10 handheld games consoles you almost certainly didn't own – and

By A Mystery Man Writer

The history of portable games machines is festooned with joy. From Tetris on Nintendo's original Game Boy through to the near-TV console experiences of latter-day Nintendo and Sony machines – the handheld console is a pillar of the industry. But for every success there are many others which do not evoke the same happy remembrances – or indeed any remembrances at all. And with good reason: they were spectacularly bad and/or unsuccessful. Here are 10 such prodigious flops.