Editing Handheld TV game (section)

==History==
[[File:Atari Plug & Play TV Games (10 classic games) (8).jpg|thumb|Atari Classic 10-in-1 TV games]]
From the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, three things happened: the [[retro game]] movement started to gain momentum, the price of [[system on a chip]] technology fell dramatically, and car television sets became popular. Several unlicensed family games, such as the [[TV Boy]], were produced. These factors led to manufacturers officially licensing classic games. The first TV games include collections of classic games; one of the earliest is the Toymax Activision 10-in-1, released in 2001. The first TV games contain collections of classic games, and many manufacturers started incorporating original content and controls. Jakks Pacific reached licensing deals with [[Disney]], [[DC Comics]], [[Marvel Comics]], [[Nickelodeon]], [[Cartoon Network]], and others. 

Criticism that video games were contributing to obesity in children led to the development of TV games with motion controls such as the Play TV series, including Play TV Baseball, Play TV Football, and Play TV Barbie Dance Craze in 2003. In 2004, [[Tiger Electronics]] created [[paintball]] and a ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' sword-fighting game, using a toy sword as the controller. In that year, Radica started producing collections of Sega games, such as ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'', ''[[Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle]]'', ''[[Columns (video game)|Columns]]'', and ''[[Gain Ground]]''. The [[C64 Direct-to-TV]] was released in 2004 by Toy:Lobster and Mammoth Toys with a copy of the [[Commodore 64]] operating system and a [[virtual keyboard]] as a hidden extra. In 2005, Jakks Pacific produced original game content for the new ''Star Wars'' and ''Fantastic Four'' films, and Tiger produced a [[Jedi]] [[lightsaber]] fighting game using a lightsaber as the controller. In 2005, [[Milton Bradley Company|Milton Bradley]] started producing TV game versions of Whack-a-Mole and Miniature Golf.