| 32X |
 Sega |
|
1994 |
75 |
59.6% |
Add-on for Genesis/Megadrive |
3DO |
 Panasonic |
|
1993 |
248 |
65.5% |
The first consolle to feature thousand of colors
... |
| Action Max |
World of Wonder |
|
1987 |
6 |
80.3% |
Uses a VHS tape and a light gun for gameplay. |
| Adventure Vision |
Entex |
|
1982 |
4 |
87.5% |
|
| Altair |
|
|
1975 |
12 |
13.6% |
|
| Amiga |
 Commodore |
|
1985 |
2117 |
68.2% |
The Amiga computer, launched by Commodore in 1985, ... |
| Amiga AGA |
Commodore |
|
1992 |
181 |
70.5% |
Uses the new AGA graphic chipset, that made availa ... |
| Amstrad CPC |
Amstrad |
|
1984 |
3780 |
38.3% |
More than two million units were sold. |
| APF |
APF Electronics |
|
1979 |
17 |
29.2% |
|
| Apple II E |
 Apple |
|
1976 |
1122 |
62.9% |
Made by Steve jobs & Stephen Wozniak |
| Apple IIGS |
Apple |
|
1986 |
258 |
46.6% |
Had Applesoft BASIC by Microsoft |
| Aquarius |
 Mattel |
|
1983 |
22 |
52.8% |
The computer was actually developed by Radofin (Ho ... |
| Arcade |
various |
|
|
4244 |
64% |
Any kind of CPU-based videogames found mainly in a ... |
| Arcadia 2001 |
|
|
1982 |
44 |
67.7% |
Also known as the "LeisureVision" (Canada) "Hanime ... |
| Archimedes |
 Acorn |
|
1987 |
116 |
40.1% |
The first computer to use a RISC CPU! |
| Astrocade |
Bally |
|
1978 |
26 |
62.4% |
|
| Atari 2600 |
 Atari |
|
1977 |
598 |
56.4% |
VCS means Video Computer System |
| Atari 400/800 |
Atari |
|
1979 |
801 |
45.6% |
The ANTIC and CTIA processors were designed by Jay ... |
| Atari 5200 |
Atari |
|
1982 |
110 |
99.8% |
The Atari 5200 is essentially a console version of ... |
| Atari 7800 |
Atari |
|
1986 |
78 |
63.6% |
Backwards compatible with the Atari 2600. |
| Atari Falcon |
Atari |
|
1992 |
23 |
36.5% |
|
| Atari ST |
Atari |
|
1985 |
2114 |
22.1% |
|
| Atari XL/XE |
Atari |
|
1979 |
2 |
66.6% |
|
| Atom |
Acorn |
|
1979 |
5 |
36.6% |
|
| ATW800 |
Atari |
|
1988 |
8 |
51.8% |
Games can optionally be played with a Mattel Power ... |
| BBC |
Acorn |
|
1981 |
251 |
51.3% |
|
| BK11M |
|
|
1986 |
191 |
59.4% |
Built in Soviet Union and based on the PDP-11 arch ... |
| C128 |
Commodore |
|
1985 |
188 |
20.9% |
Can be launched in C64 mode slowing down the 8502 ... |
| C16/Plus4 |
Commodore |
|
1984 |
642 |
32.8% |
Designed to replace the Commodore [[platform:VIC 2 ... |
| C64 |
Commodore |
|
1982 |
3540 |
45.4% |
|
| Casio PV-1000 |
Casio |
|
1983 |
8 |
29% |
|
| Cassette Vision |
Epoch |
|
1981 |
29 |
56.6% |
Released as "Yeno Super Cassette Vision" in Europe ... |
| CD-I |
Philips |
|
1991 |
68 |
53% |
|
| Chip 8 |
|
|
|
31 |
6.5% |
|
| ColecoVision |
Coleco |
|
1982 |
182 |
60.1% |
When launched, was superior to the other two platf ... |
| Colour Genie |
EACA |
|
1983 |
4 |
62.5% |
|
| Creativision |
Vtech |
|
1983 |
25 |
46% |
Australian game console made by Dick Smith Industr ... |
| custom |
- |
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
| DEC PDP-1 |
|
|
1960 |
70 |
39% |
The DEC PDP-1 was the first ever minicomputer, and ... |
| Dragon32 |
Dragon Data Ltd |
|
1982 |
7 |
66.2% |
|
| Dreamcast |
Sega |
|
1998 |
643 |
57.2% |
Provided with an internal 33.6 Kbps modem
CD-Rom ... |
| DVD player |
various |
|
1996 |
77 |
42% |
Any home DVD player should play this kind of games ... |
| EDSAC |
|
|
1949 |
7 |
37.8% |
Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator |
| Electron |
Acorn |
|
1983 |
521 |
22.2% |
|
| Eliot |
|
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
| Enterprise |
Enterprise Computers |
|
1985 |
68 |
31.6% |
|
| Epoc |
Psion |
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
| EXL 100 |
Exelvision |
|
1984 |
8 |
35.1% |
|
| Fairchild Ch. F |
Fairchild Camera and Instrument |
|
1976 |
29 |
88.8% |
The first programmable cartridge system |
| Famicom Disk System |
 Nintendo |
|
|
71 |
82.6% |
|
| Flash |
Macromedia |
|
|
97 |
76.6% |
Games that can be played within the web browser or ... |
| Flex |
Technical Systems Consultants |
|
1976 |
2 |
25% |
|
| FM Towns |
 Fujitsu |
|
1988 |
73 |
39.7% |
|
| Game & Watch |
various |
|
|
87 |
46.3% |
B/W LCD display. |
| Game Gear |
Sega |
|
1991 |
377 |
74.6% |
|
| Game Master |
Hartung |
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
| GameCube |
Nintendo |
|
2001 |
459 |
69% |
Small sized DVD-Rom based |
| GameKing |
TimeTop |
|
2003 |
18 |
87.7% |
|
| GamePark 32 |
 GamePark |
|
2001 |
22 |
51% |
Korean.
USB connection and SMC cards |
| GB |
Nintendo |
|
1989 |
863 |
47.8% |
|
| GBA |
Nintendo |
|
2000 |
1163 |
72.5% |
|
| GBC |
Nintendo |
|
1998 |
432 |
67.9% |
|
| Gizmondo |
Tiger Telematics |
|
2005 |
15 |
75.5% |
|
| GP2X |
GamePark |
|
2005 |
82 |
37% |
Linux-based handheld game console and media player ... |
| HP 48 |
Hewlett Packard |
|
|
2 |
33.3% |
|
| HP-41 |
Hewlett-Packard |
|
1979 |
85 |
11.5% |
|
| Imsai |
|
|
1976 |
1 |
83.3% |
The IMSAI 8080 was used in the 1983 movie "Wargame ... |
| Intellivision |
Mattel |
|
1980 |
159 |
79.9% |
Intellivision, the first 16-bit videogame system, ... |
| Internet Only |
|
|
|
291 |
31.1% |
For games which run "on the web". |
| Interton VC 4000 |
Interton |
|
1978 |
37 |
31.3% |
|
| iPhone |
Apple |
|
|
10 |
68.3% |
|
| Jaguar |
Atari |
|
1993 |
160 |
37.5% |
manufactured by IBM, the world's first 64-bit home ... |
| KC 85 |
R.F.T. |
|
1986 |
3 |
55.3% |
German computer. |
| Konix |
Flare Technology |
|
1989 |
0 |
0% |
Announced in 1989, it was never released. |
| Leapster |
LeapFrog Enterprises |
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
| Linux/Unix |
|
|
|
1093 |
55.9% |
Should be compatible with Linux, Unix,
Gnome, KDE ... |
| Lynx |
Atari |
|
1989 |
117 |
72% |
The world's first color hand-held video game syste ... |
| Mac |
Apple |
|
|
542 |
60.7% |
Any machine based on Mac/OS |
| Master System |
Sega |
|
1986 |
361 |
58.8% |
8 bit. |
| Mega LD |
Pioneer |
|
1993 |
25 |
61.3% |
Allowed users to play Mega Drive, Mega-CD and spec ... |
| Mega-CD |
Sega |
|
|
216 |
74.7% |
Megadrive/Genesis CD add on. |
| Megadrive |
Sega |
|
1988 |
1009 |
79.2% |
16 bit hardware.
Launched in Japan in 1988 as Meg ... |
| MICRO 7 - FM7 |
Fujitsu |
|
1982 |
401 |
34.5% |
|
| Microvision |
Milton Bradley Company |
|
1979 |
4 |
50% |
Designed by Jay Smith. |
| Mobile |
various |
|
|
178 |
65% |
|
| MPF II |
Digitek |
|
1982 |
0 |
0% |
Was partially compatible with the Apple II. |
| MS-DOS |
|
|
|
2446 |
72.1% |
|
| MSX |
 ASCII/MSX |
|
1983 |
428 |
59% |
MSX means Machines with Software eXchangeability.
... |
| MSX2 |
ASCII/MSX |
|
1985 |
395 |
61% |
Developed by ASCII and Microsoft |
| My Vision |
Nichibutsu |
|
1983 |
6 |
33.3% |
|
| N-Gage |
Nokia - Sega |
|
2003 |
62 |
64.8% |
Symbian OS with Java 2 Micro Edition support |
| N64 |
Nintendo |
|
1996 |
424 |
75.1% |
|
| NEC PC6001 |
 NEC |
|
1981 |
43 |
53.6% |
|
| NEC PC8801 |
NEC |
|
1979 |
481 |
65.6% |
|
| NEC PC9801 |
NEC |
|
1989 |
336 |
57.5% |
|
| Neo Geo Pocket Color |
 SNK |
|
1998 |
57 |
80% |
|
| Neo-Geo |
SNK |
|
1989 |
181 |
78.7% |
The first relaease was the the Multi Video System ... |
| NeoGeo Pocket |
SNK |
|
1998 |
4 |
70.8% |
|
| NES |
Nintendo |
|
1983 |
1399 |
77% |
Nintendo Entertainment System
Famicom |
| Newton |
Apple |
|
1993 |
61 |
46.4% |
The very first PDA (personal digital assistant). |
| Nintendo DS |
Nintendo |
|
2004 |
700 |
66.2% |
Nintendo DS revolutionizes the way games are playe ... |
| Odyssey |
 Magnavox |
|
1972 |
29 |
57.4% |
Designed by Ralph Baer.
|
| Odyssey 200 |
Magnavox |
|
1978 |
0 |
0% |
|
| Odyssey2 |
Magnavox |
|
1977 |
83 |
51.8% |
Philips G7000 videopac |
| Odyssey3 |
Magnavox |
|
|
20 |
33.3% |
Magnovox Odyssey3 is the USA name of the
Videopac ... |
| Oric |
Oric |
|
1983 |
13 |
57.5% |
|
| Palm |
Palm |
|
|
17 |
53.5% |
Any device running Palm OS |
| PC-FX |
NEC |
|
1994 |
63 |
73.8% |
CD-Rom 2x based |
| PCE |
NEC |
|
1987 |
387 |
70.3% |
a.k.a. Turbo Graphics |
| PCE CD |
NEC |
|
1990 |
290 |
72.8% |
|
| PET |
Commodore |
|
1979 |
28 |
59.8% |
|
| Pico |
Sega |
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
| Pippin |
Apple |
|
1995 |
21 |
22.7% |
Developed with Bandai |
| PLATO |
- |
|
|
44 |
40.9% |
|
| Playdia |
 Bandai |
|
1994 |
10 |
51.6% |
FMV system where games are basically anime movies ... |
| PowerTV |
|
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
| PS |
 Sony |
|
1994 |
4154 |
48% |
CD-Rom based (2x)
Release dates:
Japan : 1994 ... |
| PS2 |
Sony |
|
2000 |
1566 |
67.4% |
DVD-Rom based |
| PS3 |
Sony |
|
2006 |
371 |
71.7% |
Officially unveiled at the 2005 E3 Expo in Los Ang ... |
| PSP |
Sony |
|
2004 |
426 |
69.1% |
Uses the UMD (Universal Media Disc) optical disk t ... |
| QL |
 Sinclair Research Ltd. |
|
1984 |
20 |
52.5% |
The QL was a personal computer introduced by Sincl ... |
| R-Zone |
Tiger |
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
| RCA Studio II |
RCA |
|
1976 |
12 |
93% |
The second ever video games machine produced that ... |
| RDI Halcyon |
RDI Video Systems |
|
1985 |
6 |
63.8% |
The first home laser disc system. Promised to brin ... |
| SAM |
Sam Computers Ltd. |
|
1989 |
26 |
54.1% |
First released in 1989, the SAM Coupe is widely co ... |
| Saturn |
Sega |
|
1994 |
1062 |
60.2% |
32 bit.
CD-Rom 2x. |
| SG-1000 |
Sega |
|
1983 |
75 |
58.5% |
|
| Sharp MZ-700 |
 Sharp |
|
1983 |
21 |
37.6% |
|
| Sharp X1 |
Sharp |
|
1982 |
50 |
32.6% |
|
| Sharp X1 Turbo Z |
Sharp |
|
1985 |
1 |
50% |
|
| SNES |
Nintendo |
|
1990 |
2029 |
64.6% |
a.k.a Super Famicom in Japan. |
| Super A'Can |
Funtech |
|
1995 |
12 |
58.3% |
|
| Super Micro |
Palmtex |
|
1983 |
3 |
27.5% |
Deigned by Home-Computer Software |
| Supergraphx |
NEC |
|
1989 |
8 |
53.9% |
Released in Nov. 1989 in Japan with one game,
Bat ... |
| Supervision |
Watara |
|
1992 |
68 |
36.8% |
The Supervision was first sold in 1992. Trying to ... |
| Supervision 8000 |
Bandai |
|
1979 |
8 |
33.2% |
a.k.a. Bandai TV Jack Micro Computer System |
| Tandy |
Tandy Radio Shack |
|
|
31 |
50.6% |
|
| Tandy Zoomer |
Tandy |
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
| Thomson |
Thomson |
|
1982 |
207 |
66.3% |
The THomson MO6 in Italy was known as Olivetti Pro ... |
| TI Calculators |
Texas Instruments |
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
| TI99 |
Texas Instrments |
|
1983 |
157 |
69.3% |
|
| Tiger Game.COM |
Tiger Electronics |
|
1996 |
21 |
57.6% |
Featured two cartridge slots on the right side for ... |
| TRS-80 |
Tandy Radio Shack |
|
1977 |
61 |
49.3% |
|
| V.Flash |
VTech |
|
2007 |
7 |
97.5% |
Uses 3D graphics, 2 inch CDs media. |
| V.Smile |
VTech |
|
2004 |
38 |
56.5% |
|
| Vectrex |
GCE/Milton Bradley |
|
1982 |
53 |
46.5% |
The first (and last) consolle to use a custom made ... |
| Vic 20 |
Commodore |
|
1981 |
361 |
62.7% |
|
| Virtual Boy |
Nintendo |
|
1996 |
21 |
67.2% |
"The first portable game console capable of displa ... |
| Wii |
Nintendo |
|
2006 |
529 |
71.2% |
Initially announced as Revolution. |
| Win3.1 |
 Microsoft |
|
1992 |
221 |
70.2% |
Windows 3.1 was release in 1992. Later, Microsoft ... |
| WinCE |
Microsoft |
|
1996 |
257 |
36.2% |
Microsoft Windows CE 1.0 was originally released i ... |
| Windows |
Microsoft |
|
1995 |
6302 |
68.7% |
Comprises any PC from '95 to this millennium.
Mos ... |
| Wonder Swan |
Bandai |
|
1999 |
105 |
78.8% |
|
| Wonder Swan Color |
Bandai |
|
2000 |
82 |
75.2% |
In july 2002 came the Swan Crystal, same system wi ... |
| X360 |
Microsoft |
|
2005 |
525 |
72.9% |
Successor to [[company:Microsoft]] [[platform:X-Bo ... |
| X68000 |
Sharp |
|
1987 |
372 |
52.4% |
|
| Xbox |
Microsoft |
|
2001 |
592 |
67.6% |
The first Microsoft gaming platform. Performances ... |
| Zeebo |
Zeebo |
|
|
0 |
0% |
|
| ZX 81 |
Sinclair Research Ltd. |
|
1981 |
7 |
56.8% |
|
| ZX Spectrum |
Sinclair Research Ltd. |
|
1982 |
3576 |
52.4% |
Designed by Richard Altwasser of Sinclair Research ... |
| ZX Spectrum 128 |
Sinclair Research Ltd. |
|
1986 |
543 |
41.4% |
|
