In March 2019, PlayStation announced that they would cease the production of their handheld gaming console, Sony PlayStation Vita. The PS Vita was supposed to be Sony’s response to the success of the Nintendo DS family of consoles. However, it failed to do so. The PS Vita entered the market in 2011 and managed to…
It was the year 1976 when the first-ever handheld game came out. Mattel released Auto Race, which revolutionized the way we thought gaming was possible. However, it wasn’t until 1989, when Nintendo came out with Game Boy, that the handheld console gaming really took off. In the next decade and a half, electronic gaming was…
Handheld consoles were a technological craze in the 1980s and the 1990s. Handheld gaming systems offered you to play games on the go, looking at a gaming screen that could fit in your pocket (as the name says, you could hold it in your hand). With the evolution of PC gaming and the way home…
Many studies have revealed that children benefit from video games while they are growing up. Depending on the type of game, it can improve their cognitive functions, reflexes, problem-solving, planning, memory, and other traits. Games can also be used to educate children, but when parents choose games for their child, they could fall into some…
For many of us who grew up with Game Boys, we are still incredibly nostalgic when we remember those adorable and infinitely fun handheld game consoles. Sure, nowadays we have the 3DS, Vita, and other powerful handhelds that can take our gaming experience into completely new realms, but it’s undoubtedly true that Game Boys were…