History of video games/Platforms
Console Chapters
[edit | edit source] | The labeling of a console as belonging to a certain generation is somewhat arbitrary, as console generations are partly determined by a mix of technology, release year, and social factors. This book uses labels that appear to have general consensus to reduce confusion. |
First Generation of Video Game Consoles
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Major home consoles
[edit | edit source]- Magnavox Odyssey
- Magnavox Odyssey series
- Coleco Telstar series
- Coleco Telstar Marksman - Lightgun variation.
- Nintendo Color TV-Game
- Epoch TV Tennis Electrotennis
- APF TV Fun series
- PC-50x Family
Minor home consoles
[edit | edit source]DIY consoles
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Interton Video Series
[edit | edit source]- Interton Video 2000
- Interton Video 2400
- Interton Video 2501
- Interton Video 2800
- Interton Video 3000
- Interton Video 3001
Telejogo Series
[edit | edit source]Other home consoles
[edit | edit source]Regionally important home consoles
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Warsaw Pact Home Consoles
[edit | edit source]Canceled home consoles
[edit | edit source]Screenless handheld consoles
[edit | edit source]Second Generation of Video Game Consoles
[edit | edit source]Major Home Consoles
[edit | edit source]- Atari 2600 / VCS
- Atari 5200
- Fairchild Channel F
- Magnavox Odyssey²
- Intellivision
- ColecoVision
- RCA Studio II
Minor Home Consoles
[edit | edit source]- Cassette Vision
- Bally Astrocade
- APF-MP1000
- Bandai Super Vision 8000
- Gakken Compact Vision TV Boy
- SHG Black Point
- VTech CreatiVision
- Pyūta Jr
- Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game
- Unisonic Champion 2711
- Maikon Mahjong
2001 family
[edit | edit source]1292 family
[edit | edit source]Tabletop Consoles
[edit | edit source]Canceled Consoles
[edit | edit source]Handheld Consoles
[edit | edit source]Major handhelds consoles
[edit | edit source]Minor handheld consoles
[edit | edit source]- Epoch Game Pocket Computer
- Entex Select-A-Game
- VTech Variety
- Colorvision
- Palmtex Portable Videogame System
- Digi Casse
- Nintendo Computer Mah-Jong Yakuman
- Bandai LCD Solarpower
3D handheld consoles
[edit | edit source]Third Generation of Video Game Consoles
[edit | edit source]Major home consoles
[edit | edit source]Minor home consoles
[edit | edit source]- Philips Videopac+ G7400
- Super Cassette Vision
- Vidéoway
- Casio PV-1000
- My Vision
- Micro Genius
- Dina
- Ending-Man Terminator
Console versions of Home Computers
[edit | edit source]VHS Consoles
[edit | edit source]Educational consoles
[edit | edit source]Canceled home consoles
[edit | edit source]Projector Game Systems
[edit | edit source]Portable LCD Game Systems
[edit | edit source]Fourth Generation of Video Game Consoles
[edit | edit source]Major home consoles
[edit | edit source]Console versions of arcade systems
[edit | edit source]Minor home consoles
[edit | edit source]Interactive multimedia devices
[edit | edit source]Educational home game consoles
[edit | edit source]Canceled home consoles
[edit | edit source]Major handheld consoles
[edit | edit source]Minor handheld consoles
[edit | edit source]- Watara Supervision
- Mega Duck / Cougar Boy
- Gamate
- Game Master
- Nintendo Mini Classics
- J.Cock New Wave Z400S
- Tomy Data Battle
Cancelled handheld consoles
[edit | edit source]Fifth Generation of Video Game Consoles
[edit | edit source]Major home consoles
[edit | edit source]Minor home consoles
[edit | edit source]Obscure home consoles
[edit | edit source]Canceled home consoles
[edit | edit source]Major handheld consoles
[edit | edit source]Minor handheld consoles
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Sixth Generation of Video Game Consoles
[edit | edit source]Major home consoles
[edit | edit source]Minor consoles
[edit | edit source]- XaviXPORT & Domyos Interactive System
- V.Smile
- Atari Flashback series
- Let's! TV Play Classic
- DVD Kids
- Tomy Kiss Site
Retro Revival consoles
[edit | edit source]Educational DIY Consoles
[edit | edit source]Platform Technology
[edit | edit source]Canceled consoles
[edit | edit source]Major handheld consoles
[edit | edit source]Mobile Phone Gaming hybrids
[edit | edit source]Minor handheld consoles
[edit | edit source]- Tapwave Zodiac
- GP32
- digiBLAST
- Leapster
- Pelican VG Pocket
- GameKing
- Cybiko
- Pixter
- Pepper Pad
- Hasbro P-O-X
- Aquaplus P/ECE (PIECE)
Unconventional formfactors
[edit | edit source]Canceled handhelds
[edit | edit source]Seventh Generation of Video Game Consoles
[edit | edit source]Major home consoles
[edit | edit source]Minor consoles
[edit | edit source]Educational consoles
[edit | edit source]Open consoles
[edit | edit source]Major handheld consoles
[edit | edit source]Minor handheld consoles
[edit | edit source]- Gizmondo
- Coleco Sonic
- Pocket Dream Console
- Mi2
- DIFRNCE MGC01
- Swinxs
- JXD 1000
- Gemei X760+
- Retro Duo
- Tuttuki Bako
Educational handhelds
[edit | edit source]Open Platform Handhelds
[edit | edit source]GP2X Family
[edit | edit source]Canceled handhelds
[edit | edit source]Eighth Generation of Video Game Consoles
[edit | edit source]Major Home Consoles
[edit | edit source]Retro revival consoles
[edit | edit source]- NES Classic Edition & Famicom Classic Edition
- Super NES Classic Edition & Super Famicom Classic Edition
- PlayStation Classic
- TurboGrafx 16 mini
- Sega Genesis Mini
- Super Retro Trio
- PC Classic
- Polymega (RetroBlox)
- Retro Freak
- Retro-Bit Generations
- PasocomMini MZ-80C
- PasocomMini PC-8001
- Sega Zone
- Atari 2600 Plug & Play Joystick
- Ocelot Arcade System
- VILROS Retro Gaming Kit
- My Arcade/dreamGEAR Game Station
Microconsoles
[edit | edit source]- Nvidia Shield TV
- Ouya
- GameStick
- Mad Catz M.O.J.O.
- Razer Forge TV
- Fuze Tomahawk F1
- ZTE Fun Box
- miniStation
- ST-3200
- TGP Box / Tencent Games Platform Box / The Blade Box
- FlarePlay
- Xtreamer Multi-Console
- GamePop series
- SlimPort Nano Console
- ZRRO
- PlayJam OTT
TV Platforms
[edit | edit source]A number of multimedia devices were released during this time, many of which included the ability to play video games.
Minor consoles
[edit | edit source]Art consoles
[edit | edit source]FPGA consoles
[edit | edit source]Canceled consoles
[edit | edit source]Major handheld consoles
[edit | edit source]Open handhelds
[edit | edit source]- Tiny Arcade & Tiny Pocket
- Pokitto
- Arduboy
- Gamebuino
- Adafruit PyGamer
- Game Gadget
- Clockwork GameShell
- Kano Pixel
- Kitronik GameZip 64
- Creoqode 2048
- Creoqode PYXA
- Minty Pi
Retro revival handhelds
[edit | edit source]- Neo Geo X
- ZX Spectrum Vega+
- Namco Museum Mini Player
- My Arcade Retro Champ
Minor handhelds
[edit | edit source]- Nvidia Shield Portable
- Sony Xperia Play
- GCW Zero
- JXD S5100
- GPD XD
- GPD Win
- GPD Win 2
- Gemei A330
- Monon Color
- HG-501 and HG-503
- MobiGo
- iXL
- K-Magic
- Yinlips YDPG18
- Wikipad
- Fire Phone
- Technology Will Save Us DIY Gamer Kit
Gaming Tablets
[edit | edit source]Canceled handhelds
[edit | edit source]Ninth Generation of Video Game Consoles
[edit | edit source]Major home consoles
[edit | edit source]Minor Consoles
[edit | edit source]PC Based Consoles
[edit | edit source]Retro revival consoles
[edit | edit source]- Intellivision Amico
- Atari branded consoles
- Atari VCS
- Atari 2600+
- Atari GameStation Pro
- Mega Drive Mini 2
- Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro
- Roshambo Retro Gaming Kit
- RetroN Sq
- Evercade VS
- Amiga A500 Mini
- C64 Mini
- Zuiki X68000 Z
- Hyperkin Retron Ult
- Warrior 64
- Anbernic PAP II
DIY or Open Game Consoles
[edit | edit source]Consoles that were marketed as having end users assemble or develop for them. Note that most of these overlap with the retro revival consoles above.
FPGA based platforms
[edit | edit source]Home Arcade Systems
[edit | edit source]Unreleased
[edit | edit source]Cancelled Consoles
[edit | edit source]Handheld Consoles
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Major Handhelds
[edit | edit source]Indie or Open handhelds
[edit | edit source]Retro revivals handhelds
[edit | edit source]- Nintendo Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.
- Nintendo Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda
- Sega Game Gear Micro
- Evercade Family
- FunKey S
- GameForce CHI
- BittBoy
- TinyTan BTS Tamagotchi
- TinyPi
- Asterisk
- PocketStar
Emulator Oriented
[edit | edit source]- ODROID-GO Series
- TRDR Pocket
- PiBoy series PiBoy DMG and PiBoy SRX
- Miyoo Mini
- Creoqode LYRA
- Retroid Pocket Line
- M17
- Anbernic line
- My Arcade Family
- My Arcade Nano Player
- My Arcade Micro Player
- My Arcade Pixel Classic
- My Arcade Pocket Player
FPGA Oriented
[edit | edit source]High Performance Mobile Gaming
[edit | edit source]- Logitech G CLOUD gaming handheld
- Lenovo Legion Play
- AYN Odin
- G3x
- SMATCH Z
- OneXPlayer
- Asus ROG Ally
- Lenovo Legion Go
- AOKZOE A1 Pro
- Tassei Denki Project Nadeshiko
- Tassei Denki Project RadaR
- GPD Line
- Aya Neo line
Other Handhelds
[edit | edit source]Educational Handhelds
[edit | edit source]Unreleased Handhelds
[edit | edit source]Enhanced traditional formfactors
[edit | edit source]Unconventional Formfactors
[edit | edit source]- Bud Light BL6
- LaserCube
- Tamagotchi Smart
- InWin 309 Gaming Edition
- Light Pong
- Play! Remote
- Tovertafel 2
- Picoo
- Amazon Glow
- Playpulse One
Computer Chapters
[edit | edit source]1970's computers
[edit | edit source]1980's computers
[edit | edit source]- IBM Personal Computer
- Commodore 64
- Commodore Amiga
- BBC Micro
- Acorn Electron
- Acorn Archimedes
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum
- Amstrad CPC
- MSX computers
- Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
- Fujitsu FM Towns
- NEC PC-8800 series (PC-88)
- Sharp X68000
- Sharp X1
- Jupiter Ace
- Mattel Aquarius
- Tomy Tutor
- Coleco Adam
- Spectravideo
- Galaksija
1990's computers
[edit | edit source]Other Formfactors
[edit | edit source]Virtual Reality
[edit | edit source]- Virtual Boy
- Hasbro Toaster VR
- VFX1
- Oculus Rift
- SteamVR headsets
- PlayStation VR
Wearables
[edit | edit source]Automobiles
[edit | edit source]Cloud Chapters
[edit | edit source]- AirConsole
- Xbox Game Pass cloud gaming
- Google Stadia
- Sony PlayStation Now
- Gaikai
- OnLive
- Amazon Luna
- Nvidia GeForce Now
- Shinra Technologies
- Dive In
- Tizen cloud gaming
- Utomik
- YouTube Playables
External Resources
[edit | edit source]- Google Arts and Culture - Online exhibit on early home gaming.
References
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