List of video game consoles
This is a list of video game consoles by the era they appeared in. Eras are named based on the dominant console type of the era (even though not all consoles of those eras are of the same type). Also included in this list is handheld game consoles, which are usually of lower power than the home consoles of the same era.
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2 128 era (2000-Present) 3 32/64-bit era (1995-1999) 4 16-bit era (1989-1994) 5 Nintendo era (1985-1988) 6 Pre-video game crash of 1983 7 1970s |
Future
As of 2004, these consoles are in development and are expected to be released at some point in 2005 to 2007.
- GameCube 2 (Revolution) (tentative title, expected in 2006)
- PlayStation 3 (expected in 2006)
- Xbox 2 (tentative title, expected in 2005)
128 era (2000-Present)
32/64-bit era (1995-1999)
- 3DO (1993)
- Apple Pippin (1996) (never marketed)
- Atari Jaguar (1993) (64-bit)
- Game.com
- Gameboy Color
- Neo Geo Pocket Color
- Nintendo 64 (1996-2002) (64-bit)
- PC-FX
- Playdia (1994)
- PlayStation (1995-2000)
- Sega Saturn (1995-1998)
- Wonderswan
- CD32 - Amiga Commodore
16-bit era (1989-1994)
- Gamate
- Atari Lynx II
- Atari Lynx
- Game Boy
- Pocket Game Boy
- Neo-Geo (1989)
- Neo-Geo CD (1994-1999)
- Nintendo Virtual Boy
- Philips CD-i
- PC-FX
- Sega Game Gear
- Sega Genesis (Sega MegaDrive) (1989-1998)
- Sega CD (Sega Mega-CD) (1991)
- Sega 32X (Sega Genesis 32X or Sega Mega 32X or Sega Super 32X) (1993)
- Sega Genesis Nomad
- Sega VR
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom)
- TurboGrafx 16 (PC-Engine) (1989)
- TurboExpress
- TurboGrafx-16 CD
- TurboDuo
- SuperGrafx
Nintendo era (1985-1988)
- Atari 7800 (1986)
- Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) (1985-1995)
- Sega Master System (1986)
- SG-1000 Mark III (1984)
Pre-video game crash of 1983
- Adam*
- Arcadia 2001 (1982)
- Atari 5200 (1982)
- Colecovision (1982)
- Gemini*
- Intellivision (1980) 16-bit
- Philips Videopac G7400 (1983) (This was to be released in the USA as the Odyssey3 Command Center; changing market conditions prevented its release.)
- SG-1000 (1983)
- SG-1000 Mark II
- Vectrex (1982)
1970s
- Apple 2*
- Atari 2600 VCS
- Bally Astrocade (1977)
- Game And Watch*
- Game Brain*
- Fairchild Channel F (1976)
- Magnavox Odyssey*
- Magnavox Odyssey2 (1978) (Known in Europe as the Philips Videopac G7000)
- Microvision
- Pong*
- Studio 2*
- Telstar*