All through its 272 pages, A Handheld Historical past takes a complete take a look at the hand held market, that includes commentary and full-color photographs for dozens of handhelds launched over the previous four-plus many years. The primary half of the guide focuses on the unique and current king of handheld gaming, Nintendo. It kicks off with Sport & Watch earlier than shifting into the biggest part of the guide: the Sport Boy household of programs. Nintendo DS, 3DS, and Change observe, and there is even a small part in regards to the Micro vs. System and Pokemon Mini.
After Nintendo, the guide examines the PlayStation Transportable, PS Vita, Sega Sport Gear, and Neo Geo Pocket Shade. A number of different trendy programs are lined in addition to Change, together with the Analogue Pocket, Evercade, Playdate, and Steam Deck.
A Handheld Historical past additionally contains a few of the extra obscure handhelds and gadgets from massive manufacturers that had been overshadowed and finally thwarted by Nintendo’s handhelds, together with Nokia’s N-Gage, the Tiger R-Zone, Mega Duck, Atari Lynx, Gamate, and extra.
In the event you’re inquisitive about studying A Handheld Historical past for the Sport Boy sections, we would additionally advocate two different books particularly about Sport Boy. The History of the Game Boy by Florent Gorges gives essentially the most complete take a look at the creation of the Sport Boy and the last decade of dominance that adopted. It is primarily based on tons of of hours of interviews with key gamers with first-hand data of the Sport Boy’s improvement. This guide was lately translated to English for the primary time, greater than a decade after its unique launch in French and Spanish, and is an element 4 of Gorges must-read (unofficial) Historical past of Nintendo sequence. The History of the Game Boy is available on Amazon for $28.
To complement The Historical past of the Sport Boy, try The Game Boy Encyclopedia by Chris Scullion. This 320-page hardcover covers each sport launched for the unique Sport Boy and Sport Boy Shade.