The origins of handheld gaming consoles came in the late 1970s and gained momentum in the industry from the 1980s through the early 1990s when the many celebrated names of the "video game console" world jumped onto the bandwagon deeming it a lucrative business. There were names like Nintendo, Sega, Atari and NeoGeo, offering a different spectrum of games to consumers. Although some did not last as long as others (Nintendo), they did provide countless amounts of joy in their time.
Atari Lynx, 1989
Game Boy Color, 1998
Game Boy Advance, 2001
Nokia N-Gage, 2003
Tapwave Zodiac, 2003
Nintendo DS, 2004
Sony PlayStation Portable, 2004
Gizmondo, 2005
Pandora, 2010
Nintendo 3DS, 2011