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- stung47000, on 10/10/2007, -0/+42Dugg for the Atari Lynx, I had one. So much potential, so little software. Not to mention: too expensive.
- geekfrom99, on 10/10/2007, -0/+40the reason the gameboy micro failed was because everyone wanted a ds. why they released the gameboy micro after they released the ds i have no idea. although i was surprised to see that it did worse than the n-gage *shudder*.
- NOAMattD, on 10/10/2007, -0/+32Fun little read, there were a couple on there I'd never even heard of.
- TheWriteGuy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+30"The 10"? Wouldn't EVERY non-Nintendo handheld over the years be considered "worst-selling", except for the PSP?
- akshay626, on 10/10/2007, -3/+31Makes the PSP's 25 million sales look really good.
- smoothlou, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20Yes. Both of you. Unite.
- Elranzer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19At the time, Nintendo firmly believed that the DS was a "third platform" and not the successor of the Gameboy. The Gameboy Micro proved them wrong.
- GQCarrick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19I loved my Sega Game Gear. That thing was great, I even had the TV tuner, it was pretty badass. It was a nice system and had quite a few games. It did eat batteries quick but you could always buy an AC Adapter.
- Toshibi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17I love my Gameboy Micro! The best part is that I can get games really cheap for it out of the bargain bin!
- thisisacycle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14forgot gamepro even exists
- compgeek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14dugg for the gamegear. I still have mine and play games like shinobi on it.
- opnickc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13I love my GBM, and I actually bought it instead of a DS.
Small, Sleek, great screen, great battery life, and a fantastic game library. I'd argue the reason it failed was much more the cheaper GBASP which Nintendo continued to produce and market after the GBM, as well as a lack of marketing for the system. The DS is neat and all, but I've still got plenty of great games to get to on the GBA.
By the way, the Micro is only $50 at gamestop now. I'd highly recommend it :) - jonshipman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13I guess you d have to be 2 years old to remember that one.
- ChromaVita, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Top 10 Worst Faceheld Consoles
- PhoenixAvatar2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12I loved my Nomad, but only because I would take it on long car trips with the family, plugged into the cigarette lighter. If I wanted to play Genesis games at home, I just used my real Genesis. The thing was fragile too, the screen's cracked and the second player port died quick.
- jonshipman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Luckily the Virtual boy wasn't a handheld because it wasn't held in the hand.
- meatmcguffin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11The best bit about the TV tuner is that you could get a game gear adapter for the mega drive and watch TV......ON YOUR TV!
So awesome! - fantasticFlan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Hedging their bets, if the DS bombed, they could've gone right back to the GBA.
- caddyalan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Why did I purchase the short-lived, very-little-software Tapwave Zodiac? Just for portable homebrew. It isn't as ergonomic as a certain Sony handheld, though... and I wish I could replace the Zodiac's internal battery.
- techlinks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I like how they say "it forced gamers to upgrade to pesky adaptors not compatible with previous GBA hardware".
The adapter is included, just like every other rechargeable device out...oh...well, except, you know, that one with the i. - bobbyi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7You've got big ***** hands.
- whatthefu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I liked my Sega Nomad :(
- kibiz0r, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Zodiac owners, unite!
- theblindman2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+74 Months, 13 days, 11 hours, 22 minutes...
- plosfas, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Seriosly the micro is a hidden gem. It's the only portable device that I have forgotten is in my pocket and at a price of $50.00 it was a steal. I think it failed becuase of lack of marketing. I have yet to meet a single non-geek to recognize it when I show it to them.
- VirtualCtor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6LIAR! You loved the black one more than me!
- The Blue One - themastersb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7I have a Game Gear and it was anything but portable. 6 AA batteries = 1 hour play time. I havent used it in 10 years.
- prockcore, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6The virtual boy wasn't a handheld. It was a console.
- surasshu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6This is pretty close to all of them, so yeah I guess?
- Zbug, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I still use mine to this day. The home brew was amazing on it and it had a great community. There was every emulator it could handle, even PSX (though slow) Multi-player bluetooth Doom, Duke3D, Quake and Hexen, and a lot more. Now most of the games, even the ones that didn't come out yet are on C4P.com. Slick form factor, much smaller than a PSP, still love it.
- rockwithme000, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5They mention the Virtual Boy in Top 10 Worst Consoles.
- PottsyNZ, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I had the Lynx II, which was nice..but too little too late. Anyways..the great game for Lynx was Toki :)
- scabbers, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8Gizmondo, the only entity to suck worse than Gizmodo.
- Zaetha, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5GP32 and GP2X FTW!
- rarson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Yeah, it wasn't a "handheld" but it was considered a portable. Although, as an owner of one (still got it in a closet somewhere), I'll be the first to admit that it's one of the bulkiest "portables" ever.
I suppose it's technically portable since you don't need a TV to play it... but you do need a table. - mikewitt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I have a Game.Com It was awsome (At least I thought) when I bought it. Now it sits unused with 5 games (I'm both suprised and not really surprised at how few games there are/were).
I bought it when I was 11 for $270. A week later I wished I hadn't; know how long it takes to save up that kind of money when you're 11? - hiklan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Anyone remember the Atari lynx ad with kids skipping class, it was awesome
- rarson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Man, I remember hearing about that thing. There was quite a bit of hype building up to it, and then it seemed to just disappear.
- Swampthing, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4There's a major problem with the sale numbers: perspective. 10 years ago sales of videogame hardware were a helluva different than they are today with videogames sitting in every household. Gaming used to be a much smaller franchise and if something sold 1 million, it was a major deal. The DS has been a great hit TODAY, but I believe if you adjust those sales numbers based on the approximate gaming population at the time, you will see there are other handhelds which have sold competitively... The Lynx, for example, was a MAJOR hit in its day, and same for the Neo Geo Pocket and Game Gear. So please don't take the article for what it's worth... everything has to judged based on size of the gaming crowd at the time.
- shadowspawn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The Sega CD... mine still works. I have the original uncut version of Night Trap, and Sonic CD, Sherlock Holmes, other games. My god I'm a geek collector... but my ***** still works and will never get on EBay.
- eexlebots, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I loved Chip's Challenge and a Blue Lighting, but I'll be damned if I can remember other awesome games for it.
WAIT! OK, Slime World and Klax and a *bad-ass version* of Shadow of the Beast. And, uh, I think that is it...? - FunkyPits, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3All I can say is 8 man (yes all my friends had one we represented 30% of their market share) battle royal on Todd's Adventure in Slime World was amazing. We used to sit at my friends parents kitchen table you would hear the megabomb start to beep and my friend start laughing before someone else would scream out in anger! God that game was great he actually bought 5 used ones and still has us over now and then. Was well ahead of its time and was pretty dang fun, oh and huge definitely huge.
- meatmcguffin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Most zodiac games came on standard 64meg SD cards but they were all garbage - between Spyhunter, Duke Nukem and Tony Hawk I had at least three minutes of fun
- Decamate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3No Bandai Wonderswan? Did they sell enough of those units in Japan to avoid this list?
- theblindman2, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5I like Gizmodo... :(
- keithmcbride, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3yeah the nomad was pretty sweet if you never used batteries.
the NGPC was pretty cool too. there werent too many great 3rd party games, but it did have Sonic - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4The nomad was wayyyy ahead of its time.
A portable genesis! I hated the genesis, but the thought of a truly portable system with that much power back in 1995 seemed amazing, and made me hope nintendo would follow suit with a portable SNES. - MedHead, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Eleven million GameGears isn't really that bad, and the GameBoy Micro is a Nintendo product. I don't understand your comment.
- amoirae, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Quite a few of us own and love our Zodiacs.
I replaced my own battery with a higher capacity from Worcell. $55 gained me about 6-8 hours between recharges when doing video.
I was surprised to see how few were sold. - uberkling, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Last time I bought a Gamepro magazine, it had a fold-out Street Fighter 2 poster (For the SNES)...
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