I wonder if one of the ringtones will be called "red ring of death"? Sorry couldn't resist...
Not too sure how you can do a history of portable gaming without the inclusion of the TG-16's Turbo Express. If memory serves, it was the 1st portable that played the same games as its home console.
It's happened a few times for me...This gen it was Fable II. and I don't even like rpgs...Years ago it was Blast Corps for the N64. Couldnt stop till I got gold on everything. The worst was the original X-Com for the PS1. Hated it at first, but would up playing it for about 8 to 10 hours a day for a month. I kept on having X-Com nightmares all that while....good times...