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Top Ten Handhelds That Didn't Make It?

Posted by simoniker on from the game-dot-comical dept.

Decaffeinated Jedi writes "Over at GameSpy, they're running a feature looking at the top ten handhelds that never made it. Included on the list are such 'favorites' as the Atari Lynx and the more recent Nokia N-Gage, as well as commentary by the GameSpy editors on why these portables failed to set the gaming world on fire."

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  1. Another name for the article could be by lightspawn · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Top Ten non-Nintendo handhelds".

    It's just that there are very few (multi-game) handhelds, so most of them are in there.

    In summary: battery life is much, much more important that anybody would think. Nintendo got lucky with its B/W (actually green/gray) display that required relatively little battery life and the popular franchises didn't hurt any.

    Oh, and the Lynx's ultrathick design gives me cramps after playing certain games for only a few minutes.

    Maybe this is a market with only enough room for one mainstream system?