There are 50 handheld platforms in this list.
Name | Image | Notes | Release year | Units Sold | Ref |
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Microvision (Milton Bradley) | File:Milton-Bradley-Microvision-Handheld-FL.png |
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1979[2] | [1] | |
Entex Select-A-Game | File:Entex-SelectAGame.jpg |
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1981[3] | [3] | |
Entex Adventure Vision | File:Entex-AdventureVision.jpg |
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1982[5] | 50,000[5] | [4] |
Palmtex Portable Videogame System | File:Palmtex-SuperMicro.jpg | 1984[6] | [6] | ||
Digi Casse |
|
1984 | [7] | ||
Epoch Game Pocket Computer | Epoch Game Pocket Computer from the front left. |
|
1984 | [8] | |
Game Boy (Nintendo) | ![]() |
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1989[1] | 118,690,000[12] | [1] |
Atari Lynx | File:Atari-Lynx-I-Handheld.png | 1989[1] | 500,000[14] | [1] | |
Sega Game Gear | File:Sega-Game-Gear-WB.png |
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1990[18] | 11,000,000[15] | [1] |
TurboExpress (NEC) | File:NEC-TurboExpress-Upright-FL.png |
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1990[19] | 1,500,000[14] | [1] |
Gamate (Bit Corporation) | ![]() |
|
1990[20] | [20] | |
Game Master (Hartung) | File:Game-master-console-image.png |
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1990[17] | [17] | |
Watara Supervision | ![]() |
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1992[17] | [17] | |
Mega Duck (Welback Holdings) | ![]() |
1993[17] | [17] | ||
Sega Nomad | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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1998[24] | 2,000,000[14] | [1] |
WonderSwan (Bandai) | ![]() |
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1999[1] | 3,500,000[26][27] | [1] |
Cybiko | File:Cybiko.jpg | 2000[28] | 500,000[30] | [31] | |
Game Boy Advance (Nintendo) | ![]() |
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2001[33] | 81,500,000[34] | [1] |
GP32 (Game Park) | ![]() |
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2001[3] | 32,000[35] | [1] |
N-Gage (Nokia) | ![]() |
2003[37][3] | 3,000,000[14] | [1] | |
GameKing | File:Gameking I.jpg |
|
2003 | [38] | |
Tapwave Zodiac | File:Tapwave-Zodiac2-FL.jpg |
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2003[1] | 200,000[14] | [1] |
Nintendo DS | ![]() |
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2004[1] | 154,000,000[41] | [1] |
PlayStation Portable (Sony) | File:PSP-1000.png |
|
2004 | 80,000,000[43] | [1] |
Gizmondo (Tiger Telematics) | File:Gizmondo.jpg |
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2005[1] | 25,000[14] | [1] |
GP2X (GamePark Holdings) | File:GP2X 01.JPG |
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2005[46] | >60,000[47] | [48] |
Dingoo A320 (Dingo Digital Technology) | File:Dingoo A320 White.jpg |
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2009[49] | [49] | |
GP2X Wiz (GamePark Holdings) | File:Gp2xwiz.jpg | 2009[50] | [50] | ||
Pandora (OpenPandora) | File:PandoraFront.JPG | 2010[51] | [51] | ||
CAANOO (GamePark Holdings) | File:CAANOO.jpg | 2010[45] | [45] | ||
Nintendo 3DS | ![]() |
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2011[56] | 75,000,000[54][57] | [1] |
PlayStation Vita (Sony) | ![]() |
|
2011[58] | 16,000,000[58] | [58] |
Neo Geo X (Tommo) | File:SNK Neo-Geo X.png |
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2012[61] | [60] | |
Game Gadget |
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2012 | ~20,000[62] | ||
GCW Zero (Game Consoles Worldwide) | File:GCW Zero Front.png | 2013[64] | [64] | ||
Nvidia Shield Portable | ![]() |
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2012[67] | [65] | |
GPD XD (GamePad Digital) | File:GPD XD running Virtua Fighter 2 (uoYabause emulator).jpg |
|
2015 | [68] | |
Arduboy | File:Arduboy transparent.png |
|
2016 | [69] | |
GPD Win (GamePad Digital) | File:GPD Win.jpg |
|
2016[71] | [71] | |
Nintendo Switch | ![]() |
|
2017[1] | 89,000,000[75] | [76] |
Evercade (Blaze Entertainment) |
|
2020[79] | [77] | ||
Analogue Pocket (Analogue Inc.) |
|
2021 | [80] | ||
Ayaneo |
|
2021 | [81] [82] [83] | ||
Thumby (TinyCircuits) | Thumby |
|
2022 | [84] | |
Playdate (Panic) | File:Playdate front-view.png File:Playdate.png | 2022 | [85] | ||
Steam Deck (Valve Corporation) | Steam Deck console. |
|
2022[88] | [89][90] | |
Ayaneo 2
(Ayaneo) |
2022 | [91][92] |
Canceled[]
This is a list of notable canceled handheld game consoles.
Name | Image | Notes | Anticipated year of release | Ref |
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Red Jade |
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2002 | [93] | |
MoMA Eve | Steam Deck console. |
|
~2005 | [94] |
XGP | Steam Deck console. |
|
~2007 | [95] |
Jungle (console) | Steam Deck console. |
|
2011 | [96] |
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: - ↑ "Design Master Denshi Mangajuku by Bandai – The Video Game Kraken". Retrieved 2022-05-24.
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: - ↑ 53.0 53.1 "GamePark's GP2X Caanoo handheld hits this August, picks up where the Wiz left off (Video)".
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