Mobile Gaming - Generation 2

In line with the second generation of video game consoles, the second generation of mobile consoles has replaceable modules for the first time, which, however, usually contain other components besides the game ROM.

Most of these games were designed for one player. The USA, like other Western industrialised countries, was experiencing a marked decline in birth rates: with the availability of hormonal contraception, the rate fell from 3.65 births per woman in 1960 to fewer than 2 children in 1973. By the late 70s, toy manufacturers were therefore producing for a generation increasingly growing up without siblings, with a corresponding demand for solo games.