Gaming Handheld Devices

Nintendo’s entry-level 2DS plays the full 3DS and DS library in a flat, slate-style body without the 3D effect. Audio for headphones comes from a single standard 3.5mm stereo jack. Like the rest of the 3DS family it charges over Nintendo’s proprietary WAP-002 barrel connector rather than USB, so a first-party or compatible adapter is…

Nintendo’s 2006 DS Lite is the first Nintendo handheld to break power-adapter compatibility with the original DS / Game Boy Advance SP — it uses a slimmer 4.6V DC barrel jack served by the USG-002 adapter, and the older AGS-002 / NTR-002 plug will not fit. Two cartridge slots remain: a top DS Game Card…

The Nintendo DSi was the first DS model with a built-in 3.5mm stereo headphone jack — the original DS and DS Lite required a proprietary adapter instead. It plays DS cartridges and DSiWare downloads, with an SD card slot for photos, music, and software. Charging relies on Nintendo’s proprietary barrel connector rather than USB, so…

Nintendo’s 1989 launch handheld runs on four AA batteries or a 6V DC barrel jack via the official DMG-03 adapter — there is no rechargeable battery and no USB. The proprietary 6-pin EXT link port at the side carries the original DMG link cable for two-player games like Tetris and Pokémon trades; the smaller link…

The 2001 Game Boy Advance is the only Game Boy generation with no external power port at all — it runs strictly on two AA batteries and Nintendo never shipped a first-party AC adapter for it. A new GBA-specific link cable port replaces the smaller Pocket/Color port and is physically and electrically incompatible with both…

Nintendo’s 2003 Game Boy Advance SP introduces an internal rechargeable lithium-ion battery and replaces the original GBA’s AA tray with a proprietary 5.2V DC EXT.1 power jack — the same physical port used by the original Nintendo DS. The SP famously omits the 3.5mm headphone jack; wired headphones require Nintendo’s AGS-003 adapter, which plugs into…

The 1998 Game Boy Color reuses the smaller link cable port introduced on Game Boy Pocket — every Game Boy from 1996 through GBA-era backward-compatible play uses the same connector. The big addition is a top-edge infrared transceiver for wireless data sharing between consoles, used by a handful of games like Mario Tennis and the…

The Game Boy Micro is the smallest official Game Boy, playing Game Boy Advance cartridges on a backlit 2-inch screen. It has no standard 3.5mm headphone jack — wired audio requires a Nintendo adapter for its proprietary headphone port. Multiplayer uses a Micro-specific Game Link port that differs from earlier GBA link cables, and charging…

Nintendo’s 1996 Game Boy Pocket shrinks the original DMG by roughly a third and introduces the medium-sized link port that every later monochrome and colour Game Boy reuses — incompatible with the original DMG cable without an adapter. Power comes from two AAA batteries or a new, smaller 3V DC barrel jack fed by the…

Nintendo’s larger New 3DS model plays 3DS and DS cartridges with glasses-free 3D on a 4.88-inch upper screen. For wired audio it offers a standard 3.5mm stereo headphone jack on the front edge. Charging uses Nintendo’s proprietary WAP-002 connector — the same barrel plug shared across the DSi, 2DS, and 3DS family — so there…