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{{Consoles}}

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.

==Consoles==

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|No

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj498-wkOz4 Cinemassacre Demonstration]

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|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]].

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|[[wikipedia:PV-1000|Casio PV-1000]]

|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary

|Yes

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|[[wikipedia:Dina_(video_game_console)|Dina]]

|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.

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|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|No

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|Funsation

|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|No

It was also released in France (and Germany?) by French toy company, Savie as the [https://imgur.com/gallery/ZawKz "Projector Jeu Électronique LCD"]

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|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|No

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|[[wikipedia:My Vision|My Vision]]

|No

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|[[wikipedia:Philips_Videopac%2B_G7400|Philips Videopac+ G7400]]

|[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.

|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|No

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeI5zKeGELA Demonstration]

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|style="background:skyblue;"|Decent

|[https://archive.org/details/Epoch_Super_Cassette_Vision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]/[https://archive.org/details/supercassettevision_library ✓]

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|[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=2&c=1294 Soundic SD-290]

|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|No

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|[[wikipedia:Video Challenger|Video Challenger]]

|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.

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|[[wikipedia:Zemmix|Zemmix Series]]

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! scope="col"|Internet Archive

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|[[wikipedia:Commodore_CDTV|Commodore CDTV]]

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|A console version of the Amiga 500. Can be emulated in [[WinUAE]] like other [[Amiga emulators|Amiga hardware]].

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|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%82%AF%E3%83%8E Konami Picno]

|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.

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|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|No

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|[[Philips CD-i emulators|Philips CD-i]]

|Yes

|[https://archive.org/details/redumpPhilipsCdi ✓]

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|[[Pioneer LaserActive]]

|[https://archive.org/details/Pioneer_Laseractive_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]

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|[[Super A'Can]]

|[https://archive.org/details/superacan_library ✓]

|An extremely rare Taiwan-only console released in 1995.

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! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support

|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary

|[https://archive.org/details/Amiga_CD32_TOSEC_2009_04_18 TOSEC] // [https://archive.org/details/RedumpAmigaCD32 redump]

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|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary

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|[[wikipedia:CP_System#Capcom_Power_System_Changer|Capcom Power System Changer]]

|[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]

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|[[FM Towns emulators|FM Towns Marty]]

|style="background:salmon;"|Preliminary

|Trurip

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|[[Panasonic M2]]

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|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|[https://archive.org/details/Nuon_dumps Yes]

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|[[wikipedia:XaviXPORT|XaviXPORT]]

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! scope="col"|Name

! scope="col"|[[MAME]] support

|style="background:skyblue;"|Decent

|Yes

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|[[Zeebo]]

|[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.

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==Handhelds==

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|[[wikipedia:Franklin Electronic Publishers|Franklin Bookman]]

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|[[wikipedia:Game_Master_(console)|Hartung Game Master]]

|Yes (No-intro)

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|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|No

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|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|No

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|[[wikipedia:Design Master Senshi Mangajukuu|Bandai Design Master Denshi Manga Juku]]

|style="background:skyblue;"|Decent

|[https://archive.org/download/TOSEC_V2017-04-23/Cybiko/ TOSEC]

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|[[wikipedia:Gamate|Gamate]]

|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|No

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|Koei PasoGo

|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.

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|[[wikipedia:Game.com|Tiger Game.com]]

|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.

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|style="background:palegreen;"|Good

|No-intro // [https://archive.org/download/TOSEC_V2017-04-23/Watara/ TOSEC]

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!colspan="4"|2001-2010

|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.

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|[[wikipedia:List_of_commercial_failures_in_video_gaming#digiBlast|DigiBlast]]

|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.

|style="background:palegreen;"|Good

|Yes

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|[[Gizmondo emulators|Gizmondo]]

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|[[Cellphone emulators#Symbian and N-Gage (Nokia)|Nokia N-Gage]]

|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.

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|[[wikipedia:Tapwave_Zodiac|Tapwave Zodiac]]

|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]

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|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|No

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!colspan="4"|2011-2020

|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|No

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|[https://liliputing.com/2012/11/lg-kids-pad-tablet-hits-south-korea-for-276.html Kids Pad]

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|M&D Monon Color

|No

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|[https://www.pokitto.com/ Pokitto]

|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|Yes

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|[https://thumby.us/ Thumby]

|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.

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|style="background:gainsboro;"|None

|No

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