Editing Strange and forgotten consoles

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Beneath the clean and successful exterior of gaming giants like the [[Super Nintendo emulators|Super Nintendo]] and [[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]] lies the '''Gap of Vidya''': a realm populated by unwanted and forgotten consoles of old, immortal in their plasticity. Here we may receive knowledge of their eternal fate. Not everything on this page can or will be emulated.

If it's a video game console from the [[wikipedia:History_of_video_game_consoles_%28third_generation%29|third generation]] and beyond, it's on this page for your viewing pleasure.

See [[First and Second Generations of video game consoles|console boom]] for the 70s and 80s consoles.

==Consoles==
===Third generation===
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support
! scope="col"|ROMs
! scope="col"|Description
|-
|[[Action_Max|Action Max]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|VHS tape console released in 1987 by Worlds of Wonder. It relied on a light gun and score counter for all of its 5 games, which could not really be lost. There's an add-on for the multi-[[Arcade LaserDisc emulators|arcade LaserDisc emulator]] [[DAPHNE]] called [https://web.archive.org/web/20150512114240/http://www.singeengine.com/cms/node/6 SINGE.] We're in murky waters here, so run this at your own risk.  
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj498-wkOz4 Cinemassacre Demonstration]
|-
|[[wikipedia:Amstrad_GX4000|Amstrad GX4000]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|Good
|[https://archive.org/details/Amstrad_GX4000_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]/[https://archive.org/details/gx4000_library ✓]
|A consolized version of the [[Amstrad CPC emulators|Amstrad CPC]].
|-
|[[Atari_8-bit#Atari_XEGS|Atari XEGS]]
|style="background:skyblue;"|Decent
|Yes
|A repackaging of the [[Atari 8-bit]] computer line marketed as a game console. Notable for having possibly the worst physical design prior to the Xbox One. It has preliminary support in MAME, as does the 65XE computer it's based on. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2gF5wWns0E Overview] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IVK3ukQmMA CGR Review]. It is also supported on [[Altirra]].
|-
|[[wikipedia:PV-1000|Casio PV-1000]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|Good
|[https://archive.org/details/CasioPV1000 No-intro]
|A 1983 console pulled from shelves very quickly. Like many others, its titanic failure makes it a rarity nowadays.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Commodore_64_Games_System|Commodore 64 Games System]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|Good
|Yes
|A hacked up console version of the regular [[Commodore 64 emulators|Commodore 64]], released only in Europe. Failed hilariously due to its outdated tech (1984 hardware in 1990!), the fact that the normal Commodore 64 was already sufficient, and a bad case of the 'no games'.  It is supported in [[VICE]], a widely used emulator for Commodore's 8-bit computers.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Dendy_(console)|Dendy]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|Yes
|The most well-known Famiclone - sold in Russia by Steepler, even likely outselling the official PAL model NES... In technical details, it's basically the same as an NTSC-J Famicom running at 50Hz + SECAM colour mode and with the correct audio pitch (unlike the PAL NES, which has a bunch of other changes to the CPU and PPU that break timing-sensitive games) - this thread on nesdev explains more: https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=20931.

Quite a few Famicom emulators, such as [[FCEUX]] and [[Mesen]], can run in this timing if set to do so manually.

The main reason to use this over NTSC would be if some pirate game targeted PAL Famiclones, other than that there's hardly much difference to it than running in NTSC unless you're nostalgic for the unoptimised slowed-down versions from pirate multicarts.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Dina_(video_game_console)|Dina]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|Good
|Yes
|Hybrid clone of both the [[SG-1000 emulators|SG-1000]] and [[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]. Sold by Telegames as the Telegames Personal Arcade, allegedly with permission from Coleco themselves. The console's build quality leaves a lot to be desired, not to mention that games for the aforementioned platforms can be played on most [[ColecoVision emulators]] anyway.
|-
|[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Video_Buddy Family Driver]/[https://segaretro.org/Video_Driver Video Driver]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Sega also had a go with the VHS-Based console market with the Family Driver from 1988 and unlike most of these type of consoles, this did not play Light-gun games but instead played driving games. Only three games were released for the system; it's unknown when Sega discontinued it.
|-
|Funsation  
Off-The-Wall Projector
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Released circa 1989 by European company, Funsation (The Exact Origin is Unknown).This Projector based console somehow sold worse and is even rarer then the "Mega Video Game" (A similar console that also flopped). It's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.

It was also released in France (and Germany?) by French toy company, Savie as the [https://imgur.com/gallery/ZawKz "Projector Jeu Électronique LCD"]
|-
|[[wikipedia:My Vision|My Vision]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=myvision Good]
|No
|Emulated by ares.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Philips_Videopac%2B_G7400|Philips Videopac+ G7400]]
|style="background:skyblue;"|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=g7400 Decent]
|[https://mega.co.nz/#!MRMCGKSJ!x8Mk78ClxL5y2Js3IdRts0GiY8U9TS46JcuXbTx9S1c No-intro]
|A rare Europe-only console, first released in early 1983. Philips designed the Videopac+ to be a backwards-compatible successor to the [[Magnavox Odyssey² emulators|Videopac/Odyssey²]], and was even planning to release an American version called the "Odyssey³", but they reconsidered after a poor showing at that year's CES. Then the 1983 crash happened, and Philips quickly axed the whole thing. Limited support in some Odyssey² emulators.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Grandstand_(game_manufacturer)#Projector-based_'Light'_games|Playtime Projector Mega Video Game]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Released in 1988 by the Hong Kongese company, Playtime Products. The Mega Video Game played Game & Watch style games and used a built-in projector as the display. Less then 15 games were released for the system, and was discontinued sometime between 1989 and 1990. how many units were sold is unknown.

Furthermore, it's important to note that PlayTime licensed the console to  various toy and electronics companies to rebrand and available in other countries. In the UK, Grandstand sold it as the [[wikipedia:Grandstand_(game_manufacturer)#Projector-based_'Light'_games|Light Games]], and was released in Italy by Fantastiko.
|-
|[[RDI Halcyon]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|A terrifying machine based on HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey, featuring voice-recognition and AI learning. Its failure bankrupted RDI. There are currently no known emulators for the Halcyon, as mankind has yet to fully comprehend its awesome power. 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeI5zKeGELA Demonstration]
|-
|[[wikipedia:Super_Cassette_Vision|Super Cassette Vision]]
|style="background:skyblue;"|Decent
|[https://archive.org/details/Epoch_Super_Cassette_Vision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]/[https://archive.org/details/supercassettevision_library ✓]
|1984 successor to the original Cassette Vision. Much easier to emulate as the hardware is similar to some other obscure systems. There's an emulator for it called [http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/ eSCV]. The graphical quality is somewhere between the ColecoVision and NES. Was actually fairly successful in Japan until the Famicom came along and kicked its ass. Then [http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/11/117006/1757950-ladycassettevision.jpg this] [https://www.svg.com/94780/bizarre-console-flops-gaming-history/ happened]. It has a homebrew scene that is still alive with some cool stuff like [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MudYEDUK3Nw a port of Super Mario Bros] and was the first console with a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWPapt33UgQ Dragon Ball] videogame.
|-
|[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=2&c=1294 Soundic SD-290]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Released by Soundic in 1983, the SD-290 was designed to undercut the competition but the lack of compelling games and dated hardware drove customers away from it. Only 11 of the 16 games planned for the system were released. It's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued. Furthermore, it's important to note that Soundic sold SD-290 motherboards to various companies to rebrand them as their own consoles. excluding the original console, there are five versions of this system are known to exist so far, these include:

Soundic Soundicvision SD-200<br>
Hanimex HMG-7900<br>
Rollet Video-Color<br>
JouéClub SD-290<br>
ITMC SD-290<br>

With the exception of the SD-200 (no one seems know where it was released) All of them were only released in France
|-
|[[wikipedia:Video Challenger|Video Challenger]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/handheld/hh_cop400.cpp#L2837 *]
|No
|Released in 1987 by Select Merchandise and licensed to 4 companies in different regions, this VHS-Based console only had around 8 games released for it and like most systems of this type, it only played Light-gun games. It's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Zemmix|Zemmix Series]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|Good
|Yes
|Korean system that was simply an MSX/MSX 2, depending on the model, in console form. Mostly just existed as a way to play MSX games. Though there were a few games made specifically for it, they were playable on the MSX as well. Any MSX emulator should work for its games.
|}

===Fourth generation===
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support
! scope="col"|ROMs
! scope="col"|Internet Archive
! scope="col"|Description
|-
|[http://videogamekraken.com/arcadia-skeet-shoot-by-toymax Arcadia Skeet Shoot]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|
|Released in October of 1998 by Toymax (The makers of the Creepy Crawlers and My Pet Monster toys), this Projector-based console, that only [http://kevinisblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/arcadia-electronic-skeet-shoot-game.html played Light-gun games], sold 435,000 units in the first 18 months before being recalled after reports of projectors overheating, melting, smoking and in a few rare cases, causing burn injuries (Faulty cartridges were to blame). After about three revisions, the system was discontinued sometime between 2000 and 2001 with only 5 out of the 9 games advertised known to have been released. It's unknown how many units were sold once the console was relaunched after the recall.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Commodore_CDTV|Commodore CDTV]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|[https://archive.org/details/Amiga_CDTV_TOSEC_2009_04_18 TOSEC] // [https://archive.org/details/RedumpCommodoreAmigaCDTV redump]
|
|A console version of the Amiga 500. Can be emulated in [[WinUAE]] like other [[Amiga emulators|Amiga hardware]].
|-
|BattleVision
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|
|BattleVision is VHS console released by Tiger Electronics in 1994.
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%82%AF%E3%83%8E Konami Picno]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|No
|
|Released in Japan by Konami in 1992, the extremely rare Picno is an odd hybrid of a Video Game Console and a Drawing Tablet that used cartridges similar to [[wikipedia:HuCard|HuCard's]] and [https://segaretro.org/Sega_Pico Sega Pico]. It's unknown how many units were sold, when it was discontinued or how many games were released. [http://videogamesdensetsu.tumblr.com/post/142354502350/the-konami-picno-%E3%83%94%E3%82%AF%E3%83%8E-1992-a-drawing-tablet Software & sources lists].
|-
|[http://videogamekraken.com/%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0-by-skb-kontur-%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B1-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80 Krokha]
|style="background:skyblue;"|Decent
|No
|
|The Krokha (Кроха) is an unreleased Russian console by SKB Kontur (СКБ Контур). The console was only in development for a short time in 1990 before Kontur pulled the plug on the project. They made 200 units for internal testing and, after it was cancelled, the 200 units were given to the people who worked on the system.

Furthermore, A former employee that worked on the Krokha back in the day has released Photos, Schematics and Rom Dumps for the system on his [http://alemorf.ru/comps/kroha/index.html Website]
|-
|[[wikipedia:Tandy_Video_Information_System|Memorex VIS]]
|style="background:skyblue;"|Decent
|[https://archive.org/details/MemorexVisualInformationSystem-Redump.org2019-05-27 Yes]
|
|A beautiful monster sold only at RadioShack in the early 90s. The software may be playable on Windows 3.x emulators, as the console's OS was an altered version of that.
|-
|[[CAI System|Lico CAI System]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|
|A console released by Lico around the early to mid 90s, this Taiwan-only console is even rarer then the Super A'Can. there is vary little known about it other then

1. Its seems to be an educational console<br>
2. Its not a famiclone.<br>

It's unknown how many units were sold, when it was discontinued or how many games were released.
|-
|[[Philips CD-i emulators|Philips CD-i]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|Yes
|[https://archive.org/details/redumpPhilipsCdi ✓]
|Thanks to working with Nintendo to develop a CD add-on for the SNES, the CD-i is notorious for having egregiously terrible Zelda games, as well as having a polarizing Mario game. Big N has basically ''disowned'' their existence and considered it a blank space in their official history. Aggressively promoted and held on for multiple years with multiple different models (targeted at everything from gamers to pharmaceutical companies), but couldn't compete with mainstream consoles and computers of the time.
|-
|[[Pioneer LaserActive]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|[https://archive.org/details/Pioneer_Laseractive_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]
|
|Released in 1993. A device capable of playing LaserDiscs, compact discs, console games, and LD-G karaoke discs.
|-
|[[Super A'Can]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|[https://archive.org/details/No-Intro-Collection_2016-01-03 No-intro]
|[https://archive.org/details/superacan_library  ✓]
|An extremely rare Taiwan-only console released in 1995. 
|}

===Fifth generation===
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support
! scope="col"|ROMs
! scope="col"|Description
|-
|[[3DO emulators|3DO Interactive Multiplayer]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|[https://archive.org/details/3DO_2017_Reference_Set_Redump_Validated_ROMs Redump 2017]
|A 32-bit console developed by [[wikipedia:The 3DO Company|The 3DO Company]], first released on October 4, 1993. It failed to gain momentum in the fifth-generation market, and was discontinued in late 1996.   
|-
|[[Amiga_Line#Amiga CD32|Amiga CD32]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|[https://archive.org/details/Amiga_CD32_TOSEC_2009_04_18 TOSEC] // [https://archive.org/details/RedumpAmigaCD32 redump]
|An ill-fated console version of the Amiga 1200. Its failure led to the bankruptcy of Commodore shortly after the console was discontinued in only 8 months after its release. Can be emulated in [[WinUAE]] like other [[Amiga emulators|Amiga hardware]].
|-
|[[Apple Pippin]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|[https://archive.org/download/redump-bandai-pippin Yes]
|Released by Bandai and Katz Media in 1996-1997, the Pippin is a "consolized" [[wikipedia:Power_Macintosh|Power Macintosh]]. It sold extremely poorly and was discontinued in 1997-1998.
Currently, there is only preliminary [[MAME]] support, but a good number of its games are playable on [[Macintosh line#PowerPC|PowerPC Mac emulators]].
|-
|[[wikipedia:CP_System#Capcom_Power_System_Changer|Capcom Power System Changer]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|Good
|No
|A console version of the Capcom CPS arcade board. Compatible with SNES controllers.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Casio_Loopy|Casio Loopy]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|[https://archive.org/download/No-Intro-Collection_2016-01-03 No-intro]
|A Japan-only game console designed for girls focused on printing stickers. A '''Magical Shop''' add-on allowed for the printing of any screenshot, not just Loopy games. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaW6EB1poxM Drunken Printing Demonstration] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNWGVtwTkiM Ashens overview]
|-
|[[FM Towns emulators|FM Towns Marty]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|Trurip
|An early fifth-generation console released by Fujitsu in 1993, which is basically a consolized [[FM Towns emulators|FM-Towns]] personal computer. Despite being claimed to be the first 32-bit CD-based home video game system, it failed due to its astronomical price. Another version called the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQs7zyn4uVQ Car Marty] was also released, designed to be a GPS for automobiles. Preliminary MAME support for both.
|-
|[[Panasonic M2]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|[https://hiddenpalace.org/Category:Panasonic_M2_prototypes Yes]
|A canceled follow-up to the [[3DO emulators| 3DO Interactive Multiplayer]]. There are game prototypes and other miscellaneous software available on the internet, but there are currently no emulators able to play them. Its hardware was licensed for use by Konami in arcade development (See [[Konami M2]]). 
|-
|[[wikipedia:Playdia|Playdia]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|[https://archive.org/details/BandaiPlaydia_Redump.org_2018-01-22 Yes]
|A disc-based system released in Japan by Bandai in 1994. Notably, it had a wireless controller and all of its titles were interactive movies like Dragon's Lair. No known emulators.
|}

===Sixth generation===
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support
! scope="col"|ROMs
! scope="col"|Description
|-
|Buzztime Home Trivia System
|style="background: Red;"| Preliminary
|No
|Released around 2004, the system is the result of a partnership between Cadaco Toys and NTN Network (Now known as [[wikipedia:NTN Buzztime|NTN Buzztime]] after 2005); and, as the name implies, the console was designed around playing trivia with family and friends. The console runs on [https://twitter.com/MameHaze/status/1221263600398094337| Elan Hardware].  It's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
|-
|[https://www.toydirectory.com/monthly/new_product.asp?id=17781 Crammer Study & Sound System]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Released in 2008 by LeapFrog, The Crammer is an odd system tries to be many things, A Studying Tool, A Portable Music Player, and A Video Game Console. 
|-
|Cube World 
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|
|-
|Giga Pets TV Game System
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|
|-
|GoGo TV Video Vision
|style="background: Red;"| Preliminary
|No
|Released in sometime between 2005 and 2006 by Manley, the GoGo is Another PS2 Eye-Toy turned into edutainment console and like the Ion, it flopped and has since fallen into obscurity, it's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
|-
|[http://videogamekraken.com/igame-family-by-elonex Elonex iGAME]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|
|-
|[[ION|Hasbro Ion]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lEqujS2sF3nPSwwueJmAwIfINp9belGv?usp=sharing Yes (incomplete)]
|Released in time for the 2005 Holiday season, the Ion is basically a PS2 Eye-Toy turned into edutainment console for preschoolers and at the time, the Ion was turning heads at toy fairs, hype was building and the console looking to be real hit for Hasbro but for whatever reason, the console flopped and disappeared into obscurity faster then the refunds could be made, it's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
|-
|[[wikipedia:HyperScan|Mattel Hyperscan]]
|style="background: Red;"| Preliminary
|[https://archive.org/details/MattelHyperscan_Redump_2014-12-14 Redump]
|Something you would expect to see under a bargain bin at Wal-mart, the Mattel Hyperscan was a card/disc based system released in 2006 to appeal to some poor child's aunt at Christmas. It ran on a 32-bit Sunplus system-on-a-chip CPU, a successor to the 16-bit CPUs used to run consoles such as the V.Smile, many Jakks Pacific TV games and Vii. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv2-M78m_qI CGR Review].
|-
|[[Nuon emulators|NUON]]
|style="background:salmon;"|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/ad19f9013f2ac9063f1a77874f9122a619a96ea5 Preliminary]
|[https://archive.org/details/Nuon_dumps Yes]
|A hybrid DVD player/game console with enhanced movie-viewing tools, from a bunch of former Atari personnel. Only a few games were made for the system, as the cheaper PS2 slaughtered it. There was a closed-source emulator in production called [http://www.nuon-dome.com/files/Nuance_051.zip Nuance], but its author died and he didn't release the source code himself. Though it became [http://atariage.com/forums/topic/254444-nuon-game-system-talk-discussion/page-3#entry3564288 publicly] [http://www.dragonshadow.com/ available] and is in continued [https://sourceforge.net/projects/nuance-nuon-emulator/ development] again with better compatibility and faster performance. The latest builds and project moved to [https://github.com/andkrau/NuanceResurrection github] . 
|-
|[[P/ECE]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|
|
|-
|Pixel Chix
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|
|
|-
|Sifteo Cubes
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|
|
|-
|[[wikipedia:XaviXPORT|XaviXPORT]]
|style="background:salmon;"|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/xavix.cpp Preliminary]
|No
|A fitness based system, employing the usage of motion controls in an effort to get players off of the couch - beating Nintendo's [[Wii_emulators|Wii]] by more than 2 years! Each game cart came with a dedicated controller and an own CPU (not in the system, similar to Super FX chips in some SNES carts). The XaviXPORT was actually developed by eight of the engineers who worked on the original development of the [[Nintendo_Entertainment_System_emulators|NES]]. An upgraded version with a 16-bit "Super XaviX" CPU compared to the original 8-bit CPU came in 2005. Also of note is the fact that Jackie Chan partnered with SSD Company Limited in order to bring his likeness to the console, which resulted in two licensed games. [https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze David Haywood] is particularly working on reverse-engineering the XaviX technology for MAME.
|}

===Seventh generation===
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support
! scope="col"|ROMs
! scope="col"|Description
|-
|[[wikipedia:Game Wave|Game Wave]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|[https://archive.org/details/ZAPiT_GameWave_Redump_2017-12-23 Redump]
|A failed attempt to steal sales from the upcoming Nintendo Wii, the Game Wave was an obscure console released in 2005 by ZAPiT Games that only had trivia games. It also had VeggieTales: Veg-Out! Family Tournament.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Vii|Vii]]
|style="background:skyblue;"|Decent
|Yes
|A rather poor excuse of a response to the [[Wii emulators|Wii]], made by JungleTac, KenSingTon, and a dozen or so manufacturers churning out shoddy variants of it. Emulators have recently been made for the platform, with several projects aiming to provide support for Sunplus' rather oddball architecture, such as [https://web.archive.org/web/20150916124951/http://www.maxconsole.com/maxcon_forums/threads/280551-MuchimeX-v0-5-has-been-released! MuchimeX for the original Xbox], and [http://hackmii.com/2010/04/sunplus-the-biggest-chip-company-youve-never-heard-of/ Unununium], the latter being the basis for a [[MESS]] core. The same goes for VTech's [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=vsmile V.Smile], the [[wikipedia:Xavix|XaviXPORT]] and most [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=batmantv Jakks Pacific] TV games including those [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=walle Disney tie-in ones].
|-
|[[Zeebo]]
|style="background:salmon;"|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/skeleton/zeebo_qualcomm_adreno130.cpp Preliminary]
|[https://ia801409.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/28/items/no-intro_romsets/no-intro%20romsets/Zeebo%20-%20Zeebo%20%2820190815-004208%29.zip Yes]
|An obscure Brazilian console released in 2009. It was based on the BREW platform, and its games were delivered via a 3G mobile network. It was only sold in Brazil, Mexico, and China. Preliminary MAME emulation driver was added in 0.225 build.
|}

===Eighth generation===
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support
! scope="col"|ROMs
! scope="col"|Description
|-
|Active Cues Tovertafel
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|
|-
|[[Android_emulators#Android_consoles|Android consoles]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Consoles that run Android as their operating system. Most of them only run cellphone games and emulators, but some of them have their own unique games or heavy-hitting titles ported from other platforms.
|-
|Eedoo CT510
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Taking heavy influenced by the Microsoft Kinect, the CT510 was made by a Chinese company for the Chinese video game market and its one of the rarest consoles ever, those who live in China reported that on launch day, they couldn't find anyone knew about it let alone had one in-stock, one article called it [https://web.archive.org/web/20230402205515/https://www.techinasia.com/eedoo-ct150-game-console-launch-china Vaporware] on launch day. it's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued. 
|-
|[[Intellivision Amico]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|A console being developed and marketed by Intellivision Entertainment. Designed to run some simple and family-friendly indie or classic titles.
|}

==Handhelds==
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support
! scope="col"|ROMs
! scope="col"|Description
|-
!colspan="4"|1985-1991
|-
|[[wikipedia:Franklin Electronic Publishers|Franklin Bookman]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Franklin Electronic Publishers First released the Bookman in 1989. It was marketed as electronic book, and was never designed to be a video game system, yet the Bookman still has a place in video game history. The Bookman line of devices were originally sold in 1989 as "Electronic Bibles" that costed $299 US (or $561 in 2020) before expanding into electronic versions of non-religious books in the early 90s. All models have a cartridge slot for other books and games. most titles were trivia or some other kind of word game. How many units were sold and the number of games that were released are unknown.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Game_Master_(console)|Hartung Game Master]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|Good
|Yes (No-intro)
|A German Game Boy alternative released in 1990. Also distributed in the UK as the '''Systema 2000''' and under alternate names in other countries, including '''Super Game''' and '''Game Tronic'''. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9dZ-RBpQA Demonstration]
|-
!colspan="4"|1991-2000
|-
|[[wikipedia:Barcode Battler|Barcode Battler]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Released in Japan by Epoch in 1991 and internationally later the same year. The console was basically a digital trading card game, whereas the player used Barcodes to get new characters, enemies and power-ups, Barcode cards were available in packs and the player was even encouraged to use Barcodes found on everyday products around the house. The Barcode Battler was hugely popular in Japan but a major flop everywhere else. It's unknown how many units were sold or how many cards were officially released.
|-
|BBK Electronic Dictionaries 
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Like the devices released by Wenquxing, The BBK is a long line of electronic dictionaries that became a mainstay in Chinese portable gaming.They first launched in the late 90s. 
|-
|[[wikipedia:Design Master Senshi Mangajukuu|Bandai Design Master Denshi Manga Juku]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|No
|Released in Japan by Bandai in 1995, the Denshi Manga Juku was the first touchscreen-based console ever and the predecessor to the [[WonderSwan emulators|WonderSwan]]. It was discontinued in 1996 and only four games were released for it (including of all things, an exclusive Rockman aka Mega Man game (9 cartridges were made, though, only 8 were sent to retail). On August 4, 2020, in a first for the Gaming Alexandria group, they announced the [https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2020/08/04/bandai-design-master-denshi-mangajuku-complete-game-library-dumps-scans/ complete game library was dumped] on mid-July 2020, and the assets scanned & uploaded between November 2019 to February, 2020.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Cybiko|Cybiko/Cybiko Xtreme]]
|style="background:skyblue;"|Decent
|[https://archive.org/download/TOSEC_V2017-04-23/Cybiko/ TOSEC]
|The Cybiko is a Russian handheld computer introduced in the U.S. by David Yang's company Cybiko Inc. as a retail test market in New York on April 2000, and rolled out nationwide in May 2000. It is designed for teens, featuring its own two-way radio text messaging system. It had over 430 "official" freeware games and applications.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Gamate|Gamate]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|Good
|Yes
|Another attempt to capture part of the Game Boy market, the Gamate was released in the early 90s by Bit Corporation. The magnitude of its failure makes it and its software obscenely rare today, with prices over 500 dollars for the handheld alone on eBay. It's so obscure that it wasn't until December 2014 when preliminary support for the handheld was added in MAME, and ROM dumps were made.
|-
|[http://videogamekraken.com/philips-in2it In2it]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|The Philips In2it is an unreleased touchscreen-based console that never matured past internal testing and media press kits. Unfortunately after the failure of the CD-I, the console was cancelled and only 10 out of the few hundred systems manufactured are known to still exist. Furthermore, 10 games are known to have been made for it.
|-
|J.Cock Z400S
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Released in Japan sometime in the 90s, the Z400S was made for gambling or prize winning purposes and not for the home console market. A business like a Bar or Hotel would lend it to a costumer, so they could play a Casino type game. its speculated that its using PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) hardware but nothing has been confirmed. It's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
|-
|Koei PasoGo
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|No
|In 1996, Koei released a Game Boy competitor in Japan called the PasoGo, and for some reason Koei decided to market it as being designed specifically to play the traditional Asian board game, Go. The console flopped thanks to its high price tag of 39,800 Yen (about $600 when adjusted for inflation), the size of the device, and the fact that all six launch titles were slightly different versions of Go. It's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Mega_Duck|MegaDuck/CougarBoy]]
|style="background:skyblue;"|Decent
|Yes
|Chinese knockoff Game Boy (Made and released in 1993 by a Hong Kong firm) that was branded with various bizarre names, despite each version being exactly the same. Used cartridges. ROMs are out there, surprisingly.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Pixter|Pixter]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Released in 2000 as Fisher-Price's first Video Game Console, the Pixter was one of many consoles from the 2000s sold in the toy aisle and marketed towards children; around 25 to 50 games were released for it before being discontinued in 2007.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Game.com|Tiger Game.com]]
|style="background:skyblue;"|Decent
|No-intro // [https://archive.org/download/TOSEC_V2017-04-23/Tiger/ TOSEC]
|Launched on August 1997. An infamous handheld, with quite possibly the worst screen on any handheld ever. Somehow still had a "port" of Resident Evil 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfxzVFzvizE CGR review]. Notable milestones in industry: it was the first video game console to include a touchscreen and the first handheld console to include Internet connectivity.
|-
|Tomy Data Battle <br>Virtual Simulation
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|
|-
|[[Supervision|Watara Supervision]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|Good
|No-intro // [https://archive.org/download/TOSEC_V2017-04-23/Watara/ TOSEC]
|Introduced in 1992. An attempt at making a real competitor for the Game Boy/Color.
|-
|Wenquxing Electronic Dictionaries
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|[https://github.com/hackwaly/jswqx/tree/master/rom model NC1020]
|First Released in China in around the late 90s to early 2000s,  these devices were designed to be electronic dictionaries, but thanks to their unparalleled extensibility such as built-in BASIC runtime and abilities to run third-party assembly programs, their intended purpose soon fell to the wayside when Hobbyist programmers started to make games for them. these devices from Wenquxing now plays a big role in Chinese portable gaming.<br/>[https://github.com/hackwaly/jswqx jswqx, web-based emulator]
|-
!colspan="4"|2001-2010
|-
|[[Apple iPod|Apple iPod (Classic/Nano)]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|Yes [https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6123135/Ipod_Click_Wheel_Games] [https://macjunkie.org/?p=705]
|Although you know what an iPod is and you might even have an iPod in your junk drawer, In 2006, Apple introduced "iPod games" as their first step into the handheld console market, despite having third party companies like Square Enix, Hudson Soft and EA making games for the iPod, it wasn't the huge hit they hoped it would be, a mix of awkward click wheel controls, controversy over pricing and the lack of an iPod-specific SDK resulted in a lack of interest from developers and a quick decline in game sales, Apple stopped releasing iPod games in 2009 and removed them from the iTunes store in 2011, Around 50 games were released for the iPod.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Aquaplus#P/ECE|Aquaplus P/ECE]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|[https://archive.org/download/tosec-full-2022-07-10/Aquaplus/P-ECE/Games/ TOSEC]
|Released only in Japan on late 2001, the P/ECE was a greyscale mobile gaming platform that allows user to download games via USB or infrared port. Developed by Aquaplus, well known for their work on visual novels and eroge. It has an "open source" philosophy similar to the GP32 at that time. In terms of specs P/ECE comes above the PocketStation and below the Game Boy. It actually had a moderately vibrant homebrew scene that still makes games on it to this day. There's an emulator made in SDL2 called [https://github.com/autch/piemu Piemu] and a [http://www.piece-me.org/ japanese homebrew community website]. The [https://aquaplus.jp/piece/ official website] is still up. [https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2021/08/19/aquaplus-piece-vs-panic-playdate/ Overview and some game reviews].
|-
|[[wikipedia:List_of_commercial_failures_in_video_gaming#digiBlast|DigiBlast]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|No
|The DigiBlast is a Linux-based console from 2005 that was meant to compete with both the GameBoy Advance and the VideoNow series of portable video players, Unfortunately despite having a solid launch lineup, The system was a major flop and quickly became one of the worst selling consoles ever released, only selling about 100,000 units in its short lifespan.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Gameking|GameKing]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|Good
|Yes
|A rather stupid attempt at making a Gameboy-esque handheld, manufactured and marketed by TimeTop (aka Guangzhou Daidaixing Tec. Electronics Co. Ltd.) in 2003. Strangely enough, this one's even more primitive than the Supervision, Gamate and Mega Duck consoles before it, as it uses a lower-resolution 64x32 screen, and that's despite companies such as Subor (i.e. that Chinese company who gained notoriety for developing an AMD-based gaming PC/console hybrid) releasing workalike clones of the [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy]] and, more recently, GBA clones. MAME seems to emulate well all known carts.
|-
|Giochi Preziosi My Life
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Released in Italy in 2007, My Life was marketed towards young girls five to thirteen years of age, A Simple life simulator serves as the built-in game and as the main UI. How many units sold, number of games were released and when it was discontinued is unknown.
|-
|[[Gizmondo emulators|Gizmondo]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|Yes (No-intro)
|A disaster of a handheld, the Gizmondo was released in 2005 with a furious marketing campaign. It was ahead of its time in that it (was supposed to have) included built-in advertisements to make the console cheaper. [https://youtu.be/dv6UaHZxUys LGR Review]
|-
|[[GP32 emulators|GP32]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|Yes (No-intro)
|A Korean handheld, it was released on November 23, 2001, in South Korea only. It was the first handheld to use Smart Media cards and had pretty good specs for the time, so everybody ended up just jailbreaking it and using it as an emulator/homebrew platform. The developers later went on to develop the more successful GP2X line, which was designed from the ground up for emulators. An emulator was made for the system in 2002 called "GeePee32" that is known to be able to emulate many commercial games for the system, though some lack sound. However, the project is inactive. It can be found here: [http://users.skynet.be/bk327964/gp32/]
|-
|[[Pokémon mini emulators|Nintendo Pokémon Mini]]
|style="background:skyblue;"|Decent
|[https://archive.org/download/TOSEC_V2017-04-23/Nintendo/Pokemon%20Mini/ TOSEC]
|A very downgraded Game Boy (But also the tiniest cart-based handheld device made by Nintendo). It was first released in NA and then Japan on late 2001. Only Pokemon related games were released, and its catalog of games is also very limited. It's also very rare nowadays. Decent support in MAME, though there are other choices to play these games on other emulators.
|-
|[[Cellphone emulators#Symbian and N-Gage (Nokia)|Nokia N-Gage]]
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|Yes
|Nokia's attempt at making a cell phone/handheld system hybrid, before mobile gaming really took off. Although it was the most powerful handheld in its time and released in October 2003, it failed due to a high price, a terrible button layout, numerous design flaws, and its underdeveloped cell phone component. Had a redesign called the QD, but it was only slightly better. Most of its games were ports, either from the GBA or from the PS1 and Saturn. While it didn't have any standout titles, it still had a few odd original entries from big franchises such as Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey and SSX: Out of Bounds, and was the only system to have an English version of Xanadu Next (before the 2016 global re-release for Windows PCs). In 2019, an emulator called EKA2L1 started development. EKA2L1 currently supports a few N-Gage games. [[Cellphone_emulators#N-Gage_(Nokia)|Other modern open source emulators]] are in the works.
|-
|[https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/POP_Station POP Station]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|This infamous Game & Watch clone was originally released sometime between late 2004 and 2006 by an Unknown Chinese Manufacturer, the first few modals had a selection of four games and each system only had one built-in game, meaning you would need to buy four of them to get all the games available, later models used interchangeable cartridges. It's unknown if these later models are were made by the same manufacturer that made original systems or if theirs other companies making clones. It's unknown how many units have been sold so far.
|-
|[[wikipedia:Tapwave_Zodiac|Tapwave Zodiac]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|[http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Tapwave/Zodiac Some]
|A handheld released in 2003 that used an enhanced Palm OS. Ahead for its time, even receiving awards. However, the PSP and Nintendo DS killed it. [https://youtu.be/Mz3nNKQRnNQ LGR Review]
|-
|[[wikipedia:VideoNow XP|VideoNow XP]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Released in 2003 and underwent 5 total revisions. An often forgotten attempt by Hasbro and their subsidiary Tiger Electronics (of Game.com fame) to use the popularity of their VideoNow portable video players to enter the Video Game market.
|-
!colspan="4"|2011-2020
|-
|C2: Color & Card
|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary
|No
|Released in 2015 in China by Baiyi Animation, The extremely rare, C2 was made to bank on the popularity of Roco Kingdom films but ultimately it was a flop. Only 6 games were made for it and was discontinued shortly after released.
|-
|[https://evercade.co.uk Evercade]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Evercade is a cartridge based handheld that released on April 9th, 2020. The console is designed to emulate officially licensed retro games and games from Indie publishers / developers. Since the console is still being sold, it's unknown how many games will be made for it, when it well be discontinued or how many units of this system will sell.
|-
|[https://liliputing.com/2012/11/lg-kids-pad-tablet-hits-south-korea-for-276.html Kids Pad]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Released in 2012 by LG. The Kids Pad was only sold in South Korea and featured an app store and support for cartridges. How many units sold, number of games were released and when it was discontinued is unknown.
|-
|M&D Monon Color
|style="background:Orange;"|Imperfect
|No
|Like the C2, The Monon Color from 2014 also tried to bank on the popularity of Roco Kingdom films and was only slightly more successful than it; it's unknown how many games (At least 15) were released for it or when it was discontinued. Preliminary support for it was added in MAME [https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/a9i37l/mame_0205/ 0.205] on [https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_0.205 December 2018], and promoted to working state in MAME [https://www.mamedev.org/?p=516#readmore 0.247] on 31, August 2022.
|-
|[https://www.pokitto.com/ Pokitto]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|Yes
|The Pokitto is a DIY handheld that aims to aid users into learning how to program games and create/build gadgets for it.
At Maker Faire Rome in 2016, prototypes of the Pokitto were available for hands on demonstrations. A kickstarter for the project was launched on April 28, 2017. The Pokitto was released around New Years 2018. Pokitto Magazine Issue 1 was released in July 2019.
|-
!colspan="4"|2021-2030
|-
|[https://thumby.us/ Thumby]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|Yes
|A teeny tiny, fully working handheld that also makes for a cute keychain. You're also able to program games for it and it even has Link Cable style multiplayer support.
|-
|[[Playdate]]
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
|No
|Released in 2022 by Panic Inc, The Playdate uses a monochrome screen, and along with standard controls (A & B Buttons, D-Pad) there is a Crank on the side of the console, giving the system a unique way of controlling games.  Game development is aimed mainly at indie studios. Since the console is still being sold, it unknown how games will be made for it, when it well be discontinued or how many units of this system will sell.
|}


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