History of video games/Platforms
Console Chapters
First Generation of Video Game Consoles
Major home consoles
- 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
DIY consoles
Interton Video Series
- Interton Video 2000
- Interton Video 2400
- Interton Video 2501
- Interton Video 2800
- Interton Video 3000
- Interton Video 3001
Telejogo Series
Other home consoles
Regionally important home consoles
Warsaw Pact Home Consoles
Canceled home consoles
Screenless handheld consoles
Second Generation of Video Game Consoles
Major Home Consoles
- Atari 2600 / VCS
- Atari 5200
- Fairchild Channel F
- Magnavox Odyssey²
- Intellivision
- ColecoVision
- RCA Studio II
Minor Home Consoles
- 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
1292 family
Tabletop Consoles
Canceled Consoles
Handheld Consoles
Major handhelds consoles
Minor handheld consoles
- 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
Third Generation of Video Game Consoles
Major home consoles
Minor home consoles
- Philips Videopac+ G7400
- Super Cassette Vision
- Vidéoway
- Casio PV-1000
- My Vision
- Micro Genius
- Dina
- Ending-Man Terminator
Console versions of Home Computers
VHS Consoles
Educational consoles
Canceled home consoles
Projector Game Systems
Portable LCD Game Systems
Fourth Generation of Video Game Consoles
Major home consoles
Console versions of arcade systems
Minor home consoles
Interactive multimedia devices
Educational home game consoles
Canceled home consoles
Major handheld consoles
Minor handheld consoles
- Watara Supervision
- Mega Duck / Cougar Boy
- Gamate
- Game Master
- Nintendo Mini Classics
- J.Cock New Wave Z400S
- Tomy Data Battle
Cancelled handheld consoles
Fifth Generation of Video Game Consoles
Major home consoles
Minor home consoles
Obscure home consoles
Canceled home consoles
Major handheld consoles
Minor handheld consoles
Sixth Generation of Video Game Consoles
Major home consoles
Minor consoles
- XaviXPORT & Domyos Interactive System
- V.Smile
- Atari Flashback series
- Let's! TV Play Classic
- DVD Kids
- Tomy Kiss Site
Retro Revival consoles
Educational DIY Consoles
Platform Technology
Canceled consoles
Major handheld consoles
Mobile Phone Gaming hybrids
Minor handheld consoles
- Tapwave Zodiac
- GP32
- digiBLAST
- Leapster
- Pelican VG Pocket
- GameKing
- Cybiko
- Pixter
- Pepper Pad
- Hasbro P-O-X
- Aquaplus P/ECE (PIECE)
Unconventional formfactors
Canceled handhelds
Seventh Generation of Video Game Consoles
Major home consoles
Minor consoles
Educational consoles
Open consoles
Major handheld consoles
Minor handheld consoles
- Gizmondo
- Coleco Sonic
- Pocket Dream Console
- Mi2
- DIFRNCE MGC01
- Swinxs
- JXD 1000
- Gemei X760+
- Retro Duo
- Tuttuki Bako
Educational handhelds
Open Platform Handhelds
GP2X Family
Canceled handhelds
Eighth Generation of Video Game Consoles
Major Home Consoles
Retro revival consoles
- 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
- 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
A number of multimedia devices were released during this time, many of which included the ability to play video games.
Minor consoles
Art consoles
FPGA consoles
Canceled consoles
Major handheld consoles
Open handhelds
- 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
- Neo Geo X
- ZX Spectrum Vega+
- Namco Museum Mini Player
- My Arcade Retro Champ
Minor handhelds
- 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
Canceled handhelds
Ninth Generation of Video Game Consoles
Major home consoles
Minor Consoles
PC Based Consoles
Retro revival consoles
- 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
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
Home Arcade Systems
Unreleased
Cancelled Consoles
Handheld Consoles
Major Handhelds
Indie or Open handhelds
Retro revivals handhelds
- 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
- 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
Electronic Paper Oriented
- Ink Console
- Figment
High Performance Mobile Gaming
- 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
Educational Handhelds
Unreleased Handhelds
Enhanced traditional formfactors
Unconventional Formfactors
- Bud Light BL6
- LaserCube
- Tamagotchi Smart
- InWin 309 Gaming Edition
- Light Pong
- Play! Remote
- Tovertafel 2
- Picoo
- Amazon Glow
- Playpulse One
Computer Chapters
1970's computers
1980's computers
- 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
Other Formfactors
Virtual Reality
- Virtual Boy
- Hasbro Toaster VR
- VFX1
- Oculus Rift
- SteamVR headsets
- PlayStation VR
Wearables
Automobiles
Cloud Chapters
- 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
- Google Arts and Culture - Online exhibit on early home gaming.
References