What was the first handheld game console to ship with a color display?

Launched in North America for $179.99 again in September 1989 (Europe and Japan bought it in 1990), the Atari Lynx was the primary handheld sport console with a 160×102 decision LCD that might present as much as 16 colours concurrently out of 4,096 obtainable colours — its main level of competitors in opposition to the $90 Nintendo Sport Boy.

Among the many Atari Lynx’s many forward-looking options, it had the flexibility to community with as much as 17 different handhelds via its “Comlynx” cable system.

Sega’s Sport Gear arrived quickly after in 1990/1991 that includes a 160×144 LCD with 4,096 colours (32 at a time), whereas Nintendo’s Gameboy Colour shipped to Japanese clients in October 1998 with a 160×144 LCD supporting 32,768 colours (56 simultaneous), in addition to double the processing energy and triple the reminiscence inside 1996’s Sport Boy Pocket.

The Neo Geo Pocket Colour shipped in 1999 with a 160×152 LCD additionally supporting 4,096 colours however the means to point out 146 on display screen. Maybe of be aware, Palmtex supplied the Tremendous Micro in 1983 with a 16×32 monochrome LCD and overlay sheets to show colour, although the display screen itself could not produce colours.