Nintendo DSHandheld game consoleThe Nintendo DS is a foldable handheld game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide between 2004 and 2005. The "DS" in the name is an initialism for "Dual Screen", reflecting the system's most distinctive feature: two LCD screens working in tandem, with the lower screen functioning as a touchscreen. Both screens are housed in a clamshell design similar to that of the Game Boy Advance SP and some models of the Game & Watch series.
Handheld game consolePortable self-contained video game consoleNintendo DS Lite (2006), the best-selling handheld console and the third best-selling console overallA handheld game console, or simply handheld console, is a small, portable self-contained video game console with a built-in screen, game controls and speakers.
Game Boy AdvanceThe Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and in other regions in June. It was later released in mainland China in 2004, under the name iQue Game Boy Advance. Compared to the Game Boy Color it succeeded, the console offered a significantly more powerful ARM7 processor and improved graphics, while retaining backward compatibility with games initially developed for its predecessor.
Nintendo 3DSThe Nintendo 3DS is a foldable dual-screen handheld game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. Announced in March 2010 and released beginning in early 2011, it succeeds the Nintendo DS and DSi. Building on the basic design of the DS, the 3DS retains the clamshell form factor and backward compatibility with Nintendo DS software, while introducing autostereoscopic 3D visuals that do not require special glasses.
NintendoJapanese video game companyNintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and manufactures both video games and video game consoles. The history of Nintendo began when craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi founded the company in 1889 to produce handmade hanafuda playing cards. After venturing into various lines of business and becoming a public company, Nintendo began producing toys in the 1960s, and later video games.
List of Nintendo DS gamesThe Nintendo DS is a handheld video game console developed by Nintendo. Games are released in physical formats and are sold on Nintendo DS Game Cards that slot into the DS console unit. DS games are listed across four pages due to technical limitations.
Sony Interactive EntertainmentAmerican digital entertainment company owned by SonySony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) is an American, Japanese-owned, video game and digital entertainment company of Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. It primarily operates the PlayStation brand of video game consoles and products. It is also the world's largest company in the video game industry based on its equity investments and revenue.
PlayStation PortableHandheld game console by SonyThe PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in PAL regions on September 1, 2005, and is the first handheld installment in the PlayStation line of consoles. As a seventh generation console, the PSP mainly competed with the Nintendo DS.
Digital cameraCamera that captures photographs or video in digital formatFront and back of a Canon PowerShot A95 (c.2004), a once typical pocket-sized compact camera, with mode dial, optical viewfinder, and articulating screenHasselblad 503CW with Ixpress V96C digital back, an example of a professional digital camera systemA digital camera, also called a digicam, is a camera that uses digital storage to capture images.
Backward compatibilityIn telecommunications and computing, backward compatibility (or backwards compatibility) is a property of an operating system, software, real-world product, or technology that allows for interoperability with an older legacy system, or with input designed for such a system. Modifying a system in a way that does not allow backward compatibility is sometimes called "" backward compatibility. Such breaking usually incurs various types of costs, such as switching cost.IterationIteration means repeating a process to generate a (possibly unbounded) sequence of outcomes. Each repetition of the process is a single iteration, and the outcome of each iteration is the starting point of the next iteration. In mathematics and computer science, iteration (along with the related technique of recursion) is a standard element of algorithms.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.