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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.
See also [[First and Second Generations of video game consoles|Console Boom emulators]] for the 70s and 80s consoles.
==Consoles==
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|A repackaging of the Atari 8-bit computer line, marketed as a game console. Notable for having possibly the worst physical design ever. 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]
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|[[wikipedia:BBC_Bridge_Companion|BBC Bridge Companion]]
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|Hacked A hacked up console version of the regular C64, released only in Europe. Failed hilariously due to its outdated tech (1984 hardware in 1990!), the fact that the normal C64 was already sufficient, and a bad case of the nogaems.
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|[[wikipedia:Dendy_%28console%29|Dendy]]
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|The NES, but for slavs. (TCRF COMEDY!) Only [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kne6AKyYUuM Kinaman] can properly explain this one (turn on CC). Has decent support in MAME, and its status as an NES clone means its "exclusives" can be played on NES emulators that support broken pirate carts.
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|[[wikipedia:Dina_(video_game_console)|Dina]]
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|[https://archive.org/details/supercassettevision_library ✓]
|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 somewhere between the ColecoVision and NES. Was actually fairly successful in Japan until the Famicom came along and kicked it's its ass. Then [http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/11/117006/1757950-ladycassettevision.jpg this] happened. [https://archive.org/details/Epoch_Super_Cassette_Vision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]
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|[[wikipedia:View-Master_Interactive_Vision|View-Master Interactive Vision]]
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|1988 edutainment VHS console that used two audio tracks on each tape, 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.
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|[[wikipedia:VTech_Socrates|VTech Socrates]]
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|A beautiful monster sold only at RadioShack in the early 90s. Software The software may be playable on Windows 3.x emus, as the console's OS was an altered version of that.
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|[[Philips CD-i emulators|Philips CD-i]]
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|[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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|[[wikipedia:CP_System#Capcom_Power_System_Changer|Capcom Power System Changer]]
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|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.
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|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.
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|[[wikipedia:Game Wave|Game Wave]]
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|Another attempt to capture part of the Game Boy market, the Gamate was released in the early 90s by Bit Corporation. The magnitude of its failure makes it and its software obscenely rare today, with prices over 500 dollars for the handheld alone on ebayeBay. It's so obscure, that it wasn't until December 2014 when preliminary support for the handheld was added in MAME, and ROM dumps were made.
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|[[wikipedia:Gizmondo|Gizmondo]]
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|A German Game Boy knock offknockoff. Also distributed in the UK. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9dZ-RBpQA Demonstration]
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|[[wikipedia:Leapster|Leapster]]
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|The Leapster Learning Game System 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 math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), and art and animal facts to players. It featured a touch screen touchscreen and games from various licenses from Thomas & Friends, to Sonic X. Oddly enough it has a homebrew scene that even features some emulators.
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|[[wikipedia:Mega_Duck|MegaDuck/CougarBoy]]
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|Chinese knockoff Game Boy that was branded with various bizarre names, despite each version being is exactly the same. Used cartridges. ROMs are out there, surprisingly.
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|[[wikipedia:Pokemon_Mini|Nintendo Pokémon Mini]]
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|[https://archive.org/download/TOSEC_V2017-04-23/Nintendo/Pokemon%20Mini/ TOSEC]
|A very downgraded Game Boy. Only Pokemon related games were released, and it's catalogue its catalog of games is also very limited. It's also very rare nowadays. Decent support in MAME, though there are other choices to play these games on other emus.
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|[[wikipedia:N-Gage_%28device%29|Nokia N-Gage]]
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|[http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Tapwave/Zodiac Some]
|A handheld released in 2003 that used an enhanced Palm OS. Ahead for it's its time, even receiving awards. However, the PSP and Nintendo DS systems killed it.
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|[[wikipedia:Game_com|Tiger Game.com]]
