"Based on LCD technology - which was still fairly impressive back then, yet highly affordable - this assortment of handheld games essentially wrote the rulebook that mobile gaming devices still slavishly adhere to even today. They were lightweight, extremely compact, highly portable and, most importantly of all, addictive as hell. The first wave of titles appeared in 1980, and although they didn't sell spectacularly Nintendo stuck with the concept and later models started to pick up speed. The range was groundbreaking in many ways; for example, 1982's Donkey Kong Jr was the first game to feature four buttons for directional movement (as opposed to a joystick)." - Derrick from Bookmarklet

I was really into these. - Derrick

i had those! the donkey kong one was awesome. - kendrak

Yes. Remember the games that were shaped like stand up arcade games? Pac-Man comes to mind. - Eric - Too Hot

Oh yeah. I loved those. I had one where you kill spiders with pesticides. Green House. http://www.youtube.com/watch.... Oil Panic too. http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Rodfather

Yeah Eric. Pacman and Galaxian http://www.joystiq.com/2007... - Rodfather

I had one of the arcade game ones too, but I liked these because you could stick it in your pocket and take it with you. - Derrick

I played this one all the time. From Bandai http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Bandai.... It was solar powered. - Rodfather

I think my brother had Cement Factory http://www.youtube.com/watch.... That one was really good. - Rodfather

Funny, a lot of themes involved high stress jobs and not messing it up. - Rodfather

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