List of video game consoles
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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). Some eras are referred to based on how many bits a major console could process. *The 128-bit era is the final era where this practice is viewed as appropriate. Also included in this list are handheld game consoles, which are usually of lower computational power than the set-top consoles of the same era. Consoles marketed and sold as general-purpose computers or that can play only a set of built-in games are not included.
[edit] Seventh generation (2004-present)
- PlayStation 3 (2006/2007)
- Wii (2006 (Japan)/2007 (North America, PAL region)
- Evo: Phase One (2006) (October)
- Xbox 360 (2005)
- Xbox 360 Elite (2007)
- GP2X (2005)
- Gizmondo (2005)
[edit] Sixth generation (1998-2005)
- N-Gage (2003)
- N-Gage QD (2004)
- Tapwave Zodiac (2003)
- GP32 (2001)
- Xbox (2001)
- Nintendo GameCube (model no. DOL-001 (digital video output) / model no. DOL-101 (no digital video output)) (2001)
- Panasonic Q (2001, Japan Only)
- Game Boy Player (2003)
- Game Boy Advance (2001)
- Game Boy Advance SP (original frontlit screen model) (2003)
- Game Boy Advance SP Mark II (improved backlit screen model) (2005)
- Game Boy Micro (2005)
- Dockable Entertainment featuring Game Boy Advance
- Game Boy Advance SP (original frontlit screen model) (2003)
- Nintendo iQue (2003) (China Only)
- PlayStation 2 (2000)
- PSX (DVR) (2003) (Japan Only)
- Slimline PS2 (smaller version) (2004)
- WonderSwan (1999) (Handheld)
- WonderSwan Color (2000) (Japan Only) (Handheld)
- SwanCrystal (2002) (Handheld)
- Dreamcast (1998)
[edit] 32/64-bit era (1993-1998): Fifth generation
[edit] 64-bit era
- Neo Geo Pocket (1998) (Japan Only)
- Neo Geo Pocket Color (1998 Japan/1999 US)
- 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 available to consumers)
- Transfer Pak (some Game Boy compatibility, mainly with Pokémon games)
[edit] 32-bit era
- PlayStation (1994)
- PocketStation (1998)
- Net Yaroze (1997)
- PSone (2000)
- Sega Saturn (1994)
- Virtual Boy (1995)
- Apple Pippin (1995)
- PC-FX (1994) (Japan Only)
- Atari Jaguar (1993) (64-bit)
- Atari Jaguar CD (1995)
- 3DO (1993)
- Amiga CD32 (1993)
[edit] 16-bit era (1989-1993): Fourth generation
- Sega Mega Drive (1988) / Sega Genesis (1989, North America)
- 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 Channel Adapter
- Atari Lynx (1989) (Handheld)
- Game Boy (1989) (Handheld)
- Game Boy Pocket (1996) (Handheld)
- Game Boy Light (1997, Japan Only) (Handheld)
- TurboGrafx-16 (1989)
- TurboGrafx-CD
- TurboExpress (Handheld)
- SuperGrafx (1989, Japan)
- Amstrad GX4000 (1990)
- Neo-Geo (1990)
- Commodore Amiga CDTV (1991)
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) (1991) / Super Famicom (1990, Japan)
- SNES 2/Super Famicom Jr. (1997)
- SNES-CD (Cancelled)
- Satellaview (1995, Japan Only)
- Super Game Boy
- SNES 2/Super Famicom Jr. (1997)
- FM Towns Marty (1991)
- Philips CD-i (1991)
- TurboDuo (1992) / PC Engine Duo (1991, Japan)
- Supervision (1992)
- Mega Duck/Cougar Boy (1993)
- Pioneer LaserActive (1993)
- Sega Nomad (1995)
[edit] 8-bit era/post-crash of '83 era (1983-1989): Third generation
- Sega Game Gear (1991) (Handheld)
- Commodore 64GS (1990)
- PC Engine (1987, Japan)
- Atari 7800 (1986)
- Sega Master System (1986) / SG-1000 Mark III (1985, Japan)
- Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) (1985) / Famicom (1983, Japan)
- Nintendo Entertainment System 2 (1993) / AV Famicom
- NES Disk System[1] (Cancelled) / Famicom Disk System (1986, Japan Only)
- Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clones (multiple releases everywhere on various dates)
- Nintendo Entertainment System 2 (1993) / AV Famicom
- Sega SG-1000 (1983, Japan)
- SG-1000 Mark II (1984, Japan)
[edit] The first home video games/pre-crash of '83 (1958-1982): First and second generation
- Commodore MAX Machine (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)
- CreatiVision (1981)
- Intellivision (1980)
- Intellivision II
- System Changer (Unlicensed Atari 2600 Compatibility)
- PlayCable
- Intellivision II
- Color TV Game (1977)
- 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)
- RCA Studio II (1976)
- Fairchild Channel F / Video Entertainment System (VES) (1976)
- Channel F System II (1979)
- Coleco Telstar (1976)
- Pong (1976)
- Philips Odyssey (1976)
- Magnavox Odyssey (1972)
* Consoles of the early 1970s (Pong and Magnavox Odyssey) were often inaccurately called "analog" but actually used discrete logic.
