Handheld Game Reviews

This little game is the best. My grandmother loves it, my mother loves it, and I love it to death. We only have one so we are usually fighting over it. And the thing is, i have had it for years. So not only is it soooo fun, you dont have to change batteries every 5 min. I would Highly recomend this product to ANYONE big or small old or young This thing is the best!

i saw this toy online than i got it at the store. its really fun i play it everday. even my brother that is 26 likes it. he plays it a lot to. i give this toy 5 stars.

i bought this almost two years ago for myself, play it EVERY day, and only replaced the battery once. I just bought three more for my grandchildren (10, 7 & 5) because they can't keep their hands off it when they come to visit me, and fight over whose turn it is to use it ne×t!

This game provides much interest and entertainment. It is also educational. At one point there were four adults in our family involved at the same time, so as a bonus,it provided some fun, quality family time together.
I don't understand what Radica means when it says the game has a hint button. There is no button named "hint" on this game. Also, I think people could see it better if the screen were backlit.
We would recommend this game...a nice Christmas present for any age above 8.

It is changlling to make words from word given. Keeps your mind active. Not boring.

Bought this new before a long car trip. This one plus our old on-the-go game kept my kids busy for many hours! Highly recommend for trips. Many games to choose from.

This is the first Pixter Deluxe I got, and I got a great first impression of Pixter toys. The games and drawing are fabulous, it is great for traffic and rainy, boring days.

I am writing this review from what I remember as a 10 year old in the early 1960's. I loved this game. Now I am buying this game for my 4 grandkids this Christmas. I want them to have the enjoyment of a simple play-by-yourself game or play with your friends and family game. No tv or computers involved in this game. It is a basic get back to the simple life game! Hope I can keep this game wrapped until Christmas.

This game is great. It is all the fun of Yahtzee, in your hand. All of the same rules apply and all of the objectives are the same. The objective of the game is to save the dice to get a full house or a 4 of a kind to name a few. The set up and buttons are very clear. You could learn without the instructions. There is a handy dandy point sheet on the back of the game that tells you all of the objectives and how many points they are worth. This game is small so it is perfect for a long car ride, gym or can fit in your pocket for when ever you have some free time. It is worth it.

I gave an electronic handheld Yahtzee game to one of my friends a couple of years ago and he loved it! I've always loved Yahtzee myself since my baby-sitter got me started. So I decided to take a shot with electronic handheld yahtzee.

I got addicted the instant I started playing with it. I'm taking it everywhere I go when I have spare time. Even my grandma and my sister are addicted! When you get a Yahtzee you yell and shout for victory. I love this game! I guess this game's only educational value is thinking where you want to put your score or what "dice" you want to keep. Those are the biggest strategies. The other two points I didn't put for educational value is because that part is the pure luck of rolling the "dice".

I'm surprised this toy is so durable. There are handheld Poker games similar to this one that aren't as durable as this one.

I also have the electronic handheld battleship game by Milton Bradley. Out of all of the electronic handheld games that are out in the stores today, I'd say this one is the best.

Overall, I love this game. It is a great buy for those people that love toys!

As a new Yahtzee fan, I thought it couldn't get any better than the Yahtzee and Deluxe Yahtzee game. Now this electronic handheld Yahtzee had to come out. I'm in Yahtzee overload! The minute you pick it up and start playing, you're hooked; as if I wasn't hooked enough already! The sounds are wonderful and NEVER annoying, and the little music that plays when you get a Yahtzee is snazzy. The controls are delightfully easy and the display is nicely sized. Even if you have a bad game, its soon forgotten when you hit the "new game" or "roll" button. I can't play it on work nights because its so hard to put down, I stay up late; I still do it anyway! Add this to your Yahtzee collection and enjoy this classic game in a convenient handheld electronic format.

My wife and I love this game. We own an older version of the same, and it is able to IR link with annother to play head to head. However, the geniuses who designed the game ran one of the circuits directly under the pivot for the directional control, thereby DESIGNING it to fail. Ours has worn through the circuit plating, and just bit hard. If they can re-design it, I will buy at least six, so my friends can all play, too.

I loved this game, until it stopped working after about 8 hours of playing with it. It wasn't the batteries! It was the game.

I had to laugh when I read the above editorial review of Tetris because it's as if the reviewer took words from my mouth. I must be one of the few people who didn't know of the game's existence until this past Christmas 2003 when my sister got me this pocket version, and it has seriously consumed hours of my life. For the first few weeks of playing it, I would also see the shapes in my head all the time when I was trying to sleep or work or whatever. It's crazy how this thing can take over.
Anyhow, it's lots of fun, and though I thought I'd never improve, I have gotten much better since those first few days. I seem to have plateaued at this point however.

Bop it Extreme 2 is the best! My sister got it for her birthday but, I love playing it! Before I could only get 1 or 2 but, now I have 38.
I play it when I wake up, when I have extra time, & before I go to bed!
I like all the things you can play on it and, that it has a volume control and, that it tells you what the high score is.
This game is really fun! People should purchase this item.

Hi, I'm a 19 years old college student attending UCSD. I live in a suit with other students and we use to hang out, but we got nothing to do. I decided to buy this toy to promote some social interactions. To my surprise, everybody just jumps in and have a blast. We played endless Pass it! games. It REALLY trains your reflex skill. I find it so much fun that I had to write a review, which I rarely do.

As for the difference between the Bop It Extreme and the Bop It Extreme 2 versions.(I had this question when I buy this toy)
1) The Bop It Extreme 2 version has 3 levels of volume, while the Bop It Extreme has one LOUD volume.
2) The Bop It Extreme 2 has an earphone jack for personal enjoyment, while the Bop It Extreme doesn't.
3) The Bop It Extreme 2 TELLS you at the end your score(i.e. "You scored forty-eght"), while the Bop It Extreme plays different sounds to denote score(i.e. "whistle, whistle, rachet, rachet, rachet, drum, drum, drum, drum"). Hence requiring you to count and decipher which sound worth more points than other.
4) The Bop It Extreme 2 has more music than the Bop It Extreme as advertised.
5) The Bop It Extreme 2 has rubber grip and better grip-mold for the Spin it! wheel.
6) The Bop It Extreme 2 just looks much cooler, hands down! :D

Playing this game Solo is fun, but get together w/ your friends and you all will have a BLAST!

VERY,VERY noisey. It is hard for me to get a high score. They whant you to do it so fast. (Yes, I know a game should be challinging.) And to tell you it takes a odd number of batterys,3 of 'em. One time the batterys got corroded so it made it hard to get out. I never did play with it again. The sound got scratchy too. (...)I do not recomend any of the Bop It toys to anyone.

I really can't fid anything wrong with this game. There are 10,000 words, so if you find a repeat word, it is incredibly rare. The educational value isnt that good, but, it isn't a game you buy for educational value. You buy it for fun, and that's what it delivers. Everyone will be laughing at the hilarity of some of clues. If you haven't already, buy this game.

Remember the old $100, 000 Pyramid game that still reruns on the Game Show network with Dick Clark? This game is sort of like that. There's no silly cardboard cards to fiddle around with, and it's fast paced and fun. You describe the various words that pop up on your screen without saying it to your fellow team member, and you should see the look on people's faces when they try to pinpoint the word. It's comical - and the shouting never stops. But unlike the old pyramid game, you can get a lot of people to join in on the fun, by dividing it up into two teams.

There's a really loud beeping noise that accompanies the game - and it grows more intense minute by minute, until the device buzzes, and the person left holding the unit is the one who gets the 'raspberry' sound. (There's no volume control by the way, but if you're playing this with a lot of people, and there's tons of noise, you'll have a hard time even hearing the beeping)

Great party game, and good fun!

"Catch Phrase" is one of the many cool things I have discovered since being in college. I'll bet hardly anyone has heard of it (no one had heard of it where I come from anyway), but it is one of the most contagious games around.

The premise of the game is simple: After setting the timer, your team has to guess what word or phrase is visible on the screen. The unit cannot be passed until someone says exactly what is on the screen. When someone does guess correctly, you pass it on to a member of the other team.

For example, if the word was "pumpkin," you could say something along the lines of, "Okay, guys, Peter-Peter-blank-eater!" If someone has been keeping up on their nursery rhymes, he or she will know that the word in place of "blank" is "pumpkin." Make sense?

This game is a blast when you get a huge amount of people to play. About a month ago, around 20 of us were playing it at the same time. Good times there, folks!

Fun: Fun, fun, FUN. I can't reiterate it enough. It's interesting to see how nervous people get when the timer starts beeping faster; hence, the buzzer is about to go off. For some reason, people get really panicky when the pressure starts to build. It's only a game, people! Of course, you don't realize that at the time. Everyone is yelling out answers, and with all the excitement going on, your heartbeat can rise in a hurry.

Educational Value: This is a thinking game. That's the only way I know how to put it. You have to think about what it is your teammate is trying to say without he or she actually coming out and saying it. And they're not all as easy as "pumpkin." There are some real stumpers in this game, and that only adds to the fun (or frustration depending upon what side you're on).

Durability: This game is very durable. Just don't drop it! It probably wouldn't hold up very well since this is the electronic version.

In short, "Catch Phrase" is a very cool game. It's great to play with a lot of people, and it never gets boring. I've played this numerous times, and I always have interesting stories to tell the next day.

Simon hand-held is great! I love to play it in the car and boy is it durable. I've had it for about 2/1 years now and haven't replaced the batteries yet. I guess it a little edu. because you have to have skill.

this is great!!!!!!!!! i got this for my B-day and its great i play it EVERYDAY when i have time because im busy!!!1:}I would rate it 1000000000000000000000

Simon is an excellent tool for improving memory. It stimulates the mind and provides great satisfaction along the way. The handheld version is compact and can easily be carried around in your pocket. I absolutely love it and whenever I am a little down, I play with it and immediately forget my troubles. I recommend this to all kids and especially to adults who are having trouble remembering.

You should buy this toy. It is so much fun and easy to learn how to use it.
There is so many things that it does.I never get board of it. You will be laughing and geting excited thats how i felt when got the nu jam guitar it was great. It lights up there is volume u can plug in head sets so no one can here. there is to different kinds of musc to play to. I sware this made me want to be a rock star its totally awesome. you will never want to put it down.

We just bought a couple of days ago and it's been in use practically every since we put batteries in it. We are fans of Bop It Extremes and thought we'd try out this toy by the same makers.
My kids are 3, 10 and 13 and all have a lot of fun with it. My husband has had a ball with it too. (I think he's played it more than they have! :) ) He enjoys the challenging modes and the fact you are making a kind of music with the toy.
Our 3 year old likes to play it in the "free jam" mode where he is not playing a game, but can play music on the guitar anyway he likes. We got some great video footage of him "jamming" on this guitar!

Adding headphones is a good idea for using when the "new" wears off and the grownups get tired of hearing it!!

GREAT toy. My 8 year old got it for XMas and simply loves it! Has several different "play modes" for different sounds and is quite durable. All of his friends want one! You won't be disappointed!