Invention of the Handheld system Forty one years ago the first handheld game system was created by Mattel Inc. This system was called the Mattel Auto Race, it featured a single game pre-programmed into the device. Soon after, now thirty eight years ago; Milton Bradley® created the first handheld gaming system to require separate interchangeable cartridges programmed as independant video games. This system was known as the Microvision. This sparked an evolution in the gaming i