Editing History of video games (section)

===Handhelds come of age===
In 1989, Nintendo released the cartridge-based [[Game Boy]], the first major [[handheld game console]] since the [[Microvision]] 10 years earlier. Included with the system was ''[[Tetris (Game Boy video game)|Tetris]]'', which became one of the best-selling video games of all time, drawing many that would not normally play video games to the handheld.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/10877456/Tetris-at-30-a-history-of-the-worlds-most-successful-game.html |title=Tetris at 30: a history of the world's most successful game |last=Sparkes |first=Matthew |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=June 6, 2014 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427004705/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/10877456/Tetris-at-30-a-history-of-the-worlds-most-successful-game.html |archive-date=April 27, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Several rival handhelds made their debut in the early 1990s, including the [[Game Gear]] and [[Atari Lynx]] (the first handheld with color LCD display). Although these systems were more technologically advanced and intended to match the performance of home consoles, they were hampered by higher battery consumption and less third-party developer support. While some of the other systems remained in production until the mid-1990s, the Game Boy and its successive incarnations, the [[Game Boy Pocket]], [[Game Boy Color]] and [[Game Boy Advance]], were virtually unchallenged for dominance in the handheld market through the 1990s.<ref name="vice yokoi" /> The Game Boy family also introduced the first installments in the ''[[Pokémon (video game series)|Pokémon]]'' series with [[Pokémon Red and Blue|''Pokémon Red'' and ''Blue'']], which remains one of the best-selling video game franchises for Nintendo.<ref name="Figures">{{cite web|url=https://corporate.pokemon.co.jp/en/aboutus/figures/|title=Pokémon in Figures|website=[[The Pokémon Company]]|date=March 2020|access-date=July 31, 2020|archive-date=October 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010084800/https://corporate.pokemon.co.jp/en/aboutus/figures/|url-status=live}}</ref>