This is a list of home game consoles in chronological order. This list does not include portable game consoles , which typically have less processing power than home consoles due to their smaller size. This list does not include clone consoles that were created by pirates for the black market.
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First Generation (1972-1980)
Magnavox Odyssey , released in 1972, was the first game console.
Nintendo Color TV Game was released only in Japan in 1977.
| Title | release date | Manufacturer | Type of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnavox odyssey | 1972 | Magnavox | console |
| Ping-o-tronic | 1974 [1] | Zanussi / sèleco | dedicated |
| Pong | 1975 | Atari | console |
| Coleco telstar | 1976 | Coleco | dedicated |
| APF TV Fun | 1976 | APF | dedicated |
| Philips Odyssey | 1976 | Philips | console |
| Tv scoreboard | 1976 | Radioshack | dedicated |
| Binatone TV Master Mk IV | 1977 [2] | Binatone | dedicated |
| Color TV Game 6 ( Japan only) | 1977 | Nintendo | dedicated |
| Color TV Game 15 ( Japan only) | 1978 | Nintendo | dedicated |
| Color TV Racing 112 ( Japan only) | 1978 | Nintendo | dedicated |
| Color TV Game Block Breaker ( Japan only) | 1979 | Nintendo | dedicated |
| Nintendo Color TV Game ( Japan only) | 1980 | Nintendo | dedicated |
| BSS 01 ( GDR only) | 1980 | Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt | dedicated |
Second Generation (1976-1983)
Atari 2600
| Title | release date | Manufacturer | Type of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairchild Channel F / Video Entertainment System (VES) | 1976 | Fairchild | console |
| Channel f system ii | 1979 | Fairchild | console |
| RCA Studio II | 1976 | RCA | console |
| Atari 2600 / Atari Video Computer System (VCS) / Sears Video Arcade | 1977 | Atari | console |
| Atari 2600 Jr. | 1986 | Atari | console |
| Atari 2800 / Sears Video Arcade II ( Japan only) | 1983 | Atari | console |
| Coleco Gemini (Atari 2600 Clone) | 1982 | Coleco | console |
| Bally astrocade | 1977 | Midway | console |
| Interton VC 4000 | 1978 | Interton | console |
| Magnavox OdysseyΒ² | 1978 | Magnavox / Philips | console |
| APF Imagination Machine | 1979 | APF | console |
| Intellivision | 1980 | Mattel | console |
| Playable | 1981 | Mattel | Intellivision adapter |
| Bandai Super Vision 8000 | 1979 | Bandai | console |
| Intellivision II | 1983 | Mattel | console |
| Creativision | 1981 | VTech | console |
| Epoch cassette vision | 1981 | Epoch | console |
| Super cassette vision | 1984 | Epoch | console |
| Emerson Arcadia 2001 ( Leisure Vision in Canada) | 1982 | Emerson radio | console |
| Atari 5200 ( America Only) | 1982 | Atari Inc. | console |
| Atari 5100 / Atari 5200 Jr. | 1982 (Atari 5200) | Atari Inc. | console (prototype) |
| Colecovision | 1982 | Coleco | console |
| Entex Adventure Vision | 1982 | Entex | console |
| Vectrex | 1982 | Smith Engineering | console |
** tested in 1979
Third Generation (1983-1992)
The sega master system
| Title | release date | Manufacturer | Type of |
|---|---|---|---|
| RDI Halcyon | 1985 | RDI Video Systems | console |
| PV-1000 | 1983 | Casio | console |
| Commodore 64gs | 1990 | Commodore | console |
| Amstrad GX4000 | 1990 | Amstrad | console |
| Atari 7800 | 1984 | Atari corporation | console |
| Atari xegs | 1987 | Atari corporation | console |
| Sega SG-1000 | 1983 | Sega | console |
| Sega SG-1000 II | 1984 | Sega | console |
| Sega Master System , Sega Mark III | 1985 | Sega | console |
| Sega Master System II | 1992 | Sega | console |
| Sega Master System III | 1997 [3] | Tec toy | console |
| Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom | 1983 | Nintendo | console |
| C1 NES TV / Sharp Nintendo Television | 1983 | Nintendo / Sharp | console |
| NES-101 / AV Famicom | 1993 | Nintendo | console |
| Famicom Disk System ( Japan only) | 1986 | Nintendo | console |
| Zemmix | 1985 | Daewoo electronics | console |
| Action max | 1987 | Worlds of wonder | console |
= Fourth Generation (1987-1997)
The Sega Genesis with Sega 32X and Sega CD attached.
| Title | release date | Manufacturer | Type of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis | 1988 | Sega | console |
| Sega Power Base Converter | 1990 | Sega | console |
| Sega Mega Drive II | 1993 | Sega | console |
| Sega Genesis II ( North America only) | 1994 [4] | Sega | console |
| Sega Mega Drive III ( Brazil only) | 1998 | Sega | console |
| Sega Genesis 3 ( America only) | 1998 | Sega | console |
| Sega CDX / Multi-Mega | 1994 | Sega | console |
| Mega-CD / Sega CD | 1991 | Sega | console |
| Sega 32X | 1994 | Sega | console |
| JVC X'eye / The Wondermega | canceled | Sega / jvc | console |
| Sega pico | 1994 | Sega / majesco | console |
| PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 | 1987 | Nec | console |
| TurboGrafx-CD | 1990 | Nec | console |
| Supergrafx | 1989 | Nec | console |
| Konix Multisystem | canceled | Konix | console |
| Neo-geo | 1990 | SNK | console |
| Neo-Geo CD | 1994 | SNK | console |
| Neo-Geo CDZ | 1994 | SNK | console |
| Commodore CDTV | 1991 | Commodore | console / pc |
| Tandy Memorex VIS | 1992 | Tandy | console |
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) / Super Famicom | 1990 | Nintendo | console |
| SF-1 SNES TV ( Japan only) | 1990 | Nintendo / Sharp | console |
| SNES 2 / Super Famicom Jr. | 1997 | Nintendo | console |
| SNES-CD | canceled | Nintendo | console |
| Satellaview ( Japan only) | 1993 | Nintendo | console |
| FM Towns Marty ( Japan only) | 1991 | Fujitsu | console |
| Cd-i | 1991 | Philips | console |
| TurboDuo / PC Engine Duo | 1991 | Nec | console |
| Pioneer laseractive | 1993 | Pioneer | console |
| Super a'can | 1995 | Funtech | console |
Fifth Generation (1993-1998)
Nintendo 64
Sony PlayStation
| Title | release date | Manufacturer | Type of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual boy | 1995 | Nintendo | console |
| Apple pippin | 1995 | Bandai / Apple Inc. | console |
| PC-FX | 1994 | Nec | console |
| Atari panther | canceled | Atari corporation | console |
| Atari jaguar | 1993 | Atari corporation | console |
| Atari Jaguar CD | 1995 | Atari corporation | console |
| Atari jaguar ii | canceled | Atari corporation | console |
| Playstation | 1994 | Sony | console |
| Net yaroze | 1997 | Sony | Console SDK |
| Sega saturn | 1994 | Sega | console |
| 3DO | 1993 | Panasonic / Sanyo / GoldStar | console |
| Amiga cd32 | 1993 | Commodore | console |
| Casio loopy | 1995 | Casio | console |
| Playdia | 1994 | Bandai | console |
| Nintendo 64 | 1996 | Nintendo | console |
| Nintendo 64DD | 1999 | Nintendo | console |
| Sega neptune | canceled | Sega | console |
| Psone | 2000 | Sony | console |
Sixth Generation (1998-2004)
Nintendo GameCube
| Title | release date | Manufacturer | Type of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apextreme | canceled | Apex digital | console |
| Atari flashback | 2004 | Atari | dedicated |
| Dreamcast | 1998 | Sega | console |
| L600 | canceled | Indrema | console |
| Nintendo GameCube | 2001 | Nintendo | console |
| Nintendo Gameboy Player | 2003 | Nintendo | console |
| Nuon | 2000 | VM Labs | console |
| iQue Player | 2003 | Nintendo | console |
| Panasonic Q / Q Game Boy Player | 2001 | Nintendo / Panasonic | console |
| Playstation 2 | 2000 | Sony | console |
| PlayStation 2 Slimline | 2004 | Sony | console |
| PSX (DVR) | 2003 | Sony | console |
| V.Smile | 2005 | VTech | console |
| XaviXPort | 2004 | SSD Company | console |
| Xbox | 2001 | Microsoft | console |
Seventh Generation (2005-2012)
The xbox 360
| Title | release date | Manufacturer | Type of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atari flashback 2 | 2005 | Atari | dedicated |
| Atari flashback 3 | 2011 | Atgames | dedicated |
| Atari flashback 4 | 2012 | Atgames | dedicated |
| EVO Smart Console | 2006 | Envizions | console |
| Retro duo | 2008 | Retrobit | console |
| Game wave | 2005 | ZAPiT | console |
| Mattel HyperScan | 2006 | Mattel | console |
| Phantom | canceled | Phantom | console |
| Playstation 3 | 2006 | Sony | console |
| Playstation 3 slim | 2009 | Sony | console |
| PlayStation 3 Super Slim | 2012 | Sony | console |
| Wii | 2006 | Nintendo | console |
| Xbox 360 | 2005 | Microsoft | console |
| Xbox 360 Slim | 2010 | Microsoft | console |
| Sega firecore | 2008 | Atgames | console |
| Zeebo | 2009 | Zeebo Inc. | console |
| Zone | 2010 | Ultimate Products Ltd. | console |
| Sega zone | 2010 | Atgames / sega | console |
Eighth Generation (2012-2017)
The wii u
Playstation 4
| Title | release date | Manufacturer | Type of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wii U | 2012 | Nintendo | console |
| Ouya | 2013 | Ouya Inc. | console |
| GameStick [5] | 2013 | Playjam | console |
| MOJO | 2013 | Mad catz | console |
| Gamepop | 2013 | Bluestacks | console |
| Playstation 4 | 2013 | Sony | console |
| Xbox one | 2013 | Microsoft | console |
| Xbox one s | 2016 | Microsoft | console |
| Playstation 4 slim | 2016 | Sony | console |
| Playstation 4 pro | 2016 | Sony [6] | console [7] |
| Nvidia shield | 2017 | Nvidia | console |
| Xbox One X | 2017 | Microsoft | console |
Ninth Generation (2017-present)
| Title | release date | Manufacturer | Type of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo switch | 2017 | Nintendo | console |
See also
- List of best selling game consoles
- List of game console emulators
Notes
- β Tristan, Donovan. Hardware Glossary // Replay, The History Of Video Games. - Yellow Ant , 2010 .-- ISBN 978-0-9565072-2-8 .
- β OLD-COMPUTERS.COM musem ~ Binatone TV Master MK IV (model n Β° 01/4974)
- β Master System 3 Collection Information . smstributes.co.uk. Date of treatment May 13, 2010. Archived September 2, 2013.
- β Sega Genesis II . Date of treatment March 30, 2010. Archived on September 2, 2013.
- β GameStick: The Most Portable TV Games Console Ever Created by GameStick - Kickstarter
- β Sony (Russian) // Wikipedia. - 2016-08-20.
- β Game console (Russian) // Wikipedia. - 2016-09-25.