The project began when Michael Katz, Mattel's new product category marketing director, told the engineers in the electronics group to design a game the size of a calculator, using LED (light-emitting diode) technology." our big success was something that I conceptualized-the first handheld game. This synthesis happened in 1976, when "Mattel began work on a line of calculator-sized sports games that became the world's first handheld electronic games. Handheld electronic games, in turn, find their origins in the synthesis of previous handheld and tabletop electro-mechanical devices such as Waco's Electronic Tic-Tac-Toe (1972) Cragstan's Periscope-Firing Range (1960s), and the emerging optoelectronic-display-driven calculator market of the early 1970s. In 1978, handheld electronic games were described by Popular Electronics magazine as "nonvideo electronic games" and "non-TV games" as distinct from devices that required use of a television screen. These electronic devices are capable of playing only a single game, they fit in the palm of the hand or on a tabletop, and they may make use of a variety of video displays such as LED, VFD, or LCD. The origins of handheld game consoles are found in handheld and tabletop electronic game devices of the 1970s and early 1980s. However, Nintendo's latest handheld, the Nintendo 3DS, has been their largest handheld or video game console investment success in 30 years. Nintendo is credited with popularizing the handheld console concept with the release of the Game Boy in 1989 and as of 2011 continues to dominate the handheld console market with their Nintendo DS and DSi systems. The oldest true handheld game console with interchangeable cartridges is the Milton Bradley Microvision in 1979.
Later, several companies-including Coleco and Milton Bradley-made their own single-game, lightweight table-top or handheld electronic game devices. In 1976, Mattel introduced the first handheld electronic game with the release of Auto Race. Handheld game consoles are smaller than home video game consoles and contain the console, screen, speakers, and controls in one unit, allowing people to carry them and play them at any time or place.
Current 8th Generation handhelds, Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita.Ī handheld video game console is a lightweight, portable electronic device with a built-in screen, game controls, speakers and replaceable and/or rechargeable batteries or battery pack.
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