Remembering the First Handheld Games

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[size=180]Game Boy's Grandfather: Remembering the First Handheld Games[/size]

Long before the iPhone, Nvidia Shield, or even Nintendo's Game Boy, a group of pioneering portable games was born from the guts of digital calculators. This is the story of 9-volt gaming

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/video-games/game-boys-grandfather-remembering-the-first-handheld-games-15987495

[TrekMD]

Pretty cool read.  Yes, portable gaming has been around for some time.  It may not have been as sophisticated as it is now, but it was cool nonetheless.