History of Video Game Consoles

1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Generations

Generation One Generation Two Generation Three Generation Five Generation Six Generation Seven Generation Eight
Generation Four

Atari

Home Pong Atari Jaguar

Stunt Cycle
Atari 2600
Video Pinball
Atari 5200
Atari 7800
Atari XE Video Game System

SEGA

SG-1000 Dreamcast
Master System
SEGA Genesis
Sega Game Gear
Sega Saturn
SEGA Nomad

Nintendo

Color TV Game Nintendo 3DS

Game & Watch WiiU
Nintendo Entertainment System/Nintendo Family Computer
Game Boy
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo 64
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Advanced
GameCube
Nintendo DS
Wii

PlayStation

PlayStation
PlayStation 2
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation 3

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PlayStation 4

X-BOX

X-box
Xbox 360
Xbox One

1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

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 Generations

Magnavox Odyssey
Generation One
Epoch TVTennis
1972
Home Pong
Binatone TV Master
Coleco Telstar
Color TV-Game

Generation Two -Console

1976 * Fairchild Channel F
* Atari 2600
* Bally Astrocade
* Magnavox Odyssey
* Intellivision
-Handheld
* Game * Watch
* Milton Bradley Microvision
* Epoch Game Pocket Computer

Generation Three -Console

1983 * SG-1000
* NES
* Master System
* Atari 7800
* Commodore 64

Generation Four -Console

1987 * PC-Engine
* Genesis
* SNES
* Neo Geo AES
-Handheld
* GB
* Lynx
* Game Gear
* TurboExpress

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 Generation Five -Console
1993 * FW Towns Marty
* 3DO Interactive
* Atari Jaguar
* Saturn
* PS
* N64
-Handheld
* Nomad
* Virtual Boy
* GB
* GBC
* Neo Geo
* Game.com

Generation Six -Console

1998 * Dreamcast
* PS2
* GameCube
* Xbox
-Handheld
* GBA
* N-Gage
* Tripwave Zodiac

Generation Seven -Console

2005 * Xbox 360
* PS3
* Wii
-Handheld
* DS
* PSP

Generation Eight -Console

2012 * PS4
* Xbox One
* WiiU
-Handheld
* 3DS
* PSVita

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 Atari

Home Pong
Approx. 1975 - Approx. 1977

Stunt Cycle
Approx. 1976 - Approx. 1979

Atari 2600
09/11/1977 - 01/01/1992

Video Pinball
Approx. 1978 - Approx. 1980

Atari 5200
Approx. November 1982 - 05/21/1984

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 Atari 7800
Approx. January 1986 - 01/01/1992

Atari XE Video Game System

Approx. 1987 - 01/01/1992

Atari Jaguar
11/15/1993 - Approx. 1996

SEGA

SG-1000
07/15/1983 - Approx. July 1984

Master System
Approx. 1985 - Approx. 1992

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 SEGA Genesis
10/29/1988 - Approx. 1997

Sega Game Gear

10/06/1990 - 04/30/1997

Sega Saturn
11/22/1994 - 11/23/2000

SEGA Nomad
Approx. October 1995 - Approx. 1999

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 Dreamcast
11/27/1998 - 03/30/2001

Nintendo

Color TV Game
Approx. 1977 - Approx. 1980

Game & Watch

Approx. 1980 - Approx. 1991

Nintendo Entertainment System/Nintendo Family

Computer
07/15/1983 - 08/14/1995

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 Game Boy
04/21/1989 - 03/23/2003

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

11/21/1990 - 11/30/1999

Nintendo 64
06/23/1996 - 11/30/2003

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 Game Boy Color
10/21/1998 - Approx. 2003

Game Boy Advanced

03/21/2001 - Approx. 2008

GameCube
09/14/2001 - Approx. 2007

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 Nintendo DS
11/21/2004 - Present

Wii
12/02/2006 - Present

Nintendo 3DS
02/26/2011 - Present

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 WiiU
11/18/2012 - Present

PlayStation

PlayStation
12/03/1994 - 03/31/2006

PlayStation 2
03/04/2000 - 12/28/2012

PlayStation Portable
12/12/2004 - Approx. June 2014

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 PlayStation 3
11/11/2006 - Present

PlayStation Vita
12/17/2011 - Present

PlayStation 4
11/15/2013 - Present

X-BOX

X-box
11/15/2001 - 05/18/2008

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 Xbox 360
11/22/2005 - 04/20/2016

Xbox One
11/22/2013 - Present

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