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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the video game market experienced an explosion of products hoping to capitalize on the success of the Odyssey and Atari. From the nigh-infinite Pong clones to the suspiciously similar consoles, consumers had far more options than they do today. This is a list of those first and second generation machines. Not all of them can be emulated or preserved, though some that can't be emulated have simulations instead. See also [[Strange and Forgotten Console emulators]], a similar page but for later generations. Amazingly, over 900 first-generation home video game consoles are known to exist. More than 200 different companies were involved in the first generation, and while more than half only released one console, it's still a large number of companies compared to the 20 that partook on the second generation.

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|[[Magnavox Odyssey emulators|Magnavox Odyssey]]

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| [https://www.pong-story.com/spiel.htm Philips Tele-Spiel]

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|[[APF MP1000 emulators|APF Imagination Machine/MP1000]]

|style="background:palegreen;"|Good

|A PC with a game console mounted on top of it [[Sega Genesis emulators|32X-style]] (take that, master race!) Only 25 games were released (15 cartridges), one being built-in, and a lot of homebrews. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=APF/Imagination-Machine here].

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|[[Atari 2600 emulators|Atari 2600]]

|style="background:palegreen;"|Good

|[http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html ROM Hunter v15 Collection]

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|[[Atari 5200 emulators|Atari 5200]]

|style="background:palegreen;"|Good

|[https://archive.org/details/Atari5200_201602 No-intro]

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|[[gametech:Bally Astrocade|Bally Astrocade]]<ref group=N name=mame>Emulated by [[MAME]] only.</ref>

|style="background: Orange;"|Imperfect

|[https://ia801700.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/17/items/Bally_Professional_Arcade_and_Astrocade_TOSEC_2012_04_23/Bally_Professional_Arcade_and_Astrocade_TOSEC_2012_04_23.zip TOSEC]

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|[[wikipedia:Bandai Super Vision 8000|Bandai Super Vision 8000]]<ref group=N name=mame />

|style="background:palegreen;"|Good

|Only 7 games.

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|[[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]<ref group=N name="cv">The ColecoVision was sold as NTSC and PAL variants in different regions. Clones: Spectravideo SVI-603 Coleco Game Adapter (For hooking up to the [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/results_sys.php?publisher=Spectravideo SVI-318 or SVI-328] computers), Bit Corporation's [[wikipedia:Dina (video game console)|Dina]] (AKA "Chuang Zao Zhe 50". Taiwan. 1986.), [[wikipedia:Telegames#Telegames_Personal_Arcade|Telegames' The Personal Arcade]] (1988. Clone of [https://segaretro.org/Dina_2_in_one Dina 2 in 1].).</ref>

|style="background:palegreen;"|Good

|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. [https://archive.org/details/ColecoColecoVision_201602 No-intro]

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|[[wikipedia:Commodore MAX Machine|Commodore MAX Machine]]

|style="background:palegreen;"|Good

|Also known as Ultimax (USA) and VC-10 (DEU), though it was only briefly sold in Japan. It's a cut-down console version of the C64 hardware family (Later used in C64) with limited computing capability & a membrane keyboard. TOSEC: ([https://archive.org/details/Commodore_Max_Machine_and_Vic_10_TOSEC_2012_04_23 2012]), ([https://archive.org/details/tosec-20161111-commodore-max-machine-vic-10 2016]).

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|[[Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulators|Emerson Arcadia 2001]]<ref group=N name=arcadia2001>Clones and variants: Advision Home Arcade, Arcadia, Cosmos, Dynavision, Ekusera, Hanimex MPT-03, HMG-2650, Home Arcade Centre, Intelligent Game MPT-03, Intercord XL 2000 System, Intervision 2001, ITMC MPT-03, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, Ormatu 2001, Palladium Video-Computer-Game, Polybrain Video Computer Game, Poppy MPT-03 Tele Computer Spiel, Prestige Video Computer Game MPT-03, Robdajet MPT-03, Rowtron 2000, Schmid TVG-2000, Sheen Home Video Centre 2001, Soundic MPT-03, Tele Brain, Tele-Fever, Tempest MPT-03,Tobby MPT-03, Trakton Computer Video Game, Tryom Video Game Center, Tunix Home Arcade, UVI Compu-Game, Video Master.</ref>

|style="background: Orange;"|Imperfect

|[http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/dettaglio_mame.php?game_name=arcadia&search_id= Over 50 games] made for it. The graphic quality is similar to that of the [[Intellivision emulators|Intellivision]] and the [[Magnavox Odyssey emulators|Odyssey]]. Sound still imperfect in games. [https://archive.org/details/Emerson_Arcadia_2001_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]

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|[[wikipedia:Cassette Vision|Epoch Cassette Vision]]

|style="background:gainsboro;"|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 [http://forums.bannister.org//ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=102087&page=4 thread].

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|[[Fairchild Channel F emulators|Fairchild Channel F]]

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|[https://archive.org/details/FairchildChannelF No-intro]

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|[[wikipedia: Gakken Compact Vision TV Boy|Gakken Compact TV Boy]]

|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

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|[[gametech:Interton_VC_4000|Interton VC 4000]]<ref group=N name="vc4000">Clones: Radofin 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System, Jeu Video TV, Super Play Computer 4000, etc.</ref>

|style="background: Orange;"|Imperfect

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|Has 40 games. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Interton/VC-4000/Various here]

|[[Magnavox Odyssey² emulators|Magnavox Odyssey²/Videopac]]<ref group=N name="odyssey²">Clones: Jopac JO7400, Odyssey 3 Command Center (prototype), Videopac G7000/C52, Videopac Plus G7400.</ref>

|style="background:palegreen;"|Good

|[https://archive.org/details/MagnavoxOdyssey2 No-intro]

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|[[Intellivision emulators|Mattel Intellivision]]<ref group=N name="mi1">Extra models with: Keyboard Component (Unreleased. 1981.), IntelliVoice expansion (1982), Entertainment Computer System + Intellivoice expansions (1983). Clones: Sears' Super Video Arcade (1982), Intellivision II (1982).</ref>

|style="background:palegreen;"|Good

|[https://archive.org/details/Mattel_Intellivision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]

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|[[gametech:RCA_Studio_II|RCA Studio II]]

|style="background: Orange;"|Imperfect

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|[https://archive.org/details/RCA_Studio_2_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]. [https://github.com/ajavamind/rca-studio2 rca-studio2 programmer emulator]. [https://www.emma02.hobby-site.com/studio.html EMMA 0.2].

|[http://videogamekraken.com/visicom-c-100-by-toshiba Toshiba Visicom C-100]

|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

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|[[Vectrex emulators|Vectrex]]<ref group=N name="vectrex">Clone: Spectrum I+ (1984. Roy Abel & Associates.).</ref>

|style="background:palegreen;"|Good

|[https://archive.org/details/GCEVectrex No-intro]

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|[[wikipedia:VTech CreatiVision|VTech CreatiVision]]<ref group=N name="vtech">Clones and variants: Educat 2002 (Israel), Dick Smith Wizzard (Australia/New Zealand), FunVision Computer Video Games System (Oceania), Hanimex Rameses (Oceania), VZ 2000 (Oceania), etc.<br />Computers: Laser 2001, Salora Manager (Finland).</ref>

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|This [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTech_CreatiVision hybrid computer and console] were [https://computer.wikia.com/wiki/VTech_CreatiVision distributed to many different countries around the world and some variants were rebadged units with different names]. [http://www.madrigaldesign.it/creativemu/emulators.php Emulators list]. [https://archive.org/details/VTech_Laser_2001_and_CreatiVision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC].

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|[[gametech:Entex_Adventure_Vision|Entex Adventure Vision]]

|style="background: Orange;"|Imperfect

|Like the Vectrex, this console had its own screen and operated like a miniature arcade cabinet, that said, this system was aimed at the Tabletop market, a class of somewhat portable gaming devices. Only four games were released for it. [https://archive.org/details/Entex_Adventure_Vision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]

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|12 games were made and all are dumped except for some revisions.

</br>These games are: Block Buster, Connect Four, Bowling, Star Trek: Phaser Strike (aka Shooting Star in Europe), Pinball, Vegas Slots, Mindbuster, Baseball, Sea Duel, Alien Raiders (aka Space Blitz or Blitz in Europe), Cosmic Hunter, Super Blockbuster