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The Creation of this timeline

Sep 16, 2008 6:21 AM

The Major Video Game Consoles since the begeninng.

NintendoDS Lite

Dec 31, 2007

The Nintendo DS Lite is a dual-screen handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It is a slimmer, brighter, and more lightweight redesign of the Nintendo DS, designed to be aesth...

Playstation3

Nov 16, 2006

The PlayStation 3 (officially marketed PLAYSTATION 3,[5] commonly abbreviated PS3) is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment, and the successor to the PlayStation...

Wii !!!!!!!

Sep 15, 2006

The Wii (pronounced as the English pronoun we, IPA: /wiː/) is a home video game console released by Nintendo. A distinguishing feature of the console is its wireless controller, the Wii Remote, whi...

Xbox360

Nov 21, 2005

The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. The integrated Xbox Live service allows players to compete online and d...

Game Boy Micro

Sep 18, 2005

The Game Boy Micro was officially unveiled by Nintendo of America's (then) vice president of sales and marketing, Reggie Fils-Aime, at the company's E3 press conference on May 17, 2005. The system ...

Atari Flashback 2

2004

The Atari Flashback 2, the successor to the original Atari Flashback console, was released in 2005. It has forty Atari 2600 games built-in. A few of the included games are homebrews which were crea...

Atari Flashback

2003

The Atari Flashback was released in 2004. The console resembled an Atari 7800 in appearance, and came with a pair of controllers which resembled those of the Atari 7800 but were slightly smaller. T...

NintendoDS

2003

The Nintendo DS (sometimes abbreviated to DS or NDS, and now officially renamed original Nintendo DS)[5] is a dual-screen handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was releas...

The Faliure that is the N-Gage

Oct 6, 2003

he N-Gage is a mobile telephone and handheld game system based on the Nokia Series 60 platform. It started selling on October 7, 2003.[citation needed] It attempted to lure gamers away from the Gam...

Game Boy Advanced SP

Feb 13, 2003

The Game Boy Advance SP (ゲームボーイアドバンスSP Gēmu Bōi Adobansu Esupī?), released in February 2003, is an upgraded version of Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. The "SP" in Game Boy Advance SP stands for "Speci...

GameCube

May 2, 2002

The Nintendo GameCube (ニンテンドーゲームキューブ Nintendō Gēmukyūbu?), often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo's fourth home video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. The hardware syste...

THE XBAWX

Nov 14, 2001

The Xbox was initially developed within Microsoft by a small team that included game developer Seamus Blackley. Microsoft repeatedly delayed the console, which was revealed at the end of 1999 follo...

Game Boy Advanced

Jun 10, 2001

The Game Boy Advance (often shortened to GBA) is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in...

PSOne

1999

The PS one (also PSone, PSOne, or PS1), launched in 2000, is Sony's smaller (and redesigned) version of its PlayStation video game console. The PS one is considerably smaller than the original Play...

Playstation2

1999

Only a few million people had obtained consoles by the end of 2000 due to manufacturing delays.[10] Directly after its release, it was difficult to find PS2 units on retailer shelves.[11] Another o...

Dreamcast

Nov 26, 1998

The Dreamcast (ドリームキャスト, Dorīmukyasuto?, code-named White Belt, Black Belt, Dural, Dricas, Vortex, Katana, Shark, and Guppy during development) is Sega's most recent video game console and the succ...

Game Boy Color

Nov 22, 1998

The Game Boy Color (ゲームボーイカラー, Gēmu Bōi Karā?, shortened to GBC) is Nintendo's successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November 19, 1998 in North America and ...

Nintendo 64

Feb 28, 1997

The Nintendo 64 (ニンテンドウ64, Nintendō Roku Jū Yon?, NINTENDO64), often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit processor, it...

Apple Bandi Pippin

1995

The Apple Bandai Pippin is a multimedia platform designed by Apple Inc. (then Apple Computer, Inc.) and produced by Bandai in the mid 1990s. It is based around a 66-MHz PowerPC 603 processor, a 14....

Playstation

Nov 1994

The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December 1994.[1] Sony finally ceased p...

Sega 32X

Nov 15, 1994

The Sega 32X can only be used in conjunction with a Mega Drive/Genesis system. It is inserted into the system like a standard game cartridge, although it does require its own separate power supply ...

Atari Jaguar

1993

The Atari Jaguar is a video game console, released by Atari Corporation in 1993. It was designed to surpass the Mega Drive/Genesis and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in processing power. I...

Sega Mega-CD

Jan 15, 1992

The Sega Mega-CD (メガCD, Mega Shī Dī?) is an add-on device for the Sega Mega Drive that was released in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan. It was also released in North America, where it was ren...

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Aug 15, 1991

The Atari Lynx was a handheld game console released by Atari Corporation in 1989. The Lynx holds the distinction of being the world's first handheld electronic game with a color LCD display. The sy...

Sega Game Gear

Oct 5, 1990

The Sega Game Gear is a handheld game console which was Sega's response to Nintendo's Game Boy. It was the third commercially available color handheld console, after the Atari Lynx and the Turbo Ex...

THE GAME BOY!!!!

Apr 20, 1989

The Game Boy (ゲームボーイ, Gēmu Bōi?) is a handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on April 21, 1989 (1989-04-21), in North America in August 1989, a...

Sega Genesis

Jan 8, 1989

The Sega Mega Drive (メガドライブ, Mega Doraibu?) is a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988, North America in 1989, and the PAL region in 1990. It was sold under the name Sega Gene...

Atari Lynx

1988

The Atari Lynx was a handheld game console released by Atari Corporation in 1989. The Lynx holds the distinction of being the world's first handheld electronic game with a color LCD display. The sy...

Atari 7800

May 1986

The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a video game console released by Atari Corporation in June 1986. A test market release had occurred two years earlier under Atari Inc. The 780...

Sega Master System

1985

The Sega Master System is an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console that was manufactured by Sega and was first released in 1986.[citation needed] Its original Japanese incarnation was the Sega M...

Nintendo Entertainment System

1984

The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NESd[›] or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia in 1...

Sega SG-1000

Jul 17, 1983

The SG-1000 was test marketed in Japan in 1981 and first released to the Japanese market in July 15, 1983 for ¥15,000. The console reached minor success in that market and sold moderately well with...

ColecoVision

Jul 1982

The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries' second generation home video game console and was released in August 1982. The ColecoVision offered arcade-quality graphics and gaming the ability to play Ata...

Commodore MAX

1981

The Commodore MAX Machine, also known as Ultimax in the United States and VC-10 in Germany, was a home computer designed and sold by Commodore International in Japan, beginning in early 1982, a pre...

Game&Watch

1979

The Game & Watch (ゲーム&ウオッチ, Gēmu ando Wotchi?) (G&W) series were handheld electronic games made by Nintendo and created by its game designer Gunpei Yokoi from 1980 to 1991. Most featured a single g...

Microvision

1978

The Microvision was the very first hand-held game console using interchangeable cartridges. It was released by the Milton Bradley Company in 1979. The Microvision was designed by Jay Smith, the eng...

Intellivision

1978

The Intellivision is a video game console released by Mattel in 1979. Development of the console began in 1978, less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor, the Atari 2600. The w...

Magnavox Odyssey 2

1977

The Magnavox Odyssey², known in Europe as the Philips Videopac G7000, in Brazil as the Philips Odyssey, in the United States as the Magnavox Odyssey² and the Philips Odyssey², and also by many othe...

Atari 2600

Sep 1977

The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non...

Color TV Game

1976

The Color TV Game series is a series of home dedicated consoles released by Nintendo. It debuted in 1977 with the Color TV Game 6. It contained 6 variations of "Light Tennis" (or Pong). The players...

Telstar

1975

The Telstar is a series of video game consoles produced by Coleco from 1976 to 1978. Starting with Telstar Pong clone based on General Instrument's AY-3-8500 chip in 1976, there were 14 consoles re...

Magnavox Odysseey

May 15, 1972

The Magnavox Odyssey is the world's first video game console. It was first demonstrated in May 1972 and released that fall, predating the Atari Pong home consoles by several years. The Odyssey was ...

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