I actually own one, and while it didn’t have the full support of major gaming companies, what it could do was pretty great.
Music, Movies, Text Messaging, Camera (Photos), Sat Nav (actually good Sat Nav – I still use it in my car), and gaming all in one.

Admittedly the camera function wasn’t all that great – better off with a proper digital camera. And the text messaging function was kind of pointless if you ask me.

But the rest of it was all good. Annoyingly I only ever got one game, Trail Blazer, but it turned out to be one of the most addictive handheld games I have played in years, and it looked really good (PSP quality).

I wouldn’t say it is the best handheld ever or anything, but there are certainly many many more choices which I would put first as being the worst handheld.

Like where is the Barcode Battler?? That was just a piece of shite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_Battler

Also interesting that you bring up the N-Gage. Perhaps not the best handheld ever, but you missed out the fact that it was a mobile phone that could play games.
Nokia designed it to be a phone (with all the functions) but one that was able to play proper 3D games, not the normal crappy Java games people were playing on other phones.

Also what was wrong with the Nomad? You don’t actually give any reason – except for that you took ages to save up to buy one.
As it was only available in the US, I have never actually been able to play with one, but I heard it was actually a pretty good system.

And the Atari Lynx too. Again not the best handheld – but there are far more deserving handhelds which should be put into this list.

It seems to me that you have picked out a list of handhelds which people know about, and didn’t do as well as the Gameboy. when there’s probably a whole list of other handhelds that a lot of people won’t have heard of – because they genuinely were crap.

umm it really depends….

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Bad marketing has absolutely nothing to do with the hardware of the Gizmondo, and the games it plays. Product support also has nothing to do with the Gizmondo. And pricing “was” a factor, but not anymore, since I got my Gizmondo for $75. Dead fucking serious. And you call it a ball of bull crap, yet didn’t make a single statement on the games, hardware, or anything else.

It is technically superior than the DS, which makes it “the second most powerful portable gaming console of all time.” How the fuck could the Gizmondo be the second most powerful portable gaming console of all time, yet still be the worst portable gaming console of all time? I know that the PSP is a little more powerful than the Gizmondo, but the PSP doesn’t have GPS, nor does it have a built in camera.

i know everyone has their own oppinions, but you cant put the psp on the list, or the gameboy, or the nomad.
AND DEFINATELY NOT THE GIZMONDO, the gizmondo was, and is the best hand held ever created, and people probably hating me for saying that.

the gizmondo had gps, could play movies, music, and had the best games on any handhel, no, on any console! for one example, trailblazer, and the best example; CATAPULT

ok now you know my opinion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboExpress

if the n-gage would have been something even close to a neo-geo pocket, or gameboy micro in a cellphone it would have thrived, they also commited a very obvious mistake, the n-gage locked the phone, if they had made the games while allowing a upggrade java games firmware, it would have not flopped.

The nomad also has two version of it´s hardware, the second one was the one abel to run best the adpaters i mentioned, it even had a cartridge to let you play in your tv.. same goes for turboexpress.

i think you were going for the first, but you really got wandering..

if you wanted to list failure to sell then you must replace game gear with the nomad, neo geo pocket for the advance, gpx1 for the psp.

The nomad,neo geo pocket(that sported the best stickpad ever) and a not listed device called the turbo express from turbografx we without a doubt the best hardware-sofware combination that never sold right..

The nomad was able to let you litsen to radio am/fm and tv if you had the adapater, and let you playn not only genesis/megadrive games, but sega master system and game gear with an adapter too…

The turboexpress had a full and crisp color tv with radio, and was able to play turbograf games, and had some of the strangest peripherials ever.

and the neo geo pocket had one of the best classic control schemes ever..

>Tiger Game.com had some good ideas
>but just couldn’t get the right support
>for their product.

That must be a joke. The console was *broken.* It’s too slow for all except the most basic games, and the screen is so blurry that no game with any sort of action is even remotely playable.

>This thing was huge, expensive and
>didn’t offer many games, and the
>games it did offer sucked anyway.

That’s pure bs. The image is *not* of the N-Gage, but of the N-Gage QD (I think that’s what it’s called). This is *not* a huge console. It’s pretty small. And it has about a dozen awesome games, the canonical example being Pathway to Glory – one of the best portable tactics games, rivalling the likes of Advance Wars.

- The Lynx is *easily* the better system than the GameGear, mainly due to the GameGear’s incredibly bad screen. Sonic is virtually unplayable on the GameGear due to its blurryness, while the Lynx has a pretty crips screen and some interesting pseudo-3D games.

- The virtual boy is not a portable system. I own two of them, they’re still great novelties, and most people like playing with them. Sure, they destroy your eyes, but at least you’re having fun doing it.

- The WonderSwan is actually an awesome system. Dunno why it’s on the list.

- The Micro is easily the portable console I play the most – simply because it’s always in my jacket pocket. It’s so small that I don’t even notice it. It’s way smaller than my cell. It’s like 1/50th of the PSP. In my opinion, this is one of the best portable consoles ever released.

You are not serious with this article..