List of video game consoles

This is a list of video game consoles by the era they occurred 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). Some eras are referred to based on how many bits a major console could process. The 128-bit era is the final era where this practice is viewed as appropriate. Also included in this list are handheld game consoles, which are usually of lower computational power than the set-top consoles of the same era. Consoles marketed and sold as general-purpose computers or that can play only a set of built-in games are not included.

The first home video games/pre-crash of 1983 (1958–1982): first and second generation

*Entex Adventure Vision (1982)
*Commodore MAX Machine (1982)
*Vectrex (1982)
*Emerson Arcadia 2001 (1982)
*Atari 5200 (1982)
**Atari 5100 / Atari 5200 Jr. (Canceled)
*ColecoVision (1982)
**Expansion Module #1 (Unlicensed Atari 2600 Compatibility)
*CreatiVision (1981)
*Intellivision (1980)
**Intellivision II
***System Changer (Unlicensed Atari 2600 Compatibility)
***PlayCable
*Color TV Game (1977)
*APF Imagination Machine (1979)
*Microvision (1979) (Handheld)
*Game & Watch (1980) (Handheld)
*Interton VC 4000 (1978)
*Magnavox Odyssey² (1978)
*Bally Astrocade (1977)
*Atari 2600 / Atari Video Computer System (VCS) / Sears Video Arcade (1977)
**Atari 2700 / Atari Remote Control VCS (1981, Canceled)
**Sears Video Arcade II (1983) / Atari 2800 (1983, Japan Only)
**Atari 2600 Jr. (1986)
**Coleco Gemini (Atari 2600 hardware clone)
**TV Boy (Atari 2600 hardware clone)
***TV Boy 2 (Atari 2600 hardware clone)
***Super TV-Boy (Atari 2600 hardware clone)
*RCA Studio II (1976)
*Fairchild Channel F / Video Entertainment System (VES) (1976)
**Channel F System II (1979)
*Coleco Telstar (1976)
*Pong (1976)
*Philips Odyssey (1976)
*Magnavox Odyssey (1972)* Consoles of the early 1970s (Pong and Magnavox Odyssey) were often inaccurately called "analog" but actually used discrete logic.

8-bit era/post-crash of 1983 era (1983–1989): third generation

*Game Boy (1989) (Handheld)
**Game Boy Pocket (1996) (Handheld)
**Game Boy Light (1997, Japan Only) (Handheld)
*Sega Game Gear (1991) (Handheld)
*Commodore 64GS (1990)
*PC Engine (1987, Japan)
*Atari 7800 (1986)
*Sega Master System (1986) / SG-1000 Mark III (1985, Japan)
**Sega Master System II
**Sega Master System III (Brazil Only)
***Sega Master System III Collection (Brazil Only)
**Sega Master System Compact / Sega Master System IV (Brazil Only) (Handheld)
**Coleco / PlayPal (2006) (Handheld)
*Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) (1985) / Famicom (1983, Japan)
**Nintendo Entertainment System 2 (1993) / AV Famicom
***NES Disk System [ [http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=ConsoleMuseum.Detail&id=26&game=5 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) - 1985-1995 - Classic Gaming ] ] (Canceled) / Famicom Disk System (1986, Japan Only)
**Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clones (multiple releases everywhere on various dates)
*Sega SG-1000 (1983, Japan)
**SG-1000 Mark II (1984, Japan)

16-bit era (1989–1993): fourth generation

*Sega Mega Drive (1988) / Sega Genesis (1989, North America)
**Sega Mega Drive II / Sega Genesis II (North America Only)
**Sega Mega Drive III (Brazil Only) / Sega Genesis 3(North America Only)
***Sega CD (1992)
***Sega 32X (Sega Genesis 32X or Sega Mega Drive 32X or Sega Super 32X) (1994)
***Sega Channel Adapter
*Atari Lynx (1989) (Handheld)
*TurboGrafx-16 (1989)
**TurboGrafx-CD
**TurboExpress (Handheld)
**SuperGrafx (1989, Japan)
*Konix Multisystem (1989, unreleased)
*Amstrad GX4000 (1990)
*Neo-Geo (1990)
**Neo-Geo CD
**Neo-Geo CDZ
*Commodore Amiga CDTV (1991)
*Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) (1991) / Super Famicom (1990, Japan)
**SNES 2/Super Famicom Jr. (1997)
***SNES-CD (Canceled)
***Satellaview (1995, Japan Only)
***Super Game Boy
**** Super Game Boy 2
*FM Towns Marty (1991, Japan Only)
*Philips CD-i (1991)
*TurboDuo (1992) / PC Engine Duo (1991, Japan)
*Supervision (1992)
*Mega Duck/Cougar Boy (1993)
*Pioneer LaserActive (1993)
*Sega Nomad (1995)

32/64-bit era (1993–1998): fifth generation

64-bit era

ee also

*List of best-selling game consoles

References