Handheld game console: Difference between revisions

{{See also|List of handheld game consoles}}

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[[File:Nintendo-DS-Lite-Black-Open.jpg|thumb|A [[Nintendo DS Lite]], the [[List of best-selling game consoles|best-selling handheld console]] of all time and second overall]]

A '''handheld game console''', or simply '''handheld console''', is a small, portable self-contained [[video game console]] with a built-in screen, game controls and speakers.<ref>''[http://www.mg-bl.com/fileadmin/downloads/deliverables/D4.1_Standards_and_technology_monitoring_report_revised_version_V1.7.pdf D 4.1 - Standards and technology monitoring report <nowiki>[revised version]</nowiki>]'' {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630130213/http://www.mg-bl.com/fileadmin/downloads/deliverables/D4.1_Standards_and_technology_monitoring_report_revised_version_V1.7.pdf |date=June 30, 2013 }}. [[University of Maribor]]. [[Sixth Framework Programme]] ([[European Community]]). April 24, 2007. p. 20.</ref> Handheld game consoles are smaller than [[home video game console]]s and contain the console, screen, speakers, and controls in one unit, allowing people to carry them and play them at any time or place.<ref name=li>Li, Frederick W. B. ''[http://www.dur.ac.uk/frederick.li/paper/game.v2.pdf Computer Games]''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714083111/http://www.dur.ac.uk/frederick.li/paper/game.v2.pdf |date=July 14, 2010 }}. [[Durham University]]. Retrieved December 19, 2008. p. 4.</ref><ref name="nintendo popular">{{cite book| last = Steinbock| first = Dan|author2=Johnny L. Wilson| title = The Mobile Revolution| publisher = Kogan Page| date =January 28, 2007 | page = 150| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=cUQ1y4iNrGcC&q=popularizing+the+handheld+console+concept+nintendo&pg=PA150| isbn = 978-0-7494-4850-9}}</ref>