List of video game consoles

This is a 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 console s, which are usually of lower power than the home consoles of the same era.

History of video games (Seventh generation era)/Seventh generation era (2004-present)

* The Phantom (game system)/The Phantom Console (2006 release)

* PlayStation 3 (2006 release)

* Nintendo Revolution (Spring 2006 release)

* Xbox 360 (November 2005 release)

* Gizmondo (2005)

* PlayStation Portable (2005)

* Nintendo DS (2004)

History of video games (Sixth generation era)/Sixth generation era (1999-2004)

* Tapwave Zodiac (2003)

* N-Gage (2003)

** N-GageN-Gage QD/N-Gage QD (2004)

* Nintendo GameCube (2001)

* Xbox (2001)

* Game Boy Advance (2001)

** Game Boy Advance SP (2003)

** Game Boy Micro (Fall 2005)

* PlayStation 2 (2000)

* Sega Dreamcast (1999)

History of video games (32-bit / 64-bit era)/32/64-bit era (1993-1999)

* WonderSwan (1999)

** WonderSwan Color (2000) (Japan Only)

** Swan Crystal

* Neo Geo Pocket (1998) (Japan Only)

** Neo Geo Pocket Color (1998 Japan/1999 US)

* Game Boy Color (1998)

* Nintendo 64 (1996) (64-bit)

** Nintendo 64DD (Japan Only)

* PlayStation (1995)

* Sega Saturn (1995)

* Virtual Boy (1995)

* Apple Pippin (1995)

* PC-FX (1994)

* Playdia (1994)

* Atari Jaguar (1993) (64-bit)

** Atari Jaguar CD (1995)

* 3DO Interactive Multiplayer/3DO (1993)

History of video games (16-bit era)/16-bit era (1989-1994)

* Philips CD-i (1994)

* AmigaCD32/Commodore Amiga CD32 (1993)

* Watara Supervision/Supervision (1992)

* Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1991) / Super Famicom (1990, Japan)

* Sega Game Gear (1991)

* Sega Genesis (1989) / Sega Mega Drive (1988, Japan)

** Sega CD (1992)

** Sega 32X (Sega Genesis 32X or Sega Mega Drive 32X or Sega Super 32X) (1994)

** Sega Nomad (1995)

* Neo-Geo (1990)

** Neo Geo CD/Neo-Geo CD

** Neo Geo CDZ/Neo-Geo CDZ

* TurboGrafx 16 (1989)

** TurboGrafx 16TurboGrafx-CD: Pioneering CD-ROM console/TurboGrafx-CD

** TurboGrafx 16TurboDuo/TurboDuo

** TurboExpress

** SuperGrafx

* Game Boy (1989)

** Game BoyGame Boy Pocket /Game Boy Pocket (1996)

** Game BoyGame Boy Light /Game Boy Light (Japan Only)

* Atari Lynx (1989)

History_of_video_games_(8-bit_era)/8-bit era/Post-crash of '83 era (1985-1990)

* Commodore C64 Games System/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)

History of computer and video games/Early cartridge-based 8-bit systems (1979-1984)

* Vectrex (1982)

* Arcadia 2001/Emerson Arcadia 2001 (1982)

* Atari 5200 (1982)

* Colecovision (1982)

* Game And Watch (1980) (handheld)

* Intellivision (1980)

* Microvision (1979)

* Magnavox Odyssey˛ (1978)

* Bally Astrocade (1977)

* Atari 2600 (1977)

* RCA Studio II (1976)

* Fairchild Channel F (1976)

Video game crash of 1977/The first home video games/pre-crash of '77 (1972-1977)

* Coleco Telstar (1976)

* PONG (1972)

* Magnavox Odyssey (1972)

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

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See also

* History of video games


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