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). Also included in this list is handheld game consoles, which are usually of lower power than the home consoles of the same era.

Contents

1 Seventh generation (2004-present)
2 Sixth generation (1998-2005)
3 32/64-bit era (1993-2004)
4 16-bit era (1989-1997)
5 8-bit era/post-crash of '83 era (1983-1990)
6 The first home video games/pre-crash of '83 (1958-1982)
7 See also

Seventh generation (2004-present)

PlayStation 3 (2006) (November)
Wii (2006) (Q4)
Xbox 360 (2005)
(2006) (December)
XGP (2006) (Not yet released)
* XGPmini (2006) (Not yet released)
GP2X (2005)
Gizmondo (2005)
PlayStation Portable or PSP (2005)
Nintendo DS (2004)
* Nintendo DS Lite (2006)

Sixth generation (1998-2005)

GP32 (2001)
Tapwave Zodiac (2003)
N-Gage (2003)
* N-Gage QD (2004)
Microsoft Xbox (2002)
Nintendo GameCube (2001)
Game Boy Advance (2001)
* Game Boy Advance SP (2003)
* Game Boy Micro (2005)
PlayStation 2 (2000)
*PSX (2003) (Japan Only)
*PlayStation 2 (smaller version) (2004)
Sega Dreamcast (1998)

32/64-bit era (1993-2004)

WonderSwan (1999) (handheld)
* WonderSwan Color (2000) (Japan Only) (handheld)
* Swan Crystal (2002) (handheld)
Neo Geo Pocket (1998) (Japan Only)
* Neo Geo Pocket Color (1998 Japan/1999 US)
Game Boy Color (1998) (handheld)
Nintendo 64 (1996) (64-bit)
*Nintendo 64DD (1999) (Japan Only)
PlayStation (1995)
*PlayStation One (2000)
Casio Loopy (1995)(Japan Only)
Sega Saturn (1994)
Virtual Boy (1995)
Apple Pippin (1995)
PC-FX (1994)(Japan Only)
Playdia (1994)
Atari Jaguar (1993) (64-bit)
* Atari Jaguar CD (1995)
3DO (1993)
Commodore Amiga CD32 (1993)

16-bit era (1989-1997)

Supervision (1992)
Pioneer LaserActive (1993)
Philips CD-i (1991)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1991) / Super Famicom (1990, Japan)
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 CD (1992)
* Sega 32X (Sega Genesis 32X or Sega Mega Drive 32X or Sega Super 32X) (1994)
* Sega Nomad (1995)
TurboGrafx 16 (1990)
*
* TurboDuo[1992]
* TurboExpress (handheld)
* SuperGrafx
Atari Lynx (1989) (handheld)
Game Boy (1989) (handheld)
* Game Boy Pocket (1996) (handheld)
* Game Boy Light (Japan Only) (handheld)

8-bit era/post-crash of '83 era (1983-1990)

Commodore 64GS (1990)
Amstrad GX4000 (1990)
PC Engine (1987, Japan)
Atari XEGS (1987)
Atari 7800 (1986)
Sega Master System (1986) / SG-1000 Mark III (1985, Japan)
Nintendo Entertainment System (1985) / Famicom (1983, Japan)
* Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clone (released everywhere on various dates)

The first home video games/pre-crash of '83 (1958-1982)

Commodore 64 (1984)
MSX (1982)
Vectrex (1982)
Emerson Arcadia 2001 (1982)
Atari 5200 (1982)
Colecovision (1982)
Game And Watch (1980) (handheld)
Intellivision (1980)
APF Imagination Machine (1979)
Microvision (1979) (handheld)
Magnavox Odyssey² (1978)
Bally Astrocade (1977)
Atari 2600 (1977)
RCA Studio II (1976)
Fairchild Channel F (1976)
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)
Chase (1967)
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.