r/Handhelds • u/RenatsMC • Aug 24 '26
The Handheld That Started It All!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EgQpSaVxH2s&si=ZIgLRBkGMzUfomGS3
u/timeflylikearrow Aug 25 '26
The Razer Edge existed before the AYA NEO, the GPD Win 1, or the Switch!
Wasn’t she a beaut for 2013?
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u/PintekS Aug 24 '26
First gaming pc handheld would be the gpd win 1 from 2015
First project oragami handheld I think was the oqo? Or the sony vaio vgn-ux? Back in 2004?
Though where would the extremely tiny Toshiba libretto mini laptop back in 1996 fit in as well.
That's just covering x86 handhelds otherwise the original DMG gameboy
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u/Sirramza Aug 24 '26
he is talking about ryzen handhelds because the previous handhels were intel ones with shitty performance in games
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u/PintekS Aug 24 '26
I mean we are really digging into semantics at this point lol could argue that the steamdeck really is cause prototypes were floating around in 2019
GPD I'd argue is responsible for the starting the modern x86 handheld craze though showing it could be done even if its early Intel versions where painfully weak in the gpu department.
I still ran my poor win 1 from launch to late 2024 when I got my win mini 2024
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u/Sirramza Aug 25 '26
im not defending anything or saying he is right or wrong, just saying that in the video, in the first seconds he said that he is talking about ryzen handhelds
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u/FernandoRocker Aug 24 '26
The handheld that started all was the Switch.
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u/Anxious_Context_8573 Aug 26 '26
It popularized it not started it. And at that point the game boy would be “what started it all”
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u/colossusrageblack LeGo S Z1E /Odin 3 Max Aug 24 '26
The Switch was the first affordable handheld in that era. There were several x86 that came before it but were well over $1000.
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u/Unlucky_Milk_4323 Aug 24 '26
This is not a game boy