A list of the major portable gaming devices to be released since the 70s.
- 1979: Microvision
- 1980: Game & Watch
- 1984: Epoch Game Pocket Computer
- 1989: Atari Lynx | Game Boy
- 1990: Gamate | Sega Game Gear | PC Engine GT (TurboExpress)
- 1991: Atari Lynx II
- 1992: Watara Supervision | PC Engine LT
- 1995: Sega Nomad | Virtual Boy
- 1996: Game Boy Pocket
- 1997: Game Boy Light | Game.com
- 1998: Game Boy Color | Neo Geo Pocket
- 1999: Neo Geo Pocket Color | WonderSwan
- 2000: WonderSwan Color
- 2001: Game Boy Advance | GP32
- 2002: SwanCrystal
- 2003: GameKing | Game Boy Advance SP | N-Gage | Tapwave Zodiac
- 2004: GameKing II | Nintendo DS | N-Gage QD | PlayStation Portable | PocketFami
- 2005: Game Boy Micro | Gizmondo | GP2X
- 2006: Nintendo DS Lite | VG Pocket
- 2007: GP2X F200 | PlayStation Portable Slim and Lite
- 2008: Nintendo DSi
