The 25 Greatest Handheld Games of All Time

It's all right there in the palm of your hand.

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Even though we’re all hooked on playing games on our phones right now at the office, there’s no question that a huge part of our gaming lives centered on gaming on the go with actual hand-held systems.

Sure, they might not be doing so well right now, but we’d pop these suckers in our old hand-held devices any day of the week. The one qualifier for this list is that these games can’t be for your phone. Not that we hate or anything, but this is just not that list. So, without any more yammering.

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25. Donkey Kong

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24. Star Fox 64 3D

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23. Batman

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22. Metroid 2: Return of Samus

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21. Silent Hill Origins

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20. Disney's Aladdin

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19. God of War: The Chains of Olympus

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18. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

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17. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

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16. SNK vs. Capcom: The Fight of the Millennium

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15. Streets of Rage 2

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14. Wario Ware: Twisted

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13. Tetris

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12. Half-Minute Hero

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11. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

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10. Sonic Triple Trouble

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9. Persona 4 Golden

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8. Super Mario Land 2

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7. Sound Shapes

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6. Castlevania: Aria of Shadow

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7. Lumines

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4. Mario Kart DS

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3. Pokemon Yellow

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2. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

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1. Super Mario Land

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