Table of Contents
First Generation
Magnavox Odyssey (1972) 14
Pong Consoles (1975) 18
Second Generation
Fairchild Channel F (1976) 24
RCA Studio II (1977) 28
Coleco Telstar Arcade (1977) 29
Atari 2600 (1977) 30
Bally Professional Arcade (1977) 34
PC-50x Series (1977) 35
Magnavox Odyssey2 (1978) 36
APF MP1000 (1978) 38
VideoBrain (1978) 40
Interton VC 4000 (1978) 41
Unisonic Champion 2711 (1978) 42
Microvision (1979) 43
Atari 800 (1979) 44
Intellivision (1980) 46
Nintendo Came & Watch (1980) 50
Epoch Cassette Vision (1981) 52
Entex Select-A-Game (1981) 53
Commodore VIC-20 (1981) 54
Emerson Arcadia 2001 (1982) 55
ZX Spectrum (1982) 56
Commodore 64 (1982) 58
Vectrex (1982) 60
CoiecoVision (1982) 62
Atari 5200 (1982) 66
VTech CreatiVision (1982) 70
Entex Adventure Vision (1982) 71
Tomy Tutor (1982) 72
Mattel Aquarius (1983) 73
Third Generation
Sega SG-1000 (1983) 78
Nintendo Famicom (1983) 80
Casio PV-1000 (1983) 84
MSX (1983) 86
Game Pocket Computer (1984) 88
Super Cassette Vision (1984) 89
Super Micro (1984) 90
RD1 Halcyon (1985) 91
Nintendo Entertainment Sys. (1985) 92
Sega Master System (1986) 96
Atari 7800 (1986) 98
Atari XE Came System (1987) 100
UN Video Art (1987) 102
Action Max (1987) 104
VTech Socrates (1988) 105
Fourth Generation
NEC PC Engine (1987) 108
Sega Mega Drive (1988) 110
Nintendo Game Boy (1989) 112
Sega Genesis (1989) 116
NECTurboGrafx-16 (1989) 120
Atari Lynx (1989) 124
Interactive Vision (1989) 126
Gamate(1990) 127
Neo Geo AES (1990) 128
Sega Game Gear (1990) 130
Hartung Came Master (1990) 132
Amstrad GX4000 (1990) 133
Super Famicom (1990) 134
Commodore CDTV (1991) 136
Super NES (1991) 138
Philips CD-i (1991) 140
Memorex VIS (1992) 142
Watara Supervision (1992) 143
Mega Duck (1993) 144
Pioneer LaserActive (1993) 145
Fifth Generation
FM Towns Marty (1993) 148
Amiga CD32 (1993) 149
3DO(1993) 150
Atari Jaguar (1993) 154
Sega Saturn (1994) 158
Sony PlayStation (1994) 162
Bandai Playdia (1994) 168
NEC PC-FX (1994) 169
Virtual Boy (1995) 170
Tiger R-Zone (1995) 172
Super A'can (1995) 174
Casio Loopy (1995) 175
Nintendo 64 (1996) 176
Apple Pippin (1996) 182
Tiger Game.com (1997) 183
Game Boy Color (1998) 184
Neo Geo Pocket (1998) 186
WonderSwan (1999) 188
Sixth Generation
Sega Dreamcast (1998) 192
PlayStation 2 (2000) 196
Nuon (2000) 200
GP32 (2001) 201
Game Boy Advance (2001) 202
Nintendo GameCube (2001) 206
Microsoft Xbox (2001) 210
Nokia N-Gage (2003) 214
Tapwave Zodiac (2003) 216
XaviXPORT (2004) 217
VTech V.Smile (2004) 218
Seventh Generation
PlayStation Portable (2004) 222
Nintendo DS (2004) 224
Gizmondo (2005) 228
Game Wave (2005) 229
Xbox 360 (2005) 230
HyperScan (2006) 236
VTech VFlash (2006) 237
PlayStation 3 (2006) 238
Nintendo Wii (2006) 244
Eighth Generation
Apple iOS (2007) 250
Google Android (2008) 252
Zeebo (2009) 254
OnLive(2010) 255
Nintendo 3DS (2011) 256
PlayStation Vita (2011) 260
Wii U (2012) 262
Ouya (2013) 266
GameStick (2013) 267
PlayStation 4 (2013) 268
Xbox One (2013) 272
Mad Catz MOJO (2013) 276
Amazon Fire TV (2014) 277
Nvidia Shield TV (2015) 278
Steam Link (2015) 279
Ninth Generation
Nintendo Switch (2017) 282
Google Stadia (2019) 286
Oculus Quest (2019) 287
Xbox Series X|S (2020) 288
PlayStation 5 (2020) 290