[36] | ||
N-Gage (Nokia) | ![]() | 2003[40][3] | 3,000,000[14] | [1] | |
GameKing | ![]() |
| 2003 | [41] | |
Tapwave Zodiac | ![]() |
| 2003[1] | 200,000[14] | [1] |
Nintendo DS | ![]() |
| 2004[1] | 154,000,000[44] | [1] |
PlayStation Portable (Sony) | ![]() |
| 2004 | 80,000,000[46] | [1] |
Gizmondo (Tiger Telematics) | ![]() |
| 2005[1] | 25,000[14] | [1] |
GP2X (GamePark Holdings) |
| 2005[49] | >60,000[50] | [51] | |
Dingoo A320 (Dingo Digital Technology) | ![]() |
| 2009[52] | [52] | |
GP2X Wiz (GamePark Holdings) | ![]() | 2009[53] | [53] | ||
Pandora (OpenPandora) |
| 2010[54] | [54] | ||
CAANOO (GamePark Holdings) | ![]() | 2010[48] | [48] | ||
Nintendo 3DS | ![]() |
| 2011[59] | 75,000,000[57][60] | [1] |
PlayStation Vita (Sony) | ![]() |
| 2011[61] | 16,000,000[61] | [61] |
Neo Geo X (Tommo) | ![]() |
| 2012[64] | [63] | |
Game Gadget | ![]() |
| 2012 | ~20,000[65] | |
GCW Zero (Game Consoles Worldwide) | ![]() |
| 2013[67] | [67] | |
Nvidia Shield Portable | ![]() | 2012[70] | [68] | ||
GPD XD (GamePad Digital) | ![]() |
| 2015 | [71] | |
Arduboy | ![]() |
| 2016 | [72] | |
GPD Win (GamePad Digital) | ![]() |
| 2016[74] | [74] | |
Nintendo Switch | ![]() |
| |||
Evercade (Blaze Entertainment) | ![]() |
| 2020[81] | [79] | |
Analogue Pocket (Analogue) |
| 2021 | [82] | ||
Ayaneo |
| 2021 | [83][84][85] | ||
Steam Deck (Valve Corporation) | ![]() |
| 2022[88] | ≈3,000,000 as of 2023[89] | [90][91] |
Thumby (TinyCircuits) | ![]() |
| 2022 | [92] | |
Playdate (Panic) | ![]() ![]() | 2022 | [93] | ||
Ayaneo 2 (Ayaneo) |
| 2022 | [95][96] | ||
ROG Ally (Asus) | ![]() | 2023[97] | [97] |
Canceled
[edit]This is a list of notable canceled handheld game consoles.
Name | Image | Notes | Anticipated year of release | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Red Jade |
| 2002 | [98] | |
MoMA Eve | ![]() |
| ~2005 | [99] |
XGP | ![]() |
| ~2007 | [100] |
Jungle (console) | ![]() |
| 2011 | [101] |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ This number is always up to date by this script.
References
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