Im pretty sure the oldest handhelds that people actually played in public (yes there were earlier but I'm talking something you would actually see) would be the GB/GBA which was mostly played by millennials. Meanwhile the DS was played by a mix of millennials and older Gen z.
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There were single game handheld devices since the early 80's, so boomers/X were definitely the first generations with them.
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Probably more like Nintendo Game&Watches and their clones.
The Gameboy with Tetris was a huge phenomenon, and it released in 1989, it was very popular with young adults back then which were Gen X and boomers
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I do this in public lmao
if this is disrespect, then i love disrespecting elder people
Big mac, whooper