I spent a large part of my youth playing handheld video games. As obsessive as I was, I certainly wasn't about to let the fun stop just because I was leaving the house. So, as the popularity of video ...

Long before the handheld market was saturated with options, Nintendo ruled the scene. From 1989 to 2004, the words “Game Boy” were synonymous with gaming on the go. And while competitors tried to ...

What was Nintendo's tiniest console? If you're thinking Game Boy Micro, you wouldn't be far off, but the actual answer is the Pokemon Mini, a Tamagotchi-sized device that the publisher built in ...

The Steam Deck is one of the most popular handheld game consoles on the market, and the Steam library is absolutely jam-packed with industry-lauded games, including titles like Counter-Strike 2, No ...

On August 27, a gaming industry leaker shared more specifications surrounding a planned PlayStation 6 handheld console, namely noting that the console could include a dock that would allow the unit to ...

Even the most hardcore Nintendo fan who is always at the ready to hit you with the fact that Nintendo began in the 1800s selling Hanafuda cards is unlikely to know that the first true Nintendo console ...

Through the looking glass: The transparent variants of Nintendo's Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, and Game Boy Color were among the most distinctive gaming devices of their time. Decades later, a ...

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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members just got a new perk: the ability to stream some games directly to their consoles, no download necessary. This news came in an Xbox Wire news post today, in which Xbox ...

There are countless Android-powered gaming handhelds, but they go beyond the usual slate of Android games by offering console emulation support. The problem is the game ROMs on these devices, which ...

There are countless Android-powered gaming handhelds, but they go beyond the usual slate of Android games by offering console emulation support. The problem is the game ROMs on these devices, which ...

Why just buy a gift card for games, if you can buy an actual handheld gaming console which is (roughly) the same shape and size? That's the thinking behind the Raspberry-Pi-packin' GamerCard, which ...