For me, it has to be PSP, it was WAY ahead of its time.

Also remember that I added windows 95 in it to see the capabilities and it was taking 10 minutes just to boot into windows hahaha

I broke it when I got drunk one day though, still miss it :(

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    Gameboy Advance SP. So many fond memories of playing Mario pinball land on road trips and spending a majority of my time in Sonic Advance 2 in the chao garden :3

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      I played so much Mario Kart on my SP. The backlight was such a game changer for me.

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      Glad to see many enjoyers of the GBA SP too. I played endless hours of Pokémon Sapphire and Emerald on that thing at home, while visiting family, on long trips to catechism (fuck LA). So many fond memories!

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      i loved playing pokemon pinball on gameboy, it was so much fun trying to catch them all!

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    Gameboy Color or GBA-SP for sure.
    “Finishing” Pokemon Crystal and seeing an entire other REGION still to go was the most insane videogame moment ever to me that still hasn’t been topped.

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      OH MY GOD! this has been my favorite gaming moment ever. finishing the game and then just casually swimming on the right side and seeing THE FIRST GAME’S WHOLE REGION blew my mind, it will always be my favorite

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    Me and my brothers had game gears growing up, those things chewed through some batteries, but had some darn good sonic games on them

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      Game gear for me as well. When your a kid, your favorite console is whichever one you were lucky enough to own, be it a gift from a parent, or one you bought with chore money from a friend.

      I loved my Game Gear. I always had the AC adapter, so I didn’t actually burn through many batteries (never played in the car because the motion gave me a headache). Although I eventually had quite a few games, the ones that I played the most were Sonic 2, Mortal Kombat, and Spider-man/X-Men Arcades Revenge.

      Nostalgia alone will probably always keep the Game Gear my favorite handheld, despite how awesome all the Gameboys, DSs, and PSP things that get made. That said, the Neo Geo Pocket holds a high place in my heart as well.

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      Yeah I had a game gear, and I think of the portables I’ve had, I got the most use out of it. Part of that use was three younger cousins on my mom’s side. Every time we visited I brought it along so I could play it while riding in the RV (ac adapter the whole way)…and when we got there I let them play with it between the 3 of them. I eventually sold it to them with all the game cartridges and the case I had.

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      game gear design looks ahead of its time definitely, but yeah i heard that it needed so many batteries! im so glad i bought rechargables for my gameboy

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    Y’all are sleeping on the PSP. I loved the gameboy and ds, but Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on the PSP with friends at school was incredible!

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      PSP is definitely the handheld with the most time on it for me. I was hanging around on QJ.net when the original Wipeout Pure exploit was released. Then came a tidal wave of homebrew and emulators. It was an amazing time.

      At one point it wasn’t possible to downgrade firmware yet, so I was (as a kid) hassling a Best Buy employee to help me find one with v1.50 instead of v1.51 or higher.

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      i loved playing gta multiplayer with my classmates when we went on a school vacation haha

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    “Grew up” with the game gear which got a ton of use.

    But the PSP was amazing in college for passing time between classes. What a device ahead of its time.

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    Without a doubt Nintendo DS.

    SEGA/PlayStation kid. Never liked Nintendo first parties but man, the library on DS is amazing even if you exclude all the Marios and Zeldas and whatnot.

    I also had a PSP 1000 and later I did chores to save for a PSP GO and then a VITA, but even after CFWing all of them, 8/10 times I’d pick up my DSi over the other handhelds. To this date I still sleep with my DSi and New 3DS XL next to my bed.

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    For me it was the Game Gear, I had so much fun playing that. Although I did have to fashion my own external battery pack for it.

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    As much as I loved my Psp during my college era with it’s local multi-player games, favorite is hands down the DS. So many good games and a lot of jrpg in an era where it was no longer the triple A of games

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      i loved that i could play gbc games on my normal gb, i played so much pokemon crystal

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    Growing up it was my OG Gameboy. I played it daily for years and still remember getting it on Christmas the year it came out. However, I was already an adult when I got my Gameboy Advance, which still holds a place in my heart as my favorite handheld. Minish Cap was a banger!

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      that was my first handheld, we had some pirated cartridges that had 99 games in (10 really though) and they were so much fun!

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    Definitely PSP for me. I used to spend so much time listening to music with the audio visualizer app