The Evolution of Handheld Gaming 

Dude that opening timeline is so in-depth it's crazy. Went frame by frame just to see all the different devices and man you put all sorts of devices I've never heard of, it's just awesome. I love the small edits in your jokes. 10/10 video please do more

"Before there was Candy Crush, before there was Flappy Bird, there was nothing.... And before there was nothing, there was Tetris." -- _Prelude to_ 'A Short History of Handheld Gaming'

This is crazy accomplished. Can’t believe this doesn’t have more views. Keep going!

The story of the executive tripping and falling and breaking the Coleco demo is like a real solid twist on engineer demo Murphy's law.

After so many years I got hooked into watching a full video without pause or skipping ahead,Nice video man hopes to see you more from u

Dude this is amazing, glad to be an early sub and can’t wait to see the channel growth in no time

How do you have 44 subscribers?? Your content is incredible! Also excellent game OSTs in the background. You're going places!

I'm thankful to have a Steam Deck 🙏🏻♥ Over the years, my gaming stuff disappeared.. One day I saw that Valve was creating its own console. I didn't think much of it. At that time, I just looking for ways to play my old games on the go, cause I miss them so much. Than that one faithful day, when I saw a video showcasing its emulation potential, that was it. I knew I needed that machine. Fast forward to today, I'm re-living my best childhood memories ♥ I could talk about my favourite old classic titles forever 😄 I love my Steam Deck 👑

348th sub! Keep on going! No, seriously. You have less than 10 times my subs, and i haven't done anything for youtube. this video was crazy, bro. You're going to be big soon, mark my words.

yoo, that intro was so fucking sick

Dude this video was great! The editing, the writing, and the pacing were all fantastic! I even learned a lot about the handhelds that I never knew and I thought I knew it all! An easy sub, can't wait to see more!

I think this is an excellent video. My one critique is that you pretty much in passing mentioned The Game Gear and I feel like it's importance is so overlooked. Yes the Gameboy outsold it by a long shot but the game gear sold pretty decent and was around for 7 years.

Nintendo is unstoppable, a juggernaut and you know what they say nothing can stops the juggernaut.

So much effort put into this, but not the attention it deserves

Well done. Very impressive work here. Please turn the volume down a bit more on the next one. It’s hard to hear your voiceover at many points.

The editing is crazy, you deserve more subs.

inb4 this channel takes off like a rocket, because this is gold!

Missed opportunity for "These are pretty cool bananas meme in the intro

I didn't get a handheld until I was in my late 20s with the PSP 3000, but man was that a fun system! After that I had a Vita, and now a Switch OLED. I never knew hanhelds dated back so far

I never knew about GP2!!! It seemed way ahead of its time. Great video btw

Bro we want to see more from you, I’m glad to be one of your early subs, can’t wait to see this channel at 100k soon

Gotta LOVE how you also included the niche consoles (Steam Deck, AYA NEO lineup, ONEXPLAYER lineup, GPD consoles) that most don't know about (also, the Steam Deck is the least niche but something like a Switch is way more known)!

Awesome video! Maybe make your voice a bit louder tho or the music quiter so its easier to hear what you are saying :)

Wow, this is really well made. Shocked you only have 158 subs.. you’re going to go places!

7:59 this simple edit made me laugh way way to hard

Great video, though it was weird how Sega was left as a footnote without even a mention of the Nomad or Game Gear.

This is amazing, great work

very beautiful you should have more subscribers

Hey man, great video. I love your editing style. It kept attention the entire time and I really enjoyed your narrative. Keep up the good work. I'll subscribe and look forward to more videos.

Seems like everyone is in agreement that this is a GREAT video!

New favorite youtuber

Great watch, loved it!

This channel is criminally underated

This is very under rated

Love the video but as always Epoch never gets any credit for introducing consoles in Japan. They were the first with pong and cartridge based consoles and even introduced the first handheld with interchangeable cartridges in Japan. But still the best handheldvideo on RU-vid....

Awesome thanks great work Sir

Extremely good video!

how do you have such little subs this is a well made video

Why do it's always small channels that deliver the best videos

Subbed, great job!

Under rated video!

Nintendo unalived that man...

That is one in-depth video on Tetris rip-offs 8)

Great video! Watched this on my rog ally lmfao

with this video quality I was excepting 100k subs

Where on earth did you find a Yoshi's island cave theme that sounds like it belongs in a Rocky movie?!

GUNPEI YOKOI was the guy who saw a dude playing on with a calculator on a train. Come on BRO! He's the guy who birthed the handheld generation. Get yo shit right ;)

20:22 is it just me or does it sound like you said it was released in 2014?

1:55 I think that was from the war in Ukraine, where Ukranian drone was trying to knock down a Russian artillery spotter drone.

Cool video, but the music is REALLY loud and your voice is very quiet, paired with the lack of captions made this video very, very difficult to understand.

Yokoi suddenly hit by a car? That wasn't planned at all

My homie forgot the nokia ngage 😭

27 subs but great content

Nice video!

Interesting!

Nice

Handheld console gaming is like a bad joke with the exception of Nintendo stuff and the PSP :( I find it incredible how over the last 40 years all handheld consoles besides those have failed because of ridiculous business decisions and bad 1st/3rd party support (I hope the steam deck will be a success)

Very good coverage (not sure if you skipped the Neo Geo Pocket or I missed it. Actually where was the Gamecom or Virtual Boy or RZone. The handhelds I care about for tech potential get ignored because oh sales even though that had great features the others did. Gamecom was more interesting for its features of the OS beside it's games, the Ngage was gaming and phone hybrid, the Zodiac and Gizmondo have things built in that the PSP had separate, separate peripherals for and they were PDA/Pocket PCs very impressive for the time and notable sales flops that interesting stuff. Oh well disappointing but it is what it is with the script or video length I guess even though they are interesting systems then the DS/PSP are for having what the PSP can do and more in them but probably not compared to the GP systems). Otherwise nice covering earlier eras not just Gameboy/Game and Watch, the GP32). Sad you didn't cover the Panasonic Jungle being cancelled even (the precursor to the Android cloud handhelds of today it and OnLive for 2010 would have been an interesting thing to detail). Also quite the quick lead up with 2000/2010s I didn't like that but got to have it be 20 minute length I guess? You even skipped the Tapwave Zodiac, Ngage and Gizmondo sigh ok then. Even J2ME cellphone games. The GP systems especially the tv support (Nomad/PSP are also capable so nothing new) but Linux before Android ones of now wow. Otherwise you have your GPD and other Pocket PCs before the Aya Neo or Steam Deck. A good video but you missed some I mean the UMPC or the other DS/PSP (the other 3 that have notable features) competitors I think we're worth covering.

I love Nintendo

Subbed u spooky man

music too loud, otherwise great video

What about gpd ?

plz make new video

13:09

Comment for the Algorithm

Nintendo is heterogeneous.

Sony copied the PocketStation idea from the Sega Dreamcast. Sega does the VMU first in 1998 and Sony saw that and copied it for the PS1. We all know the PS1 was out on the market first but Sony never made a memory card like that until the Dreamcast launch.

Your narration is too quiet and the music is too loud. I know it sounds like these are mutual, but it's the sort of music that'd step over the narration even if it weren't so quiet, and the kind of voice that would sound quiet even if the music weren't so loud. I haven't got very far in to comment on the whole thing, but something as fundamental as this can easily stop people bothering to stick with it, and that's a lot of effort to sabotage. Show your videos to people who'll be honest in their criticism, as this would've been a pretty easy fix. Too much praise at this point will hurt you worse than constructive criticism.

great content!! hope your channel grows!

@boo 24: 20:17 Just so you know...Nintendo DS was officially launched in Japan on the 2nd of December 2004

As 32 year old (man I’m getting old) who grew up with game boys and ds … Nintendo is legendary but my favourite was the psp and the only one that comes close is the steam deck playing full aaa titles as they are released on the go and Sony are backing it all there first party pc releases are deck verified

I’m instantly honored to have become your 200th Subscriber today. If you keep making videos as high-quality as this, you’ll be at 200k by late 2024!

Feels like I caught the next youtuber early! Great video don’t srop

Game Boy is certainly the most important.

Wow, I used to have a GP2X; awesome little device. I didn't know the history behind it. Good vid, tx

Oh I actually have a GP2X! I mean, it's currently not working, but I've been meaning to fix it for a long time. It's my dad's old, actually, and he was a massive nerd back in the day, which means that the console is filled to the brim with old games. I'm pretty sure that he downloaded every single game on it that he managed to pirate, because of the super low quality of some of them. I really should try get it working again, because I think that there might even be some lost media in there Edit: I got the motivation to check it, and it was actually much easier to fix it than we thought (it was actually my dad who now fixed it, but atleast it works now)

You have to wait 2 years to make a video explaining how steam deck destroyed Nintendo handheld market grip. Seeing how crazy this steam deck craze is I'm sure that would be a video in the future. Also great video man

There’s a new steam type system out I forget what it’s called honestly but as a bit better processing power and screen quality but idk I like of the steam deck looks oh and the new thing also has longer battery life but considering how long the steam can last that’s not a deal changing effect. Idk also the price point it’s much more with it at this point to go with the steam deck than pay more for a maybe slightly better system. And this is so far I’m sure steam will update and make new releases as well but I do love the steams. I just got a miyoo mini plus because the size is acceptable even with other pocketed items and I still get a great amount of awesome fun games with the power it needs to be a fantastic handheld system for these games . Exactly what it’s for it does well like it should.

I feel that the 3ds XL was the last portable console to actually fit in your pocket (and even then it's a little bit of a stretch) Even the switch mini is abt 8 inches long, whereas the 3ds XL is 6 inches

Awesome video!

This guys way to underated, though this was a channel with 1m+ subs. Great work

My favorite consol : brick game!! Brickkk game forever!!!

I play handheld games MUCH more than consoles. I love hand held gaming. ha

Anyone selling a Neo Geo Pocket color?? I want one so so much!!

video gets a like from the intro alone edit: bro make more stuff this is great

This video should have way more views

Handheld gaming has existed since man first played with his 'joystick'

Please make more videos there are awesome

If koto didnt lose his life the world would be different

damn only 131 subs? nice vid, now its 132

Early sub gang! Great video!

Great job

Where is the song that starts playing at 10:06 from?!? I heard it somewhere. Just don't know where

KWALITY KONTENT

aaa you scared me

Promo'SM 😳

Here before you blow up, this video is really damn good! instant sub :)

Pokemon, Tetris, Pacman and Super Mario Land were just a few of the first BIG reason that the Game Boy sold well.

Surprised you only have 82 subscribers, video is amazing, keep it up!!

I had a Caanoo. I played so much SNK stuff on that marvelous thing.