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Tiny gaming devices have always been weirdly fascinating because they look more like toys, keychains, or tech demos than actual consoles. Still, companies kept finding ways to cram real games into ridiculously small hardware, and somehow a lot of these tiny gadgets ended up being genuinely fun to use.

Some became collector favorites, others disappeared completely, but all of them proved that gaming setups don’t need giant screens and bulky hardware to leave an impression.

10 Tiny Gaming Devices That Shouldn’t Actually Work
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Tiny gaming devices are fun because they still feel slightly impossible even years later. Looking at some of these gadgets today, it’s hard to believe companies managed to fit actual gaming experiences into hardware this small.

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