List of consoles

Consoles(edit)

• Console generation: First (1972–1980) • Second (1976–1992) • Third (1983–2003) • Fourth (1987–2003) • Fifth (1993–2006) • Sixth (1998–2013) • Seventh (2005–2017) • Eighth (2012–) • Ninth (2020–)
• Companies: Atari • Bandai • LeapFrog • Mattel • Microsoft • NEC • Nintendo • Sega • SNK • Sony • Tiger • VTech
• Lists: List of consoles • POS (Pong consoles) CPUs and other chips • Dedicated consoles • Microconsoles • Android consoles • Endangered list • Unreleased consoles

A console is an electronic device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can typically be played with a game controller. These may be home consoles, which are generally placed in a permanent location connected to a television or other display devices and controlled with a separate game controller, or handheld consoles, which include their own display unit and controller functions built into the unit and which can be played anywhere. Hybrid consoles combine elements of both home and handheld consoles. Lets see how want it for this much consoles.

Consoles

Manufacturer / Developer	Console	Generation	Year	Console Type	MAME support	Emulators	ROMs / No-Intro collection	Description and information on non-mame emulation
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
3-Plus	DVD-Kids	Seventh	2005	DVD-based Educational	None		None	Released by the 3-Plus circa 2005. DVD-Kids is a rare Icelandic console that plugged into your DVD Player. It's unknown how many units were sold, how many game were made for it or when it was discontinued.
A A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Active Cues / Tover	Tovertafel	Eighth	2015	Projector-based Therapeutic / Medical	None		None
Amstrad	GX4000	Fourth	1990	Home	Good		None
APF Electronics	MP1000 / M-1000	Second	1978	Home	Good		None
Apple	iPod	Seventh	2001 2006 (iPod Games)	Handheld	None		None
Aquaplus	P/ECE	Sixth	2001	Handheld	Preliminary		None
Atari	2600 / VCS	Second	1977	Home	Good		Yes ROMs
	5200	Second	1982	Home	Good		Yes No-intro
	7800	Third	1986	Home	Good		None
	Jaguar	Fifth	1993	Home	Preliminary		None
	Jaguar CD	Fifth	1995	Add-on	Preliminary		None
	Lynx	Fourth	1989	Handheld	Good		None
	VCS	Ninth	2021	Home	Out of Scope		None
	XEGS	Fourth	1987	Home	Imperfect		Yes
B A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Baiyi Animation	C2: Color & Card	Eighth	2015	Handheld	Preliminary		None	Released in 2015 in China by Baiyi Animation, the extremely rare C2 was made to bank on Roco Kingdom films' popularity but ultimately it ended up a flop. Only 6 games were made for it, and it was discontinued shortly after being released.
Bally	Astrocade	Second	1978	Home	Good		Yes TOSEC Roms
Bandai	Design Master Senshi Mangajukuu	Fifth	1995	Handheld	Preliminary		Yes	Released in Japan by Bandai in 1995, the Denshi Manga Juku was the first touchscreen-based console ever and the predecessor to the 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 with 9 cartridges having been produced, though only 8 were sent to retailers).
	Digi Casse	Third	1984	Handheld	None		None
	Playdia	Fifth	1994	Home	None		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.
	Super Vision 8000	Second	1979	Home	Imperfect		None
	Terebikko \ Video Phone	Fourth	1988 (JP) 1989 (US)	VHS-based / Educational	None		None	The Terebikko is a VHS-Based edutainment console released in Japan by Bandai in 1988 and in the US by Mattel in 1989, The Japanese version had less then 10 games made for it, but most of them are based on high profile properties such as Super Mario, Sailor Moon, Doraemon and Dragon Ball Z, Meanwhile, Only 2 games are known to have been released for the US version, both were discontinued in 1994, and it's unknown how many units were sold.
	WonderSwan	Sixth	1999	Handheld	Imperfect		Yes
	WonderSwan Color	Sixth	2000	Handheld	Imperfect		Yes
	SwanCrystal	Sixth	2002	Handheld	Imperfect		Yes
Bandai / Apple	Pippin	Fifth	1996	Home	Preliminary		None
BBC Enterprises	Bridge Companion	Third	1985	Educational / Home	Good		None	An 8-bit console made exclusively for teaching people how to play bridge.
BBK Electronics	Electronic Dictionaries	Third	~ 198?	Handheld	None		None	Like the devices released by Wenquxing, the BBK is a long line of electronic dictionaries that became a mainstay in Chinese portable gaming.
Belogic	Uzebox	Seventh	2008	Home / Handheld	Preliminary		Yes	The Uzebox is a retro-minimalist 8-bit open source game console. It is based on an AVR 8-bit general purpose microcontroller made by Atmel.
Bit Corporation	Gamate	Fourth	1990	Handheld	Good		None
Blaze Entertainment	Evercade	Ninth	2020	Handheld	None		None
	Evercade EXP	Ninth	2022	Handheld	None		None
	Evercade VS	Ninth	2021	Home	None		None
Brainchild	PLS-1000	Fifth	1995 1994	Educational / Handheld	Good		None
	Study Buddy	Seventh	2005	Educational / Handheld	None		None
Bright Things	Bubble	Seventh	2005	DVD-based Educational	None		None
C A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Cadaco Toys	Buzztime Home Trivia System	Sixth	2004	Home	Preliminary		None	Released in 2004, the system is the result of a partnership between Cadaco Toys and NTN Network (now known as NTN Buzztime since 2006); and, as the name implies, the console was designed around playing trivia with family and friends. The console runs on Elan Hardware. It's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
Capcom	Power System Changer	Fifth	1994	Home	Good		None	A console version of the Capcom CPS arcade board. Compatible with SNES controllers.
Casio	Loopy	Fifth	1995	Home	Preliminary		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. Only 11 games were released. An emulator called LoopyMSE was released in 2024 and it seems to run the whole library without much problem. Additionally, there's a frontend called zRupi that makes things more easier. An english translation for the game Wanwan Aijou Monogatari was released in 2025. See a demonstration and an overview.
	PV-1000	Third	1983	Home	Good		Yes
Coleco	ColecoVision	Second	1982	Home	Good		Yes No-intro	Coleco marketed different add-ons for their console, with one of them being the fast-selling Atari VCS adapter which enables the ColecoVision to play Atari cartridges. Atari sued them, but lost the case. The ColecoVision was sold as NTSC and PAL variants in different regions.
	Telstar Arcade	Second	1977	Home	None		None	Released in 1977, Coleco's first attempt at making a video game console was an odd one, a triangle console with triangle cartridges, and each side of system had a different controller type. The console itself does not have a CPU built-in; instead, each cartridge contained a custom chip based on the Mostek MPS-7600 POC series. It's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued. Only four games were released for the system.
Commodore	Amiga CD32	Fifth	1993	Home	Preliminary		Yes TOSEC 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 hardware.
	CDTV	Fourth	1991	Home	Preliminary		Yes TOSEC Redump	A console version of the Amiga 500.
	Commodore 64 Games System	Fourth	1990	Home	Good		Yes	A hacked-up console version of the regular 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.
Connor Electronics	ComputerSmarts	Fourth	1987	Hybrid Educational / VHS-based	None		None
	Videosmarts	Third	1986	VHS-based / Educational	None		None	Released around 1986 by the Connor Toy Corporation, the Videosmarts is VHS edutainment console that was used to teach pre-school to second grade subjects. It's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
Cubios Inc.	Rubik's WOWCube	Ninth	2025	Handheld	None		None
Cybiko Inc.	Cybiko	Sixth	2000	Handheld	Imperfect		Yes TOSEC
	Cybiko Xtreme	Sixth	2001	Handheld	Imperfect		None
D A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Daewoo Electronics	Zemmix Series	Third	1985 - 1995	Home	Good		None	Korean system that was simply an MSX/MSX2 (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 with those games.
Dingoo Digital Technology	Dingoo	Seventh	2009	Handheld	None		None
E A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Eedoo	CT510	Eighth	2012	Home	None		None	Taking heavy influenced by the Microsoft Kinect, the CT510 was made by a Chinese company for the Chinese video game market, and it's one of the rarest consoles ever; Chinese customers reported that on its launch day, they couldn't find anyone who knew about it, let alone had one in-stock, one article called it vaporware on its launch day. It's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
Elonex	iGAME	Sixth	2009	Home	None		None
Emerson	Arcadia 2001	Second	1982	Home	Imperfect		Yes TOSEC ROMs	Over 50 games made for it. The graphic quality is similar to that of the Intellivision and the Odyssey². Sound is still imperfect in games.
Entex Industries	Adventure Vision	Second	1982	Handheld	Imperfect		Yes
	Select-A-Game	Second	1981	Handheld	Good		None
Epoch	Barcode Battler	Fourth	1991	Handheld	None		None	Released in Japan by Epoch in 1991 and internationally later in 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 elsewhere. It's unknown how many units were sold or how many cards were officially released.
	Cassette Vision	Second	1981	Home	Preliminary		None	Only 12 games exist for this console, and some have been dumped. Seanriddle has succeded to dump the graphic sprites of Kikori no Yosaku. Apparently, the BIOS for the console is inside each cart. Latest MAME forum thread.
	Game Pocket Computer	Third	1984	Handheld	Good		None
	Super Cassette Vision	Third	1984	Home	Imperfect		None
Excalibur Electronics	Bible Challenge	Sixth	~ 200?	Educational / Handheld	None		None	Released sometime in the early 2000s by Excalibur Electronics, Bible Challenge is a educational game handheld console made to teach kids the Bible. It was re-released as "Bible Quest" at some point but its unknown when this variant was released. Around five games were released for the system and it's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued.
F A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Fairchild	Channel F	Second	1976	Home	Good		Yes No-intro Roms
	Channel F II	Second	1980	Home	Good		N/A	An update to the Channel F, with no known exclusive games.
Fisher-Price	Interac TV	Seventh	2006	Educational / Home	None		None	Released by Fisher-Price in 2006. The Interac TV was designed to turn any DVD Player into an educational console. Just sync the custom wireless controller to your DVD Player and put a game disk in. Unfortunately, incompatibility issues resulted in most customers being unable to sync the controller with their player, and some even said that their DVD player couldn't even read the disks. It's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
	IXL	Seventh	2010	Educational / Handheld	None		None	Released by Fisher-Price in 2010 and discontinued in 2012, the iXL is a touchscreen-based console designed for kids 3 to 7 years of age; it's unknown how many units were sold or how many games were released for it.
	Kasey the Kinderbot	Sixth	2002	Hybrid Educational / Toy / Robot	None		None
	Pixter	Sixth	2000	Handheld	None		None
	Pixter Color	Sixth	2003	Handheld	None		None
	Pixter Multimedia	Seventh	2005	Handheld	Preliminary		None
	Smart Cycle	Seventh	2007	Educational / Home	Preliminary		None	Released in 2007 by Fisher-Price, it's not to be confused with their later phone/tablet controller of the same name. The Smart Cycle is a hybrid between an exercise bike and a edutainment console. It's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
Franklin	Bookman	Fourth	1989	Educational / eReader / Handheld	None		None	Franklin Electronic Publishers first released the Bookman in 1989. It was marketed as electronic book, 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 $299.99 ($780 in 2026) before expanding into electronic versions of non-religious books in the early 90s. All models have a cartridge slot for other books and games. They were all trivia or some other kind of word game. How many units were sold and the number of games that were released are unknown.
Fujitsu	FM Towns Marty	Fifth	1993	Home	Preliminary		Trurip	An early fifth-generation console released by Fujitsu in 1993, which is basically a consolized 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 Car Marty was also released, designed to be a GPS for automobiles. Preliminary MAME support for both.
Funsation	Off-The-Wall Projector	Fourth	1989	Projector-based Home	None		None	Released in 1989 by the 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.
Funtech	Super A'Can	Fourth	1995	Home	Imperfect		None
G A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Gakken	Compact TV Boy	Third	1983	Home	Good		None
Gamepad Digital	GPD XD/XD+	Eighth	2015	Handheld	None		None
GamePark Holdings	GP2X	Seventh	2005	Handheld	Preliminary		None
	GP2X Wiz	Seventh	2009	Handheld	None		None
	GP32	Sixth	2001	Handheld	Preliminary		None
Giochi Preziosi	My Life	Seventh	2007	Handheld	None		None
H A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Hartung	Game Master	Fourth	1990	Handheld	Good		None
Hasbro	ION	Seventh	2006	Home	None		None	Released in time for the 2005 Holiday season, the Ion is basically a PS2 Eye-Toy turned into an edutainment console for preschoolers. At the time, the Ion had been turning heads at toy fairs, hype had been building, and the console had been looking to be a real hit for Hasbro, but for whatever reason, the console flopped and disappeared into obscurity faster than the refunds could be made. It's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
HyperMegaTech!	Super Pocket	Ninth	2023	Handheld	None		None
I A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Innovations for Learning	Teachermate*	Seventh	2008	Educational / Handheld	None		None
Interactive Learning Group	Video Buddy	Sixth	1999	VHS-based / Educational	None		None	Released in November of 1999 by the Interactive Learning Group, the Video Buddy is a VHS-based console designed for children aged 3 to 7 years old and had about 20 games released for it. A revision of the Video Buddy that used DVDs instead of VHSs was released in 2003, and while both versions had initially been successful, a crowded "children" console market led to its downfall. The other company that made the DVD-based console shut down in 2006. It's unknown how many units were sold.
Interton	VC 4000	Second	1978	Home	Imperfect		None
J A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
J.Cock	Z400S	Fifth	~ 199?	Handheld / Business	None		None	Released in Japan sometime in the 90s, the Z400S was made for gambling or prize winning games, 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. It's speculated that it used 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.
JungleTac	Sport Vii/Vii/V-Sport	Seventh	2007	Home	Imperfect		Yes	A rather poor excuse of a response to the Wii, made by JungleTac, KenSingTon, with 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 MuchimeX for the original Xbox, and Unununium, the latter being the basis for a MESS core. The same goes for VTech's V.Smile, the XaviXPORT and most Jakks Pacific TV games including those Disney tie-in ones.
K A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
K's Kids	K-Magic	Seventh	2010	Educational / Handheld	None		None	Released by in 2010 by K's Kids for the '0- to 6-year old children' market, the K-Magic is an educational handheld console that used cartridges called "Magic Cards" and was overall designed to be as simple as possible. It was discontinued in 2018 with the release of the K-Magic 2. It's unknown how many games were made for it or how many units were sold.
	K-Magic 2	Eighth	2018 2022 (Pro)	Educational / Handheld	None		None	Released in 2018 by K's Kids for the '0- to 6-year old children' market, the K-Magic 2 simplifies the original console by having everything already built-in and ready for parents and children to use. Because it's still being sold, when it will be discontinued and info on how many units have been sold has so far not been released to the public.
Kevin Bates	Arduboy	Eighth	2015	Handheld	None		None
Koei	PasoGo	Fifth	1996	Handheld	Preliminary		None	In 1996, Koei released a Game Boy competitor in Japan called the PasoGo. 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.
Konami	Picno	Fourth	1992	Hybrid Home / Drawing Tablet	Preliminary		None	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 HuCard and reminds of Sega Pico. It's unknown how many units were sold, when it was discontinued or how many games were released. Software & sources lists.
L A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Landmark Entertainment	Captain Power	Fourth	1987	VHS-based / Home	None		None
LeapFrog	Crammer Study & Sound System	Sixth	2008	Hybrid Educational / Handheld Media Player / Study Tool	None		None	A hybrid system released in 2008 by LeapFrog that combines a Studying Tool, Portable Music Player, and a Handheld console into one device. It appears to be one of LeapFrog's least successful devices considering how obscure the Crammer is. How many units sold, number of games were released and when it was discontinued is unknown.
	Didj	Seventh	2008	Educational / Handheld	Preliminary		None
	iQuest	Sixth	2002 2004 (v4.0)	Educational / Handheld	Preliminary		None	An odd hybrid of an Educational Console and a basic PDA released by LeapFrog in 2002.
	Leapster	Sixth	2003	Educational / Handheld	Preliminary		None	The Leapster Learning Game System (Released in late 2003) is an educational handheld game console aimed at 4 to 10-year-olds (preschool to fourth grade), made by LeapFrog Enterprises. Its games teach the alphabet, phonics, basic arithmetical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), art, and animal facts to players. It featured a touchscreen and games from various licenses from Thomas & Friends to Sonic X. Its software seems to be based on Macromedia Flash. Oddly enough, its successors, i.e. the Didj, Leapster Explorer, and LeapPad series of tablets, which run on the Pollux and NXP3200 platforms (along with a customized Linux distribution), have decent homebrew scenes, including even some emulators.
	Leapster 2	Seventh	2008	Educational / Handheld	Preliminary		None
	Leapster Explorer	Seventh	2010	Educational / Handheld	Preliminary		None
	LeapsterGS	Eighth	2012	Educational / Handheld	None		None
	LeapTV	Eighth	2014	Educational / Home	None		None
	Little Leaps	Seventh	2006	Educational / Home	None		None
	Rockit Twist	Eighth	2019	Educational / Handheld	None		None
	Zippity	Seventh	2009	Educational / Home	Preliminary		None
LG	Kids Pad	Eighth	2012	Educational / Handheld	None		None	Released in 2012 by LG, the Kids Pad was only sold in South Korea. It featured an app store and support for cartridges. How many units sold, number of games were released and when it was discontinued is unknown.
Lico	CAI System	Fourth	~ 199?	Educational / Home	None		None	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 very little known about it other than that it seems to be an educational console and that it's not a famiclone. It's unknown how many units were sold, when it was discontinued or how many games were released.
LJN	Video Art	Fourth	1987	Educational / Home	Imperfect		None	A notorious "educational" console made by LJN released in 1985. It was meant as a paint-type system that was meant to compete against television rather than mainstream consoles at the time. It flopped hard. See the commercial and AVGN Review.
M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
M&D	Monon Color	Eighth	2014	Handheld	Imperfect		None	Like the C2, the Monon Color from 2014 also tried to bank on Roco Kingdom films' popularity and was only slightly more successful; 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 0.205 on December 2018, and promoted to working state in MAME 0.247 on 31 August 2022.
Magnavox	Odyssey	First	1972	Home	None		N/A
	Odyssey²	Second	1978	Home	Good		Yes
Manley	GoGo TV Video Vision	Sixth	2005	Home	Preliminary		None	Released sometime between 2005 and 2006 by Manley, the GoGo is another EyeToy-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.
Mattel	ECS*	Third	1983	Add-on	Good		None
	HyperScan	Seventh	2006	Home	Imperfect		None
	Intellivision	Second	1979	Home	Good		None
	Intellivision II	Second	1983	Home	Good		None	An update to the Intellivision, with no known exclusive games.
Memorex	VIS	Fourth	1992	Hybrid	Imperfect		Yes	A beautiful monster sold only at RadioShack in the early 90s. Its software may be playable on Windows 3.x emulators, as the console's OS was an altered version of that.
Microsoft	Xbox	Sixth	2001	Home	Preliminary		None
	Xbox 360	Seventh	2005	Home	Out of Scope		None
	Xbox One	Eighth	2013	Home	Out of Scope		None
	Xbox Series X/S	Ninth	2020	Home	Out of Scope		None
Milton Bradley	MicroVision	Second	1979	Handheld	Good		None
	OMNI	Second	1980	Luggable	None		None
Milton Bradley / GCE	Vectrex	Second	1982	Luggable	Good		None
N A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
NEC	PC-FX	Fifth	1994	Home	Preliminary		None
	PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16	Fourth	1987	Home	Imperfect		None
	PC Engine SuperGrafx	Fourth	1989	Home	Imperfect		None
Nichibutsu	My Vision	Third	1983	Home	Good		None
Nikko	DigiBlast	Seventh	2005	Handheld	Preliminary		None
Nintendo	3DS	Eighth	2011	Handheld	Out of Scope		None
	Famicom / NES	Third	1983	Home	Imperfect		None
	Famicom Disk System	Third	1986	Add-on	Imperfect		None
	Game Boy	Fourth	1989	Handheld	Imperfect		None
	Game Boy Advance	Sixth	2001	Handheld	Imperfect		None
	Game Boy Color	Fifth	1998	Handheld	Imperfect		None
	GameCube	Sixth	2001	Home	Preliminary		None
	N64	Fifth	1996	Home	Preliminary		None
	N64DD	Fifth	1999	Add-on	Preliminary		None
	NDS	Seventh	2004 2009 (DSi)	Handheld	None		None
	Pokémon Mini	Sixth	2001	Handheld	Preliminary		Yes 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 in late 2001. Only Pokemon related games were released, and its library of games is also very limited. It's also very rare nowadays.
	Super Famicom / SNES	Fourth	1990	Home	Imperfect		None
	Switch	Eighth	2017	Hybrid Home / Handheld	Out of Scope		None
	Switch 2	Ninth	2025	Hybrid Home / Handheld	Out of Scope		None
	Virtual Boy	Fifth	1995	Luggable	Preliminary		None
	Wii	Seventh	2006	Home	None		None
	Wii U	Eighth	2012	Home	Out of Scope		None
Nokia	N-Gage	Sixth	2003	Home	Preliminary		None
O A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Ouya, Inc.	Ouya	Eighth	2013	Microconsole	None		Yes
P A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Palmtex	Super Micro / PVS	Third	1984	Handheld	None		None
Panic Inc.	Playdate	Ninth	2022	Handheld	None		None
Philips	CD-i	Fourth	1991	Home	Preliminary		Yes Redump	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 every customer from gamers to pharmaceutical companies), but couldn't compete with mainstream consoles and computers of the time.
	Tele-Spiel	First	1975	Home	None		None	Only sold in Europe, the Tele-Spiel console was released by Philips in 1975 and had hardware very similar to Odyssey's. It sold poorly and wasn't on the market for very long. Only 5 games were released.
	Videopac+ G7400	Third	1983	Home	Good		Yes TOSEC
Pioneer Corporation	LaserActive	Fourth	1993	Home	Preliminary		None
PlayJam	GameStick	Eighth	2013	Microconsole	None		Yes
Playtime Products	Projector Mega Video Game	Fourth	1988	Projector-based Home	None		None	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 its display. Less then 15 games were released for the system. It was discontinued sometime between 1989 and 1990. How many units were sold is unknown.
Pokitto	Pokitto	Eighth	2018	Handheld	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 campaign for the project was launched on April 28, 2017. The Pokitto was released around NY 2018. Pokitto Magazine Issue 1 was released in July 2019.
Publications International	Story Reader Video +	Seventh	2006	Hybrid Educational / eBook	None		None	Released in 2006 by Publications International. The Video + turns the Story Reader electronic book into one of many educational consoles of the 2000s. It's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued. Around 7 games were released for the system.
R A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Radofin	1292 Advanced Programmable Video System	Second	1978	Home	Imperfect		None
RCA	Studio II	Second	1977	Home	Imperfect		None
Romtec	Colorvision	Third	1984	Handheld	None		None	Released in 1984, the Colorvision was another cheaply made console released during the video game crash. It's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued. Only 5 games were released for it.
S A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Sega	32X	Fifth	1994	Add-on	Preliminary		None
	Advanced Pico Beena	Sixth	2005	Educational / Home	Imperfect		None
	Dreamcast	Sixth	1998	Home	Preliminary		None
	Family Driver / Video Driver	Fourth	1988	VHS-based / Home	None		None	Sega also had a go with the VHS-based console market with the Family Driver/Video Driver from 1988, and unlike most of these type of consoles, this one 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.
	Game Gear	Fourth	1990	Handheld	Good		None
	Genesis	Fourth	1988	Home	Good		None
	Master System	Third	1985	Home	Good		None
	Nomad	Fifth	1995	Handheld	Good		None
	Pico	Fourth	1993	Educational / Home	Good		Yes TOSEC No-intro	Child's edutainment console released in 1993. Was actually fairly successful. Has good support in MAME.
	Saturn	Fifth	1994	Home	Preliminary		None
	Sega CD	Fourth	1991	Add-on	Preliminary		None
	SG-1000	Third	1983	Home	Good		None
	VMU	Sixth	1998	Hybrid Peripheral / Handheld	Preliminary		None
Select Merchandise	Video Challenger	Fourth	1987	Home	Preliminary*		None	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.
SNK Corporation	Neo-Geo AES	Fourth	1991	Home	Good		None
	Neo-Geo CD	Fifth	1994	Home	Preliminary		None
	Neo-Geo Pocket	Fifth	1998	Handheld	Good		None
	Neo-Geo Pocket Color	Fifth	1999	Handheld	Good		None
Sony	PlayStation	Fifth	1994	Home	Preliminary		None
	PlayStation 2	Sixth	2000	Home	Preliminary		None
	PlayStation 3	Seventh	2006	Home	Out of Scope		None
	PlayStation 4	Eighth	2013	Home	Out of Scope		None
	PlayStation 5	Ninth	2020	Home	Out of Scope		None
	PlayStation Portable	Seventh	2004	Handheld	None		None
	PlayStation Vita	Eighth	2011	Handheld	Out of Scope		None
	PocketStation	Fifth	1999	Home	Good		None
	PSX	Sixth	2003	Hybrid	None		None
	Toio	Eighth	2019	Hybrid Educational / Toy / Robot	None		None
Soundic	PC-50x Series	Second	1977	Home	None		None	Designed by Soundic and released by many different companies, the PC-50x is a series of consoles is similar to Telstar Arcade, these systems have no built-in CPU and use cartridges that have a POC inside. These systems were first released in 1977, with only around 8 games known to have been released in their lifetime.
	SD-290	Third	1983	Home	None		None	Released by Soundic in 1983, the SD-290 was designed to undercut the competition, but its 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 were five versions of this system are known to have existed so far, these include: Soundic Soundicvision SD-200 Hanimex HMG-7900 Rollet Video-Color JouéClub SD-290 ITMC SD-290 With the exception of the SD-200 (no one seems know where it was released), all of them were only released in France.
SSD Company	XaviXPORT	Sixth	2004	Home	Preliminary	XaviXEmu	None	A fitness-based system employing the usage of motion controls in an effort to get players off of the couch - beating Nintendo's Wii by more than 2 years! Each game cart came with a dedicated controller and an own CPU (not in the system, similarly to Super FX chips in some SNES carts or Sega Virtual Processor in Genesis' Virtua Racing). The XaviXPORT was actually developed by eight of the engineers who worked on the original development of the 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. David Haywood is particularly working on reverse-engineering the XaviX technology for MAME.
Steepler	Dendy	Third	1992	Clone Home	Imperfect	FCEUX Mesen	Yes	The most well-known Famiclone, sold in Russia by Steepler, outselling the official PAL model NES (not officially imported at all). In technical details, it's basically the same as an NTSC-J Famicom running at 50Hz + SECAM colour mode, 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. 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.
T A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Tapwave	Zodiac	Sixth	2003	Handheld	None		None	A handheld released in 2003 that used an enhanced Palm OS. Ahead of its time, even receiving awards. However, the PSP and Nintendo DS killed it. LGR Review
Telegames	Dina	Third	1986	Clone Hybrid / Home	Good		Yes	Hybrid clone of both the SG-1000 and 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.
The 3DO Company	3DO Interactive Multiplayer	Fifth	1993	Home	Preliminary		Redump	A 32-bit console first released on October 4, 1993. It failed to gain momentum in the fifth-generation market, and was discontinued in late 1996.
Tiger Electronics	BattleVision	Fourth	1994	VHS-based / Home	None		None	BattleVision is a VHS console released by Tiger Electronics in 1994.
	Game.com	Fifth	1997	Handheld	Good		None
	Giga Pets Explorer	Seventh	2006	Hybrid Handheld / Home / Toy	Imperfect		None
	R-Zone	Fifth	1995	Handheld	Good		None
Tiger Electronics / Hasbro	VideoNow XP	Seventh	2005	Handheld	None		None
Tiger Telematics	Gizmondo	Seventh	2005	Handheld	Preliminary		None
TimeTop	GameKing	Sixth	2003	Handheld	Good		Yes	A rather strange 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 it is 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 and, more recently, GBA clones. MAME seems to emulate well all known carts.
TinyCircuits	Thumby	Ninth	2022	Handheld	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.
Tomy	Data Battle Virtual Simulation	Fifth	1995	Handheld	None		None
	Kiss-site	Fifth	1997	Home	None		None	A karaoke-based game console.
	Pyuuta Jr.	Third	1983	Home	Good		Yes	This was the consolized version of the Tomy Tutor.
Toshiba	Visicom COM-100	Second	1978	Home	Imperfect		None
Toymax	Arcadia Skeet Shoot	Sixth	1998	Projector-based Home	None		None	Released in October of 1998 by Toymax (the makers of the Creepy Crawlers and My Pet Monster toys), this projector-based console, that only played light-gun games, had 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.
V A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
View-Master	Interactive Vision	Fourth	1989	VHS-based / Home	None		None	1988 edutainment VHS console that used two audio tracks on each tape, with the player choosing one of two options on the screen, to create interactivity. Also had short mini-game segments with ColecoVision-like graphics. Unlike the other VHS systems, the games were actually decent. No known emulators.
VM Labs	Nuon	Sixth	2000	Hybrid Home / DVD-player	None		None
VTech	CreatiVision	Second	1982	Hybrid Home / Computer	Good		Yes	This hybrid computer and console were distributed to many different countries around the world and some variants were rebadged units with different names. Emulators list.
	Gamate 3D	Third	1983	Handheld	None		None
	InnoTab	Seventh	2011	Educational / Handheld	Preliminary		Yes
	InnoTV	Eighth	2015	Educational / Home	Preliminary		Yes
	MobiGo	Seventh	2010	Educational / Handheld	Preliminary		None
	Nitro Vision	Seventh	2005	Educational / Home	None		None
	ProScreen	Third	1984	Handheld	None		None
	Socrates	Fourth	1988	Educational / Home	Preliminary		Yes	Old edutainment console released in 1988. It featured a robot-type character called Socrates and had wireless infrared controllers. The same company would later release the V.Smile and V.Flash systems many years later.
	V.Flash	Seventh	2006	Educational / Home	Preliminary (V.Smile Pro)		Redump	Released in 2006, the V.Flash was a spin-off console to the V.Smile Series created by VTech. Like the V.Smile, it was an educational console for children of ages around 6 to 9, but, unlike the V.Smile that used ROM cartridges, the V.Flash used CD-ROM. It also had 3D based graphics rather than 2D on the V.Smile. It had around 10 games, with most of them being licensed children IPs such as Disney. It was discontinued a year after its release.
	V.Reader	Seventh	2010	Educational / Handheld	None		Yes
	V.Smile	Sixth	2004	Educational / Home	Imperfect		Yes	V.Smile is an educational game console by VTech. It derived from Sunplus' 16-bit SPG-series CPU architecture, which had similar peers including most Jakks Pacific TV games and Vii. The XaviXPORT was similar but had its own custom XaviX CPUs. Several variants of the V.Smile console are sold, including handheld versions or models with added functionality, such as touch tablet, integrated controllers, microphones or motion-sensitive controllers. 69 unique V.Smile games are known to have been released. Since July 2020, every dumped V-Tech V. Smile Motion game now runs in MAME. So, too, do all V. Smile games that use a standard controller, apart from one bad dump (Italian version of Toy Story 3) (Same month Nintendo's Game & Watch titles were fully compatible for v0.223).
	Variety	Third	1983	Handheld	None		None
W A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Watara	Supervision	Fourth	1992	Handheld	Good		None
Welback Holdings	Mega Duck / Cougar Boy	Fifth	1993	Handheld	Imperfect		None
Wenquxing	Electronic Dictionaries	Fourth	~ 199?	Handheld	None	Jswqx (web-based emulator)	Yes	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 play a big role in Chinese portable gaming.
Worlds of Wonder	Action Max	Fourth	1987	VHS-based / Home	None	SINGE	None	VHS tape console released in 1987 by Worlds of Wonder. It relied on 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 emulator DAPHNE called SINGE, which can possibly emulate the console. We're in murky waters here, so run this at your own risk Cinemassacre Demonstration
X A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ZAPiT Games	Game Wave	Seventh	2005	Home	Preliminary		Redump	A console released in 2005 by ZAPiT Games. The development of the Game Wave started in 2004, around the same time as the Nintendo Wii did, and the console was doomed to obscurity thanks to bad timing and a poor library of games that mainly consisted of trivia games and clones of popular game franchises (Gemz = Bejeweled, VeggieTales = Mario Party)
Zeebo Inc.	Zeebo	Seventh	2009	Home	Preliminary		None

Miscellaneous

Name	Manufacturer/Developer	Generation	Year	Console Type	MAME support	ROMs / No-Intro collection	Description and other emulators
Android consoles	Various	Various	Various	Various	Out of Scope	None	Consoles that run on 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.
GameTank	Clydeware	Unreleased	TBA	Home	None	None
Pong Consoles	Various	First	Various	Home	None	None	Consoles that run on 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.
Smart TV Consoles	Clementoni	Various	2010s	Various Educational	Preliminary	None	Launched sometime in the early 2010s by Italian toy company, Clementoni seemingly as a partnership with Hong Kongese toy company, WinFun, Smart TV is series of educational consoles mainly sold in Italy (Example). The controllers of these consoles ranged from traditional to the gimmicky with some having motion and PS2 EyeToy-like controls. There is around 10 to 25 games that were released for these European systems. It's unknown how many units have sold been or when this line of systems was discontinued.
Unreleased consoles	Various	Various	Various	Various	Various	None

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Encyclopedia

• List of first generation home video game consoles (Amazingly exhaustive wiki list. 888 listed consoles, but over 900 existed.)
• First generation of video game consoles (Wikipedia page. History and major competitors plus a small sector on handheld systems.)

External Links

• 1972-1977: The Home Gaming Revolution at Game Bros Central (Web Archive on July 22, 2020. Brief history of 7 major companies behind the first generation, plus a small list of other first-gen home consoles)

References

Clones and Variants

Further info:

• www.progettoemma.net's Systems list (ProjectMESS' list of computer & console systems & their overall emulation status in MAME/MESS)
• www.progettoemma.net's Software list (ProjectMESS' list of computer & console systems & their emulation levels of all games in MAME/MESS)