My very first handheld game was probably the ring toss game… But in all seriousness it was my fathers Game Boy in the late 90s. I distinctly remember playing Star Wars and I don’t think I ever beat it. I remember handheld gaming being all the rage growing up, and I have fond memories of playing on Game Boys, Game Boy Colors, Game Boy Advances, PSPs, and DS'. Like many, after about the PSP era, I moved away from consoles and handhelds in favor of PCs. But since getting back into handheld gaming with my Steam Deck, I was shocked to see there had been a Cambrian explosion of handhelds. Many are from major players in the tech space, though some are from companies I've never heard of. It feels like we are in a renaissance, or, that is what I thought the angle of this article was going to be when I started writing it. But in actually researching handheld history, I've come to the conclusion that while I had abandoned it, it hadn't gone anywhere.
The continued rise of Handheld gaming
The continued rise of Handheld gaming
The continued rise of Handheld gaming
My very first handheld game was probably the ring toss game… But in all seriousness it was my fathers Game Boy in the late 90s. I distinctly remember playing Star Wars and I don’t think I ever beat it. I remember handheld gaming being all the rage growing up, and I have fond memories of playing on Game Boys, Game Boy Colors, Game Boy Advances, PSPs, and DS'. Like many, after about the PSP era, I moved away from consoles and handhelds in favor of PCs. But since getting back into handheld gaming with my Steam Deck, I was shocked to see there had been a Cambrian explosion of handhelds. Many are from major players in the tech space, though some are from companies I've never heard of. It feels like we are in a renaissance, or, that is what I thought the angle of this article was going to be when I started writing it. But in actually researching handheld history, I've come to the conclusion that while I had abandoned it, it hadn't gone anywhere.