List of Video Game Consoles

This is a list of video game consoles 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 consoles, which are usually of lower power than the home consoles of the same era.

Seventh generation era (2004-present)

Sixth generation era (1998-2006)

32/64-bit era (1993-1999)

  • WonderSwan (1999) (handheld)
    • WonderSwan Color (2000) (Japan Only) (handheld)
    • Swan Crystal (handheld)
  • Neo Geo Pocket (1998) (Japan Only)
    • Neo Geo Pocket Color (1998 Japan/1999 US)
  • Game Boy Color (1998) (handheld)
  • Nintendo 64 (1996) (64-bit)
    • Nintendo 64DD (Japan Only)
  • PlayStation (1995)
  • Sega Saturn (1994)
  • Virtual Boy (1995)
  • Apple Pippin (1995)
  • PC-FX (1994)
  • Playdia (1994)
  • Atari Jaguar (1993) (64-bit)
    • Atari Jaguar CD (1995)
  • 3DO (1993)
  • Commodore Amiga CD32 (1993)

16-bit era (1989-1995)

  • Philips CD-i (1991)
  • Supervision (1992)
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1991) / Super Famicom (1990, Japan)
  • Sega Game Gear (1991) (handheld)
  • Neo-Geo (1990)
    • Neo-Geo CD
    • Neo-Geo CDZ
  • 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)
  • TurboGrafx 16 (1989)
    • TurboGrafx-CD
    • TurboDuo
    • TurboExpress (handheld)
    • SuperGrafx
  • Atari Lynx (1989) (handheld)
  • Game Boy (1989) (handheld)
    • Game Boy Pocket (1996) (handheld)
    • Game Boy Light (Japan Only) (handheld)

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

  • 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)
    • Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clone (released everywhere on various dates)

Early cartridge-based 8-bit systems (1979-1984)

  • Vectrex (1982)
  • Emerson Arcadia 2001 (1982)
  • Atari 5200 (1982)
  • Colecovision (1982)
  • Game And Watch (1980) (handheld)
  • Intellivision (1980)
  • APF Imagination Machine (1979)
  • Microvision (1979) (handheld)
  • Magnavox Odyssey? (1978)
  • Bally Astrocade (1977)
  • Atari 2600 (1977)
  • RCA Studio II (1976)
  • Fairchild Channel F (1976)

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

  • Coleco Telstar (1976)
  • APF TV Fun (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.

See also

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