Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Dungeons & Dragons Computer Fantasy Game is a handheld electronic game released by Mattel in 1981. [1] Designer Peter Oliphant claims that it was one of the more basic projects he worked on during his career.
Merlin (also known as Merlin The Electronic Wizard, stylized as MERLIN) is a handheld electronic game first made by Parker Brothers in 1978. The game was invented by former NASA employee Bob Doyle, his wife Holly, and brother-in-law Wendl Thomis. [ 4 ]
The Microvision (aka Milton Bradley Microvision or MB Microvision) is the first handheld game console that used interchangeable cartridges [1] [2] and in that sense is reprogrammable. [3] It was released by the Milton Bradley Company in November 1979 [ 4 ] for a retail price of $49.99, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] equivalent to $212.00 in 2023.
Fire Away was a series of handheld electronic games marketed by Tandy beginning in the 1980s. In all, there were six different products in the line, nearly all of which were actually licensed by Tandy rather than being original Tandy games. The games looked to capitalize on the popularity of the video game Space Invaders which was released in 1978.
The origins of handheld game consoles are found in handheld and tabletop electronic game devices of the 1970s and early 1980s. These electronic devices are capable of playing only a single game, [3] they fit in the palm of the hand or on a tabletop, and they may make use of a variety of video displays such as LED, VFD, or LCD. [12]
Was the best-selling handheld console until 2010 when it was surpassed by the Nintendo DS. [11] 1989 [1] 118,690,000 [12] [1] Atari Lynx: First handheld electronic game with a color LCD, [3] 3.5-inch screen. [1] Plays ROM cartridges [13] Hardware revision smaller Atari Lynx II released in 1991. [3] Less than 100 games released. [13] Considered ...
Galaxian 2 (also written as Galaxian II [1]) is a handheld electronic game that was released in 1981 in the US by Entex Industries. [2] It was also released the same year in Japan under the name Astro Galaxy [3] and in Europe under the name Astro Invader. [4] The game was also released under the Futuretronics brand in Australia. [5]
Game & Watch [a] is a series of handheld electronic games developed by Nintendo.Designed by Gunpei Yokoi, the first game, Ball was released in 1980 and the original production run of the devices continued until 1991.