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First and second generations of video game consoles

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Second Generation (Cartridge Consoles)
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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 for the 90s and 2000s.
* [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=944 BSS 01]
* [[gametech:Coleco_Telstar|Coleco Telstar]]
* Coleco Telstar Arcade<ref group=N name="cta">Only 4 cartridges were released for this triangular abomination, but because of the console's design they can't be dumped and "emulated." They're more like activation discs for data already in the console.<!-- No known emulators.--></ref>
* Colorsport VIII
* [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=676&st=3 Commodore TV Game 2000K/3000H]<ref group=N name="commodoretv">Aesthetically different but same console hardware. Their chip is also the base for other consoles such as the Coleco Telstar Arcade. Allows to play Pong-like & other games such as ''Target shooting'' (optionally playable with the optical gun), ''Tennis, Football'' & ''Squash''.</ref>
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* [[Magnavox Odyssey emulators|Magnavox Odyssey/Series]]<ref group=N name="mo#">Besides the normal Odyssey and Odyssey² consoles released in 1972 and 1978 respectively, Magnavox also produced the [https[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey_series Magnavox Odyssey series|X00 and X000 series (1975-1977) of home Pong consoles]]. Released models were: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 2000, 3000 and 4000. Then owner Philips also released three Odyssey variants in Europe between 1976-1978. They played "Ball and Paddle" games such as ''Hockey'', ''Tennis'', ''Smash'', ''Squash'' and others. No known emulator exists for any of these machines.</ref>
* PC-50X
* Radio Shack TV Scoreboard
* [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1105&st=3 Wonder Wizard]
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* [[gametech:Color TV-Game emulators|Nintendo Color TV-Game]] (5 different versions)
:* Color TV-Game 6
:* Color TV-Game 15 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjnfLwUdEjI JPN Commercial]
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|[https://archive.org/details/atari_2600_library ✓]
|[http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html ROM Hunter v13 v15 Collection]
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|[[Atari 5200 emulators|Atari 5200]]
|[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 />
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=sv8000 Good]
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|[https://archive.org/details/ColecoColecoVision_201602 No-intro]
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|[[wikipedia:Commodore MAX Machine|Commodore MAX Machine]]
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=vic10 Good]
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|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>
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|Like the Vectrex, this console had its own screen and operated like a miniature arcade cabinet. Only four games were released for it. [https://archive.org/details/Entex_Adventure_Vision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]
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|[[wikipedia:Cassette Vision|Epoch Cassette Vision]]
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|Only 13 11 games exist for this console, and none some have been dumped because . Seanriddle has succeded to dump the graphic sprites of the cartridge designKikori 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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|An update to the Channel F, with no exclusive games.
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|[[Intellivision emulators|Intellivision]]
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|[https://archive.org/details/intellivision ✓]
|[https://archive.org/details/Mattel_Intellivision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]
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|[[gametech:Intellivision#Intellivision_II|Intellivision II]]
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|An update to the Intellivision, with no exclusive games.
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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>
|Has 40 games. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Interton/VC-4000/Various here]
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|[[Magnavox Odyssey² emulators|Magnavox Odyssey²/Videopac]]/Videopac
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|[https://archive.org/details/library_magnavox_odyssey2 ✓]
|[https://archive.org/details/MagnavoxOdyssey2 No-intro]
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|[[Intellivision emulators|Mattel Intellivision]]
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|[https://archive.org/details/intellivision ✓]
|[https://archive.org/details/Mattel_Intellivision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]
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|[[gametech:Intellivision#Intellivision_II|Mattel Intellivision II]]
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|An update to the Intellivision, with no exclusive games.
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|[[gametech:RCA_Studio_II|RCA Studio II]]
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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].
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|[[Vectrex emulators|Vectrex]]
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|[https://archive.org/details/vectrex ✓]
|[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>
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=crvision Good]
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||[[wikipedia:MicroVision|Milton Bradley MicroVision]]
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|12 games were madeand 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</br>A Windows emulator that is front-end friendly can be found [https://www.raphkoster.com/2017/05/07/microvision-emulator-release/ here], with all known games included.|-||[[wikipedia:OMNI Entertainment System|Milton Bradley OMNI]]|None||Released in 1980, The OMNI was a weird hybrid of a portable console, Mono 8-track player and a Tabletop game, graphics were limited to four 2-character seven segment displays, 8-track tapes were used to store the games instead of cartridges and because of its massive limitations, most of the games for it were trivia games, it's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued, only 13 games are known to be released for it.|-
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