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Milton Bradley MicroVison
This was the first ever hand held console to hit the market, it only had 3 games and could only display in back and white.
Processor: Intel 8021 \ TI TMS1100 (100 kHz)
Memory: 16 bytes RAM; 2K ROM
Display: LCD
Resolution: 16 x 16
Colours: 4
Power: 9V Battery (Intel x 2, TMS1100 x 1) -
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Hand held consoles
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Gamboy
This is probably the most iconic hand held console in History, everyone remembers it. everyone practicaly had it. It could only display in 4 different shades of grey and it had over 800 games.
Processor: Custom Sharp LR35902 (4.19 MHz)
Memory: 8 KB S-RAM (expandable to 32 kB)
Display: LCD
Resolution: 160 x 144
Colours: 4 (shades of gray)
Power: AA Battery x 4, AC Adapter (DC 6V) -
ATARI Lynx II
This was ATARI's second hand held console to be released onto the market. it had around 70 games and displayed in colour.
Processor: MOS 65SC02 (4.00 MHz)
Memory: 16 bytes RAM; 2K ROM
Display: LCD
Resolution: 160 x 102
Colours: 4,096
Power: AA Battery x 6, AC Adapter (DC 9V) -
Gameboy Advance SP
A new generation of the Game Boy Advance hand helds, this one has a flip screen and has over 930+ games.
Processor: Sharp ARM7TDMI (16.78 MHz)
Memory: 32 KB (internal), 256 KB (external)
Display: LCD
Resolution: 240 x 160
Colours: 32,768 (512 onscreen)
Power: Rechargeable lithium ion battery -
Nintendo DS Lite
This is one of the more recognisable hand helds of our generation, it displays in full colour and has over well 1000 games.
Processor: ARM9 (67 MHz), ARM7TDMI (33 MHz)
Memory: 4 MB SRAM (expandable)
Display: TFT LCD
Resolution: 256 x 152
Colours: 32,768 (512 onscreen)
Power: 1000 mAh lithium-ion Battery x 1 -
Nintendo 3DS XL
This is one of the most recent DS hand helds to date, Displaying in full HD colour, with a larger screen than its predecessor.
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Processor: Dual-Core ARM11 MPCore (1 GHz)
Memory: 128 MB FCRAM
Display: WQVGA (top), QVGA (bottom)
Resolution: 800 x 240 (top), 320 x 240 (bottom)
Colours: 16.7 M
Power: 1750 mAh Lithium-ion Battery
