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Waco Electro Tic-Tac-Toe
The Waco Electro Tic-Tac-Toe is a simple game, is a game that uses lamps inside the game to show the different places were the players have chosen. The game was more manual than it was electronic. The only apsect that it is electronic, is the different colored lights inside of it that changes when a tile was pushed into a different postion. Also, the players had to keep track of the score on the machine by sliding a piece.
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Another citation of the Waco Electro Tic-Tac-Toe game
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Mattel Auto Race
It was the very first all-electronic handheld game. It came out in 1972. All though it was the very first one, it was dwarfed by the sall of themattel electronics football. . Someone played it by selecting the speed then moving the led dot out of the path of other red dots. -
Mattel Auto Race citation
The Evolution Of Handheld Game Consoles. (n.d.). The Evolution Of Handheld Game Consoles. Retrieved from http://articles.submityourarticle.com/the-evolution-of-handheld-game-consoles-167792 -
Milton Bradley Microvision
First handheld system to incorporate the idea of having different cartridges for each game. It faded from popularity because at the time, peopledidn't like having different cartidges for each game and because of that, it had very little games made for it. Portable Partners. (n.d.). ThinkQuest. Retrieved from http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/01589/handheldgamingconsoles_history.html -
Nintendo Game Boy
The most successful handheld system ever. It had the cartridge design and introduced the idea of a d-pad in the system. Later on, it had an color screen buitl in, then it became smaller. Portable Partners. (n.d.). ThinkQuest. Retrieved from http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/01589/handheldgamingconsoles_history.html -
Nintendo Ds
One of the first systems to use a touch screen as a form of control. It was the frst Nintendo system to use that form of catridge. Many different versions like the Ds light, and then the Dsi, incorporating a camera.
Nintendo 3DS, DSi, DS and GBA Consoles. (n.d.). Nintendo 3DS, DSi, DS and GBA Console Information. Retrieved from http://www.consumerdeals.co.uk/nintendo.html -
Nintendo 3ds
The very first and only handheld to incorporate 3d into a handheld gaming device. It also has two 3d cameras built into the device. To change the 3d on the device on was a slider on the side.
Nintendo. (n.d.). General Information of the 3Ds. Nintendo.com. Retrieved October 10, 2012, from General Information -
Phones
Phones like the Iphone, have incorporated applications into the phone, which can be games. Some games, an example, scribblenuaghts, have been succesfully brought from the Ds to the apple market place. Because of things like tat, they are giving handhel consoles a run for their money. Portable Partners. (n.d.). ThinkQuest. Retrieved from http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/01589/handheldgamingconsoles_history.html -
Playstation Vita
The Vita, is one of the newest handheld on the market featuring, a touch screen on the front, and a touch pad on the back. So far, it is the fastest handheld gaming system on the market.
PlayStation®. (n.d.). Us.playstation.com. Retrieved from http://us.playstation.com/psvita/features/
