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crushingmayhem

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I have Phoenix Wright and a handheld port of every classic Nintendo Final Fantasy game except Mystic Quest. I don't own a large collection of handheld games, as I usually only feel a calling to play them if I can't play any of my other stuff.

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Here's a short (probably incomplete) list of different MAJOR portable video game handheld systems that have existed as of 10-27-2012.

1980: Tomy Football. 1980-1991: Game & Watch (various games released by Nintendo). 1989-1998: Nintendo Game Boy. 1991-1994: Atari Lynx. 1991-1996/2001: Sega Game Gear. 1995-1996: Sega Nomad (short lived portable that could play any and all Sega Master System and Sega Genesis games on the go). 1996-1999: Nintendo Game Boy Camera/Printer (peripheral that allowed you to take, manipulate, and print pictures; a precursor to the Nintendo DSi and Nintendo 3DS camera capabilities). 1997-1998: Game.com (first, albeit, short lived portable that could download certain games from a computer onto a portable system). 1997-1998: Neo Geo Pocket. 1998-2002: Nintendo Game Boy Color. 1998-2001: Neo Geo Pocket Color. 1998-2001: Bandai Crystal Swan (obscure, portable system released mostly ONLY in Japan.) 2001-2008: Nintendo Game Boy Advance. 2001-2003: Bandai Wonder Swan (obscure, portable system released mostly ONLY in Japan.) 2003-2005: Nintendo E-Reader (peripheral that allowed you to scan bar codes on cards and play full N.E.S. games or unlock extra levels or extra challenges on other Game Boy Advance games.) 2003-2004: Nokia N-Gage (short lived portable phone/video game handheld). 2004-2005: Nokia N-Gage QD (short lived portable phone/video game handheld). 2004-2013: Nintendo DS. 2005-2012: Playstation PSP. 2007-2012. Nintendo DSi (console semi-upgrade that allows you to take/manipulate pictures, buy and download video games for play without a video game SD card.) 2011-?: Nintendo 3DS. 2012-?: Playstation Vita.

If there are any major portable video game systems that I might have missed, please let me know! :D Enough said! ;)

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