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Video game console

Simple English Wikipedia · 2004-04-29 · 5 min read
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The Nintendo 64, a gaming console.

A video game console is a machine that is used to play video games. Video game consoles usually connect to a television. Special controllers are attached to the console to control the game. Some video game consoles are handheld. They can be carried around and have their own screens. The Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable are examples of handheld consoles. Some video game consoles can also run general software, such as Linux.

Video game consoles

Atari

NameLifespan
Home Pong1975–unknown
Atari 26001977–1992
Atari Game BrainCancelled, was expected to come out in 1978
Atari CosmosCancelled, was expected to come out in 1981
Atari 52001982–1984
Atari 78001984–1992
Atari XEGS1984–1992
Atari Lynx1989–1995
Atari Jaguar1993–1996

Bandai

NameLifespan
Playdia1994–1996
WonderSwan1999–2003
WonderSwan2000–2003

Coleco

NameLifespan
Coleco Telstar series1976–1978
ColecoVision1982–1985

Commodore

NameLifespan
Commodore TV Game 2000K and Commodore TV Game 3000H1975–unknown
Commodore 64 Games System1990–1990
CDTV1991–1993
Amiga CD321993–1994

GamePark

NameLifespan
GP322001–2005
GP2X2005–2008
XGPCancelled, was announced in 2005, then was announced again in 2006
GP2X Wiz2009–unknown
Caanoo2010–2011

Magnavox

NameLifespan
Odyssey1972–1975
Odyssey²1978–1984

Mattel

NameLifespan
Intellivision1979–90 (the Intellivision was instead made by INTV Corporation from 1984 to 1990)
HyperScan2006–2007

Microsoft

NameLifespan
Xbox2001–2009
Xbox 3602005–2017
Xbox One2013–2017
Xbox Series X2020–present

NEC

NameLifespan
TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine / TurboGrafx1987-1994
SuperGrafx1989-unknown
PC-FX1994-1998

Nintendo

NameLifespan
Color TV-Game series1977-1980
Game & Watch1980–1991
Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom1983–2003
Game Boy1989–2003
Super Nintendo Entertainment System / Super Famicom1990–2003
Virtual Boy1995–1996
Nintendo 641996–2003
Game Boy Color1998–2003
Game Boy Advance2001–2010
Pokémon Mini2001–2002
Nintendo GameCube2001–2017
Nintendo DS2004–2014
Wii2006–2017
Nintendo 3DS2011–present
Wii U2012–2017
Nintendo Switch2017–present
Nintendo Switch 22025– present

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Sega

NameLifespan
Master System / Sega Mark III1985–present
Mega Drive / Sega Genesis1988–present
Game Gear1990–2000
Sega Saturn1994–2000
Sega Dreamcast1999–2017

SNK

NameLifespan
Neo Geo AES1990–2004
Neo Geo CD1994–1997
Neo Geo Pocket1998–1999
Neo Geo Pocket Color1999–2001

Sony

NameLifespan
PlayStation1994–2006
PlayStation 22000–2017
PlayStation Portable2004–2014
PlayStation 32006–2017
PlayStation Vita2011–2019
PlayStation 42013–2017
PlayStation 52020–present

The 3DO Company

NameLifespan
3DO Interactive Multiplayer1993–1996
Panasonic M2Cancelled, was cancelled in 1997

VTech

NameLifespan
VTech handheld electronic games19??–1991 (earliest known release is Soccer 2 in 1979)
CreatiVision1982–1986
VTech Socrates1988–early 1990s (exact year unknown)
V.Smile2004–2010
V.Flash / V.Smile Pro2006–unknown
V.Smile Baby Infant Development System2006–unknown
MobiGo2010–unknown
InnoTV2015-unknown

Other consoles

NameLifespan
BSS 01Not clear; 1980–1984 or 1981–1984
Channel F1976–1983
RCA Studio II1977–1978
APF-MP10001978–1981
Arcadia 20011982–1984
Konix MultisystemCancelled, was expected to come out in 1990
GX40001990–1991
CD-i1990–1998
Taito WoWoWCancelled, was expected to come out in 1992
LaserActive1993–1996
3DO1993–1996
Apple Pippin1996–1997
N-Gage2003–2005
Tapwave Zodiac2003–2005
ApeXtremeCancelled, was expected to come out in 2004
XaviXPORT2004–2017
Gizmondo2005–2006
Game Wave Family Entertainment System2005–2009
PhantomCancelled, was expected to come out in 2003, then was delayed to November 2004, January 2005, March 2005 and September 2005
EVO Smart Console2006–2010
Intellivision AmicoWas expected to come out in 2020, delayed to April 2021
OUYA2013-2015