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Console games
First generation Second generation Video game crash of 1983 Third generation Fourth generation Fifth generation Sixth generation Seventh generation
Arcade games
Golden Age of Arcade Games

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 set-top consoles of the same era. Machines marketed and sold as general-purpose computers or machines that can play only a set of built-in games are not included.

Contents 1 Seventh Generation (2005-present) 2 Sixth generation (1998-2005) 3 32/64-bit era (1994-1998) Fifth Generation 4 16-bit era: Fourth Generation 5 8-bit era/post-crash of '83 era (1983-1989) Third Generation 6 The first home video games/pre-crash of '83 (1958-1982) First and Second Generation 7 See also

Main article: History of video games (seventh generation era)

• Game Wave Family Entertainment System
• Atari Flashback 2
• Generation NEX
• FC Twin Video Game System (November 20, 2006)
• Sony PlayStation 3 (2006) (November: North America, Japan) / (2007) (March: Europe, Australia)
• Nintendo Wii (2006) (November: North America, December: Japan, Europe)
• Microsoft Xbox 360 (2005)
• Mattel HyperScan (2006) (October)
• Evo: Phase One (2006) (October)
• Phantom Game Console (cancelled)
• XGP (2007?) (Not yet released)
• GP2X (2005)
• Gizmondo (2005)
• Sony PlayStation Portable or (PSP) (2005)
• Nintendo DS (2004)
  • Nintendo DS Lite (2006)
  • Xbox 360 Elite (2007)

Main article: History of video games (sixth generation era)

• Atari Flashback (2004)
• GP32 (2001)
• Microsoft Xbox (2001)
• Nintendo GameCube (original DOL-001 model with Digital Video Output) (2001)
  • Nintendo GameCube (later DOL-101 model without Digital Video Output)
  • Panasonic Q (2001, Japan Only)
    • Game Boy Player (2003)
      • Q Game Boy Player (2003, Japan Only)
• Nintendo Game Boy Advance (2001)
  • Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP (original frontlit screen model) (2003)
    • Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP Mark II (improved backlit screen model) (2005)
  • Nintendo Game Boy Micro (2005)
  • Dockable Entertainment featuring Game Boy Advance
    • e-Reader (no link port) (2002, Japan Only)
      • e-Reader (link port) (2003) / e-Reader+ (2003, Japan)
• N-Gage (2003)
  • N-Gage QD (2004)
• Sega Dreamcast (1998)
• Sony PlayStation 2 (2000)
  • PSX (DVR) (2003) (Japan Only)
  • Sony PlayStation 2 Slimline (smaller version) (2004)
• Tapwave Zodiac (2003)
• WonderSwan (1999) (Handheld)
  • WonderSwan Color (2000) (Japan Only) (Handheld)
  • Swan Crystal (2002) (Handheld)

Main article: History of video games (32-bit / 64-bit era)

• Neo Geo Pocket (1998) (Japan Only)
  • Neo Geo Pocket Color (1998 Japan/1999 US)
• Nintendo Game Boy Color (1998) (Handheld)
• Nintendo 64 (N64) (1996) (64-bit)
  • Special Pikachu Edition Nintendo 64
    • Nintendo 64DD (1999) (Japan Only)
    • Wide-Boy 64 (Not availble to consumers)
    • Transfer Pak (some Game Boy compatibilty, mainly with Pokémon games)
• Sony Playstation (1995)
  • Pocketstation (1995)
  • Net Yaroze (1997)
  • Sony PlayStation One (2000)
• Casio Loopy (1995) (Japan Only)
• Sega Saturn (1994)
• Nintendo Virtual Boy (1995)
• Apple Pippin (1995)
• PC-FX (1994) (Japan Only)
• Playdia (1994) (Japan Only)
• Atari Jaguar (1993) (64-bit)
  • Atari Jaguar CD (1995)
• 3DO (1993)
• Commodore Amiga CD32 (1993)

Main article: History of video games (16-bit era)

• Commodore Amiga CD32
• Commodore Amiga CDTV
• Supervision (1992)
• Mega Duck/Cougar Boy (1993)
• Pioneer LaserActive (1993)
• Philips CD-i (1991)
• FM Towns Marty (1991)
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) (1991) / Super Famicom (1990, Japan)
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System 2 (1997) / Super Famicom Jr.
    • Play Station SNES CD-ROM System (Cancelled)
    • Satellaview (1995, Japan Only)
    • Super Game Boy
      • Super Game Boy 2
• Sega Game Gear (1991) (Handheld)
• Neo-Geo (1990)
  • Neo-Geo CD
  • Neo-Geo CDZ
• Sega Mega Drive (1988) / Sega Genesis (1989, North America Only)
  • Sega Mega Drive II / Sega Genesis II (North America Only)
  • Sega Mega Drive III (Brazil Only) / Sega Genesis 3 (North America Only)
    • Sega CD (1992)
    • Sega 32X (Sega Genesis 32X or Sega Mega Drive 32X or Sega Super 32X) (1994)
  • Sega Nomad (1995)
• TurboGrafx-16 (1989)
  • TurboGrafx-CD
  • TurboDuo (1992)
  • TurboExpress (Handheld)
  • SuperGrafx
• Atari Lynx (1989) (Handheld)
• Nintendo Game Boy (1989) (Handheld)
  • Nintendo Game Boy Pocket (1996) (Handheld)
  • Nintendo Game Boy Light (1997, Japan Only) (Handheld)

Main article: History of video games (8-bit era)

• Commodore 64GS (1990)
• Amstrad GX4000 (1990)
• Sharp X68000 (1987, Japan)
• PC Engine (1987, Japan)
• Atari XEGS (1987)
• Atari 7800 (1986)
• Sega Master System (1986) / SG-1000 Mark III (1985, Japan)
  • Sega Master System II
  • Sega Master System III (Brazil Only)
    • Sega Master System III Collection (Brazil Only)
  • Sega Master System Compact / Sega Master System IV (Brazil Only) (Handheld)
  • Coleco / PlayPal (2006) (Handheld)
• Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) (1985) / Famicom (1983, Japan)
  • Nintendo Entertainment System 2 (1993) / AV Famicom
    • NES Disk System (Cancelled) / Famicom Disk System (1986, Japan Only)
  • Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clones (multiple releases everywhere on various dates)
• Sega SG-1000 (1983, Japan)
  • SG-1000 Mark II (Japan)

Main articles: History of video game consoles (first generation) and History of video game consoles (second generation)

• Commodore MAX Machine (1982)
• MSX (1982)
• Vectrex (1982)
• Emerson Arcadia 2001 (1982)
• Atari 5200 (1982)
  • Atari 5100 / Atari 5200 Jr. (Cancelled)
• Colecovision (1982)
  • Expansion Module #1 (Unlicensed Atari 2600 Compatibility)
  • Expansion Module #4 (Unlicensed Intellivision Compatibility) (Cancelled)
• Nintendo Game & Watch (1980) (series of LCD Handhelds)
  • Toymax Inc. Mini-Classics (keychain sized Game & Watch re-releases)
• Intellivision (1980)
  • Intellivision II
    • System Changer (Unlicensed Atari 2600 Compatibility)
• APF Imagination Machine (1979)
• Microvision (1979) (Handheld)
• Interton VC 4000 ([1978])
• Magnavox Odyssey² (1978)
• Bally Astrocade (1977)
• Atari 2600 / Atari Video Computer System (VCS) / Sears Video Arcade (1977)
  • Atari 2700 / Atari Remote Control VCS (1981, Cancelled)
  • Sears Video Arcade II (1983) / Atari 2800 (1983, Japan Only)
  • Atari 2600 Jr. (1986)
  • Coleco Gemini (Atari 2600 hardware clone)
  • TV Boy (Atari 2600 hardware clone)
    • TV Boy 2 (Atari 2600 hardware clone)
    • Super TV-Boy (Atari 2600 hardware clone)
• Radio sonic / Radio Sonic Console 1970's / (197?-1977)
• RCA Studio II (1976)
• Fairchild Channel F / Video Entertainment System (VES) (1976)
  • Channel F System II
• Coleco Telstar (1976)
• APF TV Fun (1976)
• PONG (1972 coin-operated arcade version, the home console was released in 1975)
• Magnavox Odyssey (1972)
• Computer Space (1971)
• Galaxy Game (1971)
• Spacewar! (1961)
• Tennis for Two (1958)
• OXO (1952)

* Consoles of the early 1970s (Pong and Magnavox Odyssey) were often inaccurately called "analog" but actually used discrete logic.

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