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Video Game Console

Video game console is a device that can play video games.
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Generations.

Game play and consoles are sometimes divided into generations. The Video game console section of Wikipedia was established at noon on 19 October 2001, when it stated that the generation name was created mainly by the market strategy department of home console manufacturers.At that time, the names of the generations were mainly created by the market strategy departments of home console manufacturers, and the content differs slightly from what is widely known today, but they are classified as 8-bit, 16-bit, etc. The classification was unstable, as there were some generations in the bit-based classification and some classifications that did not use bits. On 21 August 2003 at midday, a new classification based on bit was introduced, stating that it has been increasingly irrelevant in distinguishing capabilities since 1980.The unstable classification was largely based on generational classification. The generational classification was largely consistent throughout from the bit-based classification categories. The first Odyssey game was not included in the generation classification, but Odyssey 2 and Atari 2600 were classified as the first generation, and Atari 5200 as the second generation. The description was deleted and replaced by other notations, but on 7 August 2006, the generation description was added and the first Odyssey game was classified as the first generation, while the Odyssey 2, Atari 2600 and Atari 5200 were classified as the second generation. The Japanese version of Wikipedia provides an explanation based on the 20 June 2003(Heisei 15) bit-based classification, but on 2 December 2005(Heisei 17) a classification based on the main machines of each period, such as the Famicom generation, was made, and the contents differ from both the English version of Wikipedia and the current Japanese generation classification.The content of the classification was unique to Japan and different from both the English Wikipedia and the current Japanese generation classification. However, on 9 August 2006(Heisei 18) the classification was changed to a generational classification, with the names replaced and the content retained. On 12 January 2007(Heisei 19), the current generation classification was adopted by adding the zeroth generation, and on 13 January 2007(Heisei 19), the classification was changed to the original generation classification.


The generation of game play and consoles was generally established between 2001 and 2003, and between 2003 (Heisei 15) and 2006 (Heisei 18) in Japan.

List of Consoles

Nintendo

Console

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
Nintendo Entertainment SystemNES, Family Computer, FamiconJuly 15, 1983October 18, 1985
Famicon Disk SystemFCDFebruary 21, 1986Never release
Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemSuper Famicon, SNESNovember 21, 1990August 23, 1991
Satellaview November 1, 1995Never release
Virtual BoyVBJuly 21, 1995August 14, 1995
Nintendo 6464, N64Jun 23, 1996September 29, 1996
Nintendo GameCubeGCSeptember 14, 2001November 18, 2001
Wii December 2, 2006November 19, 2006
Wii U December 8, 2012November 18, 2012

Handheld

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
Game & WatchGWApril 28, 1980Never release
Game BoyGBApril 21, 1989July 31, 1989
Game Boy ColorGBCOctober 21, 1998November 18, 1998
Game Boy AdvanceGBAMarch 21, 2001June 11, 2001
Nintendo DSDS, NDSDecember 2, 2004November 21, 2004
Nintendo 3DS3DSFebruary 26, 2011March 27, 2011

Sega

Console

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
SG-1000 July 15, 1983Never release
SG-1000 II July, 1984Never release
Sega Mark III October 20, 1985Never release
Sega Master System October 18, 19871986
Sega GenesisSega Megadrive, MDOctober 29, 1988August 14, 1989
Sega CDMega CD, MCDDecember 12, 1991October 15, 1992
Sega 32XSuper 32X, 32XDecember 3, 1994November 21, 1994
Sega SaturnSSNovember 22, 1994May 11, 1995
DreamcastDCNovember 27, 1998September 9, 1999

Handheld

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
Game GearGGOctober 6, 1990April 26, 1991
Nomad Never releaseOctober, 1995

NEC

Console

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
TurboGrafx-16PC Engine, PCEOctober 30, 1987August 19, 1989
SuperGrafx December 8, 1989Never released
TurboDuoPC Engine DuoSeptember 21, 1991October 10, 1992

Handheld

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
TurboExpressPC EngineGTDecember 1, 19901990

Sony (Sony Computer Entertainment)

Console

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
PlayStationPSDecember 3, 1994September 9, 1995
PlayStation 2PS2March 4, 2000October 26, 2000
PSX December 13, 2003Never release
PlayStation 3PS3November 11, 2006November 17, 2006
PlayStation 4PS4February 22, 2014November 15, 2013

Handheld

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
PocketStation January 23, 1999Never release
PlayStation PortablePSPDecember 12, 2004March 24, 2005
PlayStation VitaPSVita, PSVDecember 17, 2011February 22, 2012

Microconsole

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
PlayStation TVPlayStation Vita TVNovember 14, 20132014

Microsoft

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
Xbox February 22, 2002November 15, 2001
Xbox 360360December 10, 2005November 22, 2005
Xbox One September 4, 2014 (eta)November 22, 2013

Atari

Console

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
Atari 2600VCS, Atari 2800October, 1983September 11, 1977
Atari 5200 Never releaseNovember, 1982
Atari 7800 Never releaseJune, 1984
Atari Jaguar November 21, 1994November 15, 1993

Handheld

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
Lynx 1989October, 1989

Panasonic/Sanyo

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
3DO March 20, 1994October 4, 1993

SNK

Console

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
Neo Geo AES January 31, 19901991
Neo Geo MVS January 31, 19901990
Neo Geo CD September 9, 19941994
Hyper Neo Geo 64 September, 1997Unknown

Handheld

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
Neo Geo PocketネオポケOctober 28, 1998Never release

Bandai Namco Games (Formerly Bandai and Namco)

Console

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
Bandai Arcadia March, 19831982 (as Emerson Arcadia)
Bandai Playdia September 23, 1994Never release
Apple Bandai Pippin March 28, 1996September 1, 1996

Handheld

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
WonderSwanWSMarch 4, 1999Never release
WonderSwan Color December 9, 2000Never release
SwanCrystal July 12, 2002Never release

Nvidia

NameAlso calledRelease date (Japan)Release date (North America)
Nvidia Shield Portable UnknownJuly 31, 2013

Others

PC Hardware

MSX

PC-88

PC-98

X68000

FM Towns


Operation Systems

MS-DOS

Windows

Mac OS X

Linux

Android

SteamOS


API

OpenGL

DirectX

Mantle


Mobile devices

Smartphone

iPhone

iPad

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