It's the Gameboy, i still have mine, and still works :P I remember going on car journeys and having to use motorway lights to play Tetri and Mario, then we got the in-car fold-over light, there was no comparison, and tbh, if I'm super honest, the Gameboy still reigns supreme for me.

PSP, even though I sold it to a friend years ago, it still works perfectly as I was told. It was very comfortable to play on.

Tempted to get a Switch though as I want to play Zelda.

Ok so I've put steam deck purely because I bought it with the late nights up with baby in mind but actual answer is Game Boy!

I wish I had our original one - the story of it was we were driving to visit our nan and my dad just stopped the car in the middle of the road (no other cars around don't worry!) he hopped out picked something up off the floor and threw it to us in the back seat. It was an OG Game Boy with a 12 game cartridge and rechargeable batteries! That thing stayed with me for YEARS, until an ex stole it when we split up.

I could absolutely wax lyrical about the Game Boy for days - and they're super fun to repair as well!

Dead heat between original Game Boy and Game Boy Color - the latter mostly because of my intense and long-lasting Mario Golf addiction.

No love for the Game Gear?

Sure it ate batteries like they were nothing, but it had a backlit 32-colour 3.2 inch screen, TV adapter, and it looked like the Steamdeck.

Look at this beast - peak SEGA if you ask me! 😆

I feel anyone that hasn't tried the Steam Deck doesn't know what they're missing. I grew up with handhelds from the very first Game Boy and owned every single Nintendo portable that came out. I owned the PSP but was late to the Vita, grabbing one only about a year before everything was shutting down. I've had a few knock-offs or one-shots from companies attempting their own Game Boys. I've also tried the Asus ROG Ally, Aya Neo (first Ayaneo product before the name change), and OneXPlayer. Steam Deck beats them all.

While there are plenty of foundational or game-changing devices out there for their time, nothing has ever offered the sheer value for money that the Steam Deck does. There are more powerful versions like the Lenovo Legion Go and ROG Ally, but Steam Deck features the perfect blend of an affordable cost, trackpads and gyro for the most versatile control schemes, and a dedicated Linux overlay that beats the hell out of using Windows on a portable. It's an emulation powerhouse that can play everything every other handheld can and more.

I have fond memories of all those handhelds, but don't let nostalgia cloud your judgement that Steam Deck is the one true handheld.

I think the Nintendo Switch might be my favourite console and so I guess it wins best handheld by default. I do play it mostly docked, but I'm definitely partial to playing Animal Crossing or Sonic Mania or something while curled up on the couch

If we're talking modern handheld then its the switch but if we're talking retro/old school then i would have to say it's the Gameboy Advance, that was such a cool console. I still have a bunch of the game cartridges around the house

Gameboy

I never actually had one, but one of my close friends used to "rent" his out for £2 a night - i was about 12/13 or so.

Penguin wars, Tetris, there were others - but those were actually the two that stuck out in my mind!

Happy days!