The portable gaming family tree

I think english might not be the author's native language..



but the chart is pretty nifty nonetheless. I really like the fact that clicking on the device brings up its wikipedia entry.



Meanwhile, that PC-Engine LT looks alot like the GBA:SP. I cant tell if it folds or not though.

This chart has to be one of the most nonsensical things I've ever seen. What in the heck is the relationship he's trying to imply between, for example, the Atari Lynx and the Bandai Wonderswan? (Or as he puts it - twice - "Wonderswam") How are they even remotely in the same "family"? For that matter, the Lynx has a lot more in common with the Game Gear than it does with the Game Boy (one of his criteria for linking various things appears to be "similarity", which is pretty arbitrary as it is, but there's no way the Lynx is more similar to the Game Boy - to which it's connected here - than to the Game Gear, to which it's not. Not directly, at least).



There is no way in hell SNK took any inspiration whatsoever from Tiger for the Neo Geo Pocket and nobody who's used both could say otherwise. Especially considering the NGP came out in *1996*, not 1998 as he has here.



Of course, he's also forgotten a few things, even if he is only doing cart-based systems. This, for one example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch_Game_Pocket_Computer



Or this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervision_%28handheld_game_console%29



You know, I don't want to sound too mean or anything and I know not everybody's an expert, but it doesn't take much effort these days to get some better info than this guy seems to have, and if he's going to be sloppy enough to publicly post something like this and get it linked various places, I'm gonna call him on it.

"if he's going to be sloppy enough to publicly post something like this and get it linked various places, I'm gonna call him on it."



Uh, it should be pointed out that neither of the links you posted work.

Shouldn't the GP32 be the direct desendant of the GPX2? Also, all of the old Game and Watch style gaming systems are missing.



This is very much a mish-mash of nonsensical information.

I question the logic he had tying some systems with the white arrows. Is he thinking cosmetic similarity?

Technical similarity. Am I mulling over this too much?



I've always thought that the first hand-held electronic games were made by Mattel with its Electronic sports (loved by Electronic Football 2) games series and Merlin. I guess the author was only considering removable media games...

The similarity in design between the Timetop Gameking 2 and the PSP is pretty crazy, though. I don't begin to think that the chart is comprehensive or gets all its relationships right, but man, the PSP looks just like that thing, but with a bigger screen. Or did Timetop rip off Sony and just get a jump on them by releasing a less powerful handheld?



Either way, somebody got ripped off.

Can someone post the link for the console chart? My favourites links from Firefox got wiped out, so now I'm back on IE.

Aside from a few arguable things in terms of lineage, I think it's a wonderful chart.



One question: "Where's the Game and Watch?"