my history of handheld video game consoles

1. The History Of
Handheld Videogame
Consoles
By Shelby Cignetti

2. 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

3. The First Handhelds
Was made by Mattel which released the Auto
Race
Was released in 1976
Was LED based
Most popular game was Football

4. 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

5. The New Wave
1989 - 2005

6. Nintendo Gameboy
Most Successful
Price was $109
Best Game Tetris
Nintendo would improve design in future years

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. The Now
Present and the future

11. Nintendo DS Series
Was called the brick due to bulky-ness of the first
released
Was frowned upon by gamers
Had Wi-Fi
NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
DS DS LITE DSI DS XL

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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