Consoles edit

Console Release date(s) Discontinuation date(s) Manufacturer Generation Notes Picture
Microvision 1979 Milton Bradley Second
  • The very first handheld game console that used interchangeable cartridges
 
Game & Watch 1980 1991 Nintendo Second
  • Series of dedicated handheld consoles, each with two games installed
Epoch Game Pocket Computer 1984 Epoch Second
  • Series of dedicated handheld consoles, each with two games installed
 
Game Boy
  • JP: April 21, 1989[2]
  • NA: July 31, 1989[1]
  • EU: September 28, 1990
  • WW: March 23, 2003
[3]
Nintendo Fourth
  • First release of the Game Boy line of handheld consoles
  • Smaller version named the Game Boy Pocket released in 1996
  • Version with a backlight named the Game Boy Light released in 1998
 

References edit

  1. ^ White, Dave (July 1989). "Gameboy Club". Electronic Gaming Monthly (3): 68.
  2. ^ "retrodiary: 1 April – 28 April". Retro Gamer (88). Bournemouth: Imagine Publishing: 17. April 2011. ISSN 1742-3155. OCLC 489477015.
  3. ^ "Consolidated Sales Transition by Region". Nintendo. 2010-01-27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-14. Retrieved 2010-02-14.