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Style & Design 2009: The Top 10 Handheld Video Games of All Time

From Donkey Kong to DS, take a look back at Complex's history of the 10 greatest portable games ever.

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Twenty years after Game Boy, the variety and strength of dedicated gaming handhelds has turned a novelty into a viable industry. The Game Boy's distant cousin the Nintendo DSi ($169) is still on top, but Sony's new PSP Go ($249) eschews hard media for downloadable games, and Linux-based units like the Pandora ($330) and Gamepark's GP2X Wiz ($179) are as open-source as it gets for the homebrew and emulation community. Throw one in your bag and bring the arcade wherever you go.

As an addendum to our glimpse into the future of mobile gaming in the 2009 Style & Design package from our latest issue, we're taking a look back at the 10 best handheld games of all time...

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