Video Game Consoles by Generation
38 entries in the Video Game Consoles by Generation compendium.
Color TV-GameNintendo's first video game system, a series of five dedicated consoles.Magnavox OdysseyThe first commercial home video game console.Odyssey seriesMagnavox's dedicated home video game consoles from 1975 to 1977.Atari 5200Atari's higher-end console that competed with Intellivision and ColecoVision.Bally AstrocadeA second-generation console with advanced graphics hindered by hardware limitations.ColecoVisionA second-generation console that brought arcade-quality games home.Fairchild Channel FFirst microprocessor-based console with interchangeable ROM cartridges.Magnavox Odyssey 2A second-generation console with a built-in keyboard.Palmtex Portable Videogame SystemA handheld console undone by design flaws and market collapse.VectrexThe only home console with a vector display and built-in monitor.Atari 7800First console with backward compatibility, succeeding the Atari 2600 and 5200.Commodore 64 Games SystemA cartridge-based console version of the Commodore 64 home computer.GX4000Amstrad's sole console, a commercial failure within a year.Nintendo Entertainment SystemThird-generation console that revitalized the American video game industry.SG-1000Sega's first home console, released alongside the Famicom in Japan.CD-iA multimedia platform that combined CD audio, video, and interactive software.Game BoyA monochromatic handheld that defined portable gaming.Game GearSega's first handheld, a color rival to the Game Boy.Konix MultisystemA cancelled British console with advanced features and a controller-based design.Neo GeoA powerful arcade and home platform with identical hardware.Sega CDCD-ROM add-on for the Sega Genesis with enhanced graphics and storage.Master SystemAn 8-bit console that competed with the NES.Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemA 16-bit console that defined a generation of gaming.TurboGrafx-16First fourth-generation console and smallest major home system.64DDNintendo's add-on for rewritable storage and online connectivity.Apple PippinApple's open multimedia platform licensed to third-party manufacturers.Atari JaguarA controversial 64-bit console that failed to find its market niche.Game.comFirst handheld with a touchscreen and Internet connectivity.Neo Geo PocketSNK's handheld console line, competing with Game Boy and WonderSwan.Nintendo 64A 64-bit console that introduced 3D gaming and the analog thumbstick.PlayStation (console)A fifth-generation console that popularized CD-ROM gaming.32XA transitional add-on bridging the Genesis and Saturn eras.Sega SaturnA fifth-generation console with dual CPUs and mixed commercial success.Super NES CD-ROMCancelled Nintendo CD-ROM projects with Sony and Philips.Virtual BoyA stereoscopic 3D console that failed commercially.Sixth generation of video game consolesThe generation that brought online gaming to the mainstream.Game Boy AdvanceNintendo's 32-bit handheld bridging generations with backward compatibility.GameCubeNintendo's fourth home console, using optical discs for the first time.
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