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First and second generations of video game consoles

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Second Generation (Cartridge Consoles)
==Second Generation (Cartridge Consoles)==
* [[ColecoVision emulators|Best-selling game consoles: Atari 2600, Intellivision, Magnavox Odyssey², ColecoVision]]* [[Vectrex emulators|Vectrex]]* [[Intellivision emulators|Intellivision]].
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|[[MESS]] support
! scope="col"|[[Need Games?|No-intro collection]]
! Internet Archive
! scope="col"|Description
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Good
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/apfm1000_library ✓]|style="text-align:center;"|A PC with a game console mounted on top of it 32X-style (take that, master race!) Only 15 games were released, one being built-in. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=APF/Imagination-Machine here]. [https://archive.org/details/apfm1000_library Playable here]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametechAtari 2600 emulators|Atari 2600]]|style="text-align:center;"|Good |style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/atari_2600_library ✓]|style="text-align:center;"||-|style="text-align:Arcadia_2001center;"|[[Atari 5200 emulators|Arcadia 2001Atari 5200]]|style="text-align:center;"|DecentGood
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/atari_5200_library ✓]
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Good
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/bally_astrocade_library ✓]
|style="text-align:center;"|ROMs are [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 here]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Good
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/sv8000_library ✓]
|style="text-align:center;"|Only 7 games. ROMs [https://archive.org/details/sv8000_library can be played on archive.org]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Good
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/coleco_colecovision_library ✓]
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Emerson Arcadia 2001|Emerson Arcadia 2001]]*
|style="text-align:center;"|Decent
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/emerson_arcadia_library ✓]
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Entex_Adventure_Vision|Entex Adventure Vision]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Decent
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|Like the Vectrex, this console had it's own screen and operated like a miniature arcade cabinet. Only four games were released for it.
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|None
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|Only 11 games exist for this console, and none have been dumped because of the cartridge design. Apparently the BIOS for the console is inside each cart. It's on MESS's [http://www.mess.org/dumping/have to-do] list.
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Super Cassette Vision
|style="text-align:center;"|Decent
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|1984 successor to the original Cassette Vision. Much easier to emulate as the hardware is similar to some other obscure systems. The graphical quality is some where between the ColecoVision and NES. Was actually fairly successful in Japan until the Famicom came along and kicked it's ass. Then [http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/11/117006/1757950-ladycassettevision.jpg this] happened.
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Fairchild_Channel_F|Fairchild Channel F]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Good
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/channelf_library ✓]
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Good
|style="text-align:center;"|NA
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|An update to the Channel F, with no exclusive games.
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Intellivision emulators|Intellivision]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Good
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Intellivision#Intellivision_II|Intellivision II]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Good
|style="text-align:center;"|NA
|
|style="text-align:center;"|An update to the Intellivision, with no exclusive games.
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Magnavox_Odyssey_2|Magnavox Odyssey²]]/Videopac
|style="text-align:center;"|Good
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/library_magnavox_odyssey2 ✓]
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Super Cassette Vision
|style="text-align:center;"|Decent
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/supercassettevision_library ✓]
|style="text-align:center;"|1984 successor to the original Cassette Vision. Much easier to emulate as the hardware is similar to some other obscure systems. The graphical quality is some where between the ColecoVision and NES. Was actually fairly successful in Japan until the Famicom came along and kicked it's ass. Then [http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/11/117006/1757950-ladycassettevision.jpg this] happened.
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Interton_VC_4000|VC 4000]]**
|style="text-align:center;"|Decent
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|Has 40 games. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Interton/VC-4000/Various here]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Vectrex emulators|Vectrex]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Good
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|VTech CreatiVision
|style="text-align:center;"|Good
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/vtech_creativision_library ✓]
|style="text-align:center;"|
|}
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Clones: 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
 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> Clones: 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System, Jeu Video TV, Super Play Computer 4000, etc.
==Handhelds==
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