by William Schwartz | Feb 3, 2025 | 1990s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
What distinguishes handheld gaming in the modern era? Strictly speaking, most games today are handheld, as mobile games are played on phones. If you want classic games on that platform, you can probably find them. But Epilogue’s suspicion – borne out by the fact...
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jan 31, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
Could you imagine gaming without handhelds? While that section of the market is still dominated by Nintendo today, that hasn’t always been the case. Way before the Nintendo Game Boy, there was a market for one-off handheld games made by Coleco and even Nintendo’s Game...
by Brian Lesyk | Jan 28, 2025 | 2000s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
Psst! Hey, you! Yeah, you. Over here. I see you like PSPs. Wanna learn a secret? That thing can do so much more than you probably know, but, like, don’t tell Sony I told you this, okay? Let’s keep this between us, alright? This info ain’t exactly...
by Todd Friedman | Jan 26, 2025 | 2000s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is handheld game console developed by Sony. It was first announced at E3 in 2003 and shown to the public in ay of 2004. It was released in Japan on December 12, 2004, and in North America on March 24, 2005. The PSP primarily competed...
by Matthew Owen | Jan 24, 2025 | 2000s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
In the early ’00s, Nintendo was in dire need of a sales boost. For years, Sony had been dominating the market with the PlayStation and PlayStation 2, while Nintendo’s own GameCube failed to meet expectations. Competition was getting more crowded in the...
by Brett Weiss | Jan 22, 2025 | 1970s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
The mid-to-late ‘70s saw the dawn of handheld electronic games and the beginning of my collecting something other than comic books. Console systems like the Fairchild Channel F and Atari 2600 launched in 1976 and 1977 respectively, but their high prices – $250...