Microvision paves the way for modern handheld gaming
Released in 1979, Milton Bradley’s Microvision wasn’t the first portable device that played games. But it was the first one to use changeable cartridges for its games, something that Nintendo would later implement in its 1989 Game Boy and, of course, all later portable machines.
While the system was a mild success, even getting its own Star Trek game, it wasn’t a great product overall and suffered from numerous issues. But hey, it did make a cameo appearance in Friday the 13th Part 2. So that’s neat…I guess.
