1. A method of illuminating an object associated with a portable handheld video game device having a port in electrical connection with at least one power source, comprising: providing an illumination apparatus comprising a plug for plugging the apparatus into the port, a body connected to the plug, and an illumination device connected to the body, the illumination device adapted to removably receive one of numerous different interchangeable illumination heads; plugging the plug of the illumination apparatus into the port of the portable handheld video game device; connecting one of numerous different interchangeable illumination heads to the illumination device; and lighting the illumination device and the interchangeable illumination head with the power source to illuminate an object associated with the portable handheld video game device.