Video game console

For the console (terminal) of a computer, see GUI.

A video game console is a machine that is used to play video games. Video game consoles usually connect to a television. Special controllers are attached to the console to control the game. Some video game consoles are handheld. They can be carried around and have their own screens. The Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable are examples of handheld consoles. Some video game consoles can also run general software, such as Linux.

Video game consoles

Atari

Name	Lifespan
Home Pong	1975–unknown
Atari 2600	1977–1992
Atari Game Brain	Cancelled, was expected to come out in 1978
Atari Cosmos	Cancelled, was expected to come out in 1981
Atari 5200	1982–1984
Atari 7800	1984–1992
Atari XEGS	1984–1992
Atari Lynx	1989–1995
Atari Jaguar	1993–1996
Atari VCS	Will come out in 2020 (not the Atari 2600, previously known as the Atari VCS, as mentioned above, that is a different video game console to this one)

Bandai

Name	Lifespan
Playdia	1994–1996
WonderSwan	1999–2003
WonderSwan	2000–2003

Coleco

Name	Lifespan
Coleco Telstar series	1976–1978
ColecoVision	1982–1985

Commodore

Name	Lifespan
Commodore TV Game 2000K and Commodore TV Game 3000H	1975–unknown
Commodore 64 Games System	1990–1990
CDTV	1991–1993
Amiga CD32	1993–1994

GamePark

Name	Lifespan
GP32	2001–2005
GP2X	2005–2008
XGP	Cancelled, was announced in 2005, then was announced again in 2006
GP2X Wiz	2009–unknown
Caanoo	2010–2011

Magnavox

Name	Lifespan
Odyssey	1972–1975
Odyssey²	1978–1984

Mattel

Name	Lifespan
Intellivision	1979–90 (the Intellivision was instead made by INTV Corporation from 1984 to 1990)
HyperScan	2006–2007

Microsoft

Name	Lifespan
Xbox	2001–2009
Xbox 360	2005–2017
Xbox One	2013–2017
Xbox Series X	2020–present

NEC

Name	Lifespan
TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine/TurboGrafx	1987-1994
SuperGrafx	1989-unknown
PC-FX	1994-1998

Nintendo

Name	Lifespan
Color TV-Game series	1977-1980
Game & Watch	1980–1991
Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom	1983–2003
Game Boy	1989–2003
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom	1990–2003
Virtual Boy	1995–1996
Nintendo 64	1996–2003
Game Boy Color	1998–2003
Game Boy Advance	2001–2010
Pokémon Mini	2001–2002
Nintendo GameCube	2001–2017
Nintendo DS	2004–2014
Wii	2006–2017
Nintendo 3DS	2011–present
Wii U	2012–2017
Nintendo Switch	2017–present

Sega

Name	Lifespan
Master System/Sega Mark III	1985–present
Mega Drive/Sega Genesis	1988–present
Game Gear	1990–2000
Sega Saturn	1994–2000
Sega Dreamcast	1999–2017

SNK

Name	Lifespan
Neo Geo AES	1990–2004
Neo Geo CD	1994–1997
Neo Geo Pocket	1998–1999
Neo Geo Pocket Color	1999–2001

Sony

Name	Lifespan
PlayStation	1994–2006
PlayStation 2	2000–2017
PlayStation Portable	2004–2014
PlayStation 3	2006–2017
PlayStation Vita	2011–2019
PlayStation 4	2013–2017
PlayStation 5	2020–present

The 3DO Company

Name	Lifespan
3DO Interactive Multiplayer	1993–1996
Panasonic M2	Cancelled, was cancelled in 1997

VTech

Name	Lifespan
VTech handheld electronic games	19??–1991 (earliest known release is Soccer 2 in 1979)
CreatiVision	1982–1986
VTech Socrates	1988–early 1990s (exact year unknown)
V.Smile	2004–2010
V.Flash/V.Smile Pro	2006–unknown
V.Smile Baby Infant Development System	2006–unknown
MobiGo	2010–unknown
InnoTV	2015-unknown

Other consoles

Name	Lifespan
BSS 01	Not clear; 1980–1984 or 1981–1984
Channel F	1976–1983
RCA Studio II	1977–1978
APF-MP1000	1978–1981
Arcadia 2001	1982–1984
Konix Multisystem	Cancelled, was expected to come out in 1990
GX4000	1990–1991
CD-i	1990–1998
Taito WoWoW	Cancelled, was expected to come out in 1992
LaserActive	1993–1996
3DO	1993–1996
Apple Pippin	1996–1997
N-Gage	2003–2005
Tapwave Zodiac	2003–2005
ApeXtreme	Cancelled, was expected to come out in 2004
XaviXPORT	2004–2017
Gizmondo	2005–2006
Game Wave Family Entertainment System	2005–2009
Phantom	Cancelled, was expected to come out in 2003, then was delayed to November 2004, January 2005, March 2005 and September 2005
EVO Smart Console	2006–2010
Intellivision Amico	Was expected to come out in 2020, delayed to April 2021
OUYA	2013-2015[a]

Notes

1. The console's servers were shut down in 2019 (which made the console unusable) but the actual hardware was discontinued in 2015.^[1][2][3]