History of video games/Platforms

Console Chapters

First Generation of Video Game Consoles

Major home consoles

• Magnavox Odyssey
• Magnavox Odyssey series
• Coleco Telstar series
  • Coleco Telstar Marksman - Lightgun variation.
• Nintendo Color TV-Game
• Epoch TV Tennis Electrotennis
• APF TV Fun series
• PC-50x Family

Minor home consoles

• Entex Gameroom Tele-Pong
• Pong consoles

DIY consoles

• Elektor TV Games Computer
• Visulex Kit

Interton Video Series

• Interton Video 2000
• Interton Video 2400
• Interton Video 2501
• Interton Video 2800
• Interton Video 3000
• Interton Video 3001

Telejogo Series

• Telejogo
• Telejogo II

Other home consoles

• Telescore 750
• Atari Stunt Cycle SC-450
• Philips Tele-Game series
• Video Pinball series

Regionally important home consoles

• Sportronic Electronic TV Sport
• Salora Playmaster

Warsaw Pact Home Consoles

• BSS 01
• Ameprod Television Game 10
• Ministry of the Electronics Industry Турнир (Turnir)

Canceled home consoles

• Atari Game Brain

Screenless handheld consoles

• Waco Electro Tic-Tac-Toe
• Merlin (Parker Brothers)

Second Generation of Video Game Consoles

Major Home Consoles

• Atari 2600 / VCS
• Atari 5200
• Fairchild Channel F
• Magnavox Odyssey²
• Intellivision
• ColecoVision
• RCA Studio II
  • Visicom COM-100

Minor Home Consoles

• Cassette Vision
• Bally Astrocade
• APF-MP1000
• Bandai Super Vision 8000
• Gakken Compact Vision TV Boy
• SHG Black Point
• VTech CreatiVision
• Pyūta Jr
• Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game
• Unisonic Champion 2711
• Maikon Mahjong

2001 family

• Arcadia 2001
• Leisure Vision
• Tele-Fever

1292 family

• 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System
• Interton Video Computer 4000

Tabletop Consoles

• Vectrex
• Entex Adventure Vision
• Children's Discovery System
• Philips Videojeu N60

Canceled Consoles

• Ultravision Video Arcade System
• Atari Cosmos
• Sony Prototype TV Game Machine
• Intellivision III

Handheld Consoles

Major handhelds consoles

• Nintendo Game & Watch series
• Microvision

Minor handheld consoles

• Epoch Game Pocket Computer
• Entex Select-A-Game
• VTech Variety
• Colorvision
• Palmtex Portable Videogame System
• Digi Casse
• Nintendo Computer Mah-Jong Yakuman
• Bandai LCD Solarpower

3D handheld consoles

• Tomytronic 3D
• VTech 3D Gamate

Third Generation of Video Game Consoles

Major home consoles

• Famicom / Nintendo Entertainment System
• Sega SG-1000
• Sega Master System
• Atari 7800

Minor home consoles

• Philips Videopac+ G7400
• Super Cassette Vision
• Vidéoway
• Casio PV-1000
• My Vision
• Micro Genius
• Dina
• Ending-Man Terminator

Console versions of Home Computers

• Atari XEGS
• Amstrad GX4000
• Commodore 64 Games System
• Zemmix

VHS Consoles

• View-Master Interactive Vision
• Video Challenger
• Action Max
• Connor Videosmarts

Educational consoles

• VTech Socrates
• LJN Video Art
• BBC Bridge Companion

Canceled home consoles

• RDI Halcyon
• Control-Vision

Projector Game Systems

• Proscreen
• Light Games

Portable LCD Game Systems

• Ohio Art Etch-A-Sketch Animator 2000
• IM-26
• PreComputer 1000

Fourth Generation of Video Game Consoles

Major home consoles

• Super Famicom / Super Nintendo Entertainment System
• Sega MegaDrive / Genesis
• NEC TurboGrafx-16
  • PC Engine SuperGrafx
  • TurboDuo

Console versions of arcade systems

• SNK NEO•GEO
• Capcom Power System Changer
• Otoko Attack System

Minor home consoles

• Super A'Can
• TV Boy
• KW-501

Interactive multimedia devices

• Tandy Video Information System
• Terebikko
• LaserActive
• Commodore CDTV
• CD-i

Educational home game consoles

• Sega Pico
• Konami Picno

Canceled home consoles

• Taito WOWOW
• Konix Multisystem
• Atari Panther
• Atari Mirai
• Кроха

Major handheld consoles

• Nintendo Game Boy
• Sega Game Gear
• Atari Lynx
• NEC TurboExpress
• Barcode Battler

Minor handheld consoles

• Watara Supervision
• Mega Duck / Cougar Boy
• Gamate
• Game Master
• Nintendo Mini Classics
• J.Cock New Wave Z400S
• Tomy Data Battle

Cancelled handheld consoles

• Action Gamemaster

Fifth Generation of Video Game Consoles

Major home consoles

• Nintendo 64
• PlayStation
• Sega Saturn

Minor home consoles

• Virtual Boy
• Atari Jaguar
• 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Obscure home consoles

• Apple Bandai Pippin
• NEC PC-FX
• Bandai Playdia
• Casio Loopy
• FM Towns Marty
• Commodore Amiga CD32

Canceled home consoles

• Hasbro Toaster VR / Sliced Bread Project
• SNK NeoStar

Major handheld consoles

• Sega Genesis Nomad
• WonderSwan
• SNK NeoGeo Pocket

Minor handheld consoles

• Pokémon Pikachu
• Game.com
• R-Zone
• Design Master Senshi Mangajukuu
• Bemani Pocket
• PasoGo

Sixth Generation of Video Game Consoles

Major home consoles

• Sega Dreamcast
• Nintendo GameCube
• Sony PlayStation 2
• Microsoft Xbox

Minor consoles

• XaviXPORT & Domyos Interactive System
• V.Smile
• Atari Flashback series
• Let's! TV Play Classic
• DVD Kids
• Tomy Kiss Site

Retro Revival consoles

• C64 Direct-to-TV
• Intellivision Play Power

Educational DIY Consoles

• XGameStation
• MACH64

Platform Technology

• Nuon
• DISCover

Canceled consoles

• SNK Millennium
• Apex Digital ApeXtreme
• Phantom
• Indrema L600
• Panasonic M2

Major handheld consoles

• Game Boy Advance
• Pokémon Mini

Mobile Phone Gaming hybrids

• Nokia N-Gage
• GPANG
• Sony mylo

Minor handheld consoles

• Tapwave Zodiac
• GP32
• digiBLAST
• Leapster
• Pelican VG Pocket
• GameKing
• Cybiko
• Pixter
• Pepper Pad
• Hasbro P-O-X
• Aquaplus P/ECE (PIECE)

Unconventional formfactors

• iQuest
• Kek Powerizer
• Kasey the Kinderbot
• Pocket Neopet
• iriver clix

Canceled handhelds

• Red Jade

Seventh Generation of Video Game Consoles

Major home consoles

• Nintendo Wii
• Sony PlayStation 3
• Microsoft Xbox 360

Minor consoles

• Game Wave Family Entertainment System
• HyperScan
• Zeebo
• Vii
• Hasbro Designer's World
• Sifteo Cubes

Educational consoles

• V.Flash
• PlayPower
• Hasbro Net Jet
• Hasbro MyQ

Open consoles

• UzeBox
• EVO Smart Console
• HYDRA Game Development Kit
• HARDKERNEL ODROID
• Mignon
• Mignonette

Major handheld consoles

• Nintendo DS
• PlayStation Portable

Minor handheld consoles

• Gizmondo
• Coleco Sonic
• Pocket Dream Console
• Mi2
• DIFRNCE MGC01
• Swinxs
• JXD 1000
• Gemei X760+
• Retro Duo
• Tuttuki Bako

Educational handhelds

• Leapster Explorer
• LeapFrog Didj
• Teachermate
• Fly Pentop Computer

Open Platform Handhelds

• Dingoo series
• Open Pandora
• 4D systems PoGa
• Meggy Jr RGB

GP2X Family

• GP2X
• GP2X Wiz
• GP2X Caanoo

Canceled handhelds

• VIA MoMA Eve
• XGP
• GamBros handhelds

Eighth Generation of Video Game Consoles

Major Home Consoles

• Nintendo Wii U
• Nintendo Switch
• PlayStation 4
• Xbox One

Retro revival consoles

• NES Classic Edition & Famicom Classic Edition
• Super NES Classic Edition & Super Famicom Classic Edition
• PlayStation Classic
• TurboGrafx 16 mini
• Sega Genesis Mini
• Super Retro Trio
• PC Classic
• Polymega (RetroBlox)
• Retro Freak
• Retro-Bit Generations
• PasocomMini MZ-80C
• PasocomMini PC-8001
• Sega Zone
• Atari 2600 Plug & Play Joystick
• Ocelot Arcade System
• VILROS Retro Gaming Kit
• My Arcade/dreamGEAR Game Station

Microconsoles

• Nvidia Shield TV
• Ouya
• GameStick
• Mad Catz M.O.J.O.
• Razer Forge TV
• Fuze Tomahawk F1
• ZTE Fun Box
• miniStation
• ST-3200
• TGP Box / Tencent Games Platform Box / The Blade Box
• FlarePlay
• Xtreamer Multi-Console
• GamePop series
• SlimPort Nano Console
• ZRRO
• PlayJam OTT

TV Platforms

A number of multimedia devices were released during this time, many of which included the ability to play video games.

• Amazon Fire TV
• Google Nexus Player
• Apple TV
• Roku
• Exent GameTanium

Minor consoles

• Steam Machines
• LeapTV
• ZX Spectrum Vega
• CT510
• Sony Toio
• Tovertafel
• InnoTV

Art consoles

• Slow Games
• R-Kaid-6
• Cary42
• Analogue CMVS
• Analogue Nt

FPGA consoles

• Analogue Nt mini
• Analogue Super NT
• Analogue Mega Sg

Canceled consoles

• Chameleon
• Huawei Tron
• OUYE
• Asus GameBox
• Unnamed Amazon Game Console

Major handheld consoles

• Nintendo 3DS
• Sony PlayStation Vita

Open handhelds

• Tiny Arcade & Tiny Pocket
• Pokitto
• Arduboy
• Gamebuino
• Adafruit PyGamer
• Game Gadget
• Clockwork GameShell
• Kano Pixel
• Kitronik GameZip 64
• Creoqode 2048
• Creoqode PYXA
• Minty Pi

Retro revival handhelds

• Neo Geo X
• ZX Spectrum Vega+
• Namco Museum Mini Player
• My Arcade Retro Champ

Minor handhelds

• Nvidia Shield Portable
• Sony Xperia Play
• GCW Zero
• JXD S5100
• GPD XD
• GPD Win
• GPD Win 2
• Gemei A330
• Monon Color
• HG-501 and HG-503
• MobiGo
• iXL
• K-Magic
• Yinlips YDPG18
• Wikipad
• Fire Phone
• Technology Will Save Us DIY Gamer Kit

Gaming Tablets

• Razer Edge
• Unu

Canceled handhelds

• Panasonic Jungle
• Razer Switchblade
• nD

Ninth Generation of Video Game Consoles

Major home consoles

• Xbox Series X and Series S
• PlayStation 5

Minor Consoles

• KFConsole
• Moranbong
• Mad Box
• GameBender

PC Based Consoles

• Big O
• Lenovo IdeaCentre 5 17IAB7
• MSI Trident

Retro revival consoles

• Intellivision Amico
• Atari branded consoles
  • Atari VCS
  • Atari 2600+
  • Atari GameStation Pro
• Mega Drive Mini 2
• Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro
• Roshambo Retro Gaming Kit
• RetroN Sq
• Evercade VS
• Amiga A500 Mini
• C64 Mini
• Zuiki X68000 Z
• Hyperkin Retron Ult
• Warrior 64
• Anbernic PAP II

DIY or Open Game Consoles

Consoles that were marketed as having end users assemble or develop for them. Note that most of these overlap with the retro revival consoles above.

• Bootleg
• Open Game Station
• Pimoroni DV Stick
• PiCade
• weeCee

FPGA based platforms

• MiSTer
• Analogue Duo
• Analogue 3D
• Tassei Denki Saturn
• MARS FPGA

Home Arcade Systems

• Capcom Home Arcade
• Neo Geo Mini
• Sega Astro City Mini
• Sega Astro City Mini V
• Taito Egret Mini II

Unreleased

• Spartan
• Polium One
• Unnamed SNK Console

Cancelled Consoles

• Subor Z+

Handheld Consoles

Major Handhelds

• Valve Steam Deck
• PlayStation Portal

Indie or Open handhelds

• Playdate
• DragonBox Pyra
• Pimoroni PicoSystem
• 32Blit
• ESPboy
• CircuitMess devices
• Tiny Circuits Thumby

Retro revivals handhelds

• Nintendo Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.
• Nintendo Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda
• Sega Game Gear Micro
• Evercade Family
  • Evercade
  • Evercade EXP
  • Super Pocket
• FunKey S
• GameForce CHI
• BittBoy
• TinyTan BTS Tamagotchi
• TinyPi
• Asterisk
• PocketStar

Emulator Oriented

• ODROID-GO Series
• TRDR Pocket
• PiBoy series PiBoy DMG and PiBoy SRX
• Miyoo Mini
• Creoqode LYRA
• Retroid Pocket Line
  • Retroid Pocket 2
  • Retroid Pocket 2+
  • Retroid Pocket 3
  • Retroid Pocket 3+
  • Retroid Pocket Flip
• M17
• Anbernic line
  • Anbernic RG351
  • Anbernic RG ARC
• My Arcade Family
  • My Arcade Nano Player
  • My Arcade Micro Player
  • My Arcade Pixel Classic
  • My Arcade Pocket Player

FPGA Oriented

• Analogue Pocket

High Performance Mobile Gaming

• Logitech G CLOUD gaming handheld
• Lenovo Legion Play
• AYN Odin
• G3x
• SMATCH Z
• OneXPlayer
• Asus ROG Ally
• Lenovo Legion Go
• AOKZOE A1 Pro
• Tassei Denki Project Nadeshiko
• Tassei Denki Project RadaR
• GPD Line
  • GPD Win Max
  • GPD Win 3
  • GPD XP
  • GPD Win 4
• Aya Neo line
  • Aya Neo
  • AYA Neo 2021 Pro
  • AYANEO 2
  • AYANEO Geek
  • AYANEO Air 1S
  • AYANEO Air 2S
  • AYANEO Kun
  • AYANEO Slide
  • AYANEO Flip
  • AYANEO Next II

Other Handhelds

• Kitronik Arcade
• microByte
• Circuit Gem
• Gem Boy Zero

Educational Handhelds

• Kittenbot MeowBit
• Elecrow Crowbits

Unreleased Handhelds

• Alienware Concept UFO
• LaVie Mini

Enhanced traditional formfactors

• WOWCube
• Gameboard
• SquareOne

Unconventional Formfactors

• Bud Light BL6
• LaserCube
• Tamagotchi Smart
• InWin 309 Gaming Edition
• Light Pong
• Play! Remote
• Tovertafel 2
• Picoo
• Amazon Glow
• Playpulse One

Computer Chapters

1970's computers

• Apple II
• Atari 8 bit family
• VideoBrain Family Computer

1980's computers

• IBM Personal Computer
• Commodore 64
• Commodore Amiga
• BBC Micro
• Acorn Electron
• Acorn Archimedes
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum
• Amstrad CPC
• MSX computers
• Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
• Fujitsu FM Towns
• NEC PC-8800 series (PC-88)
• Sharp X68000
• Sharp X1
• Jupiter Ace
• Mattel Aquarius
• Tomy Tutor
• Coleco Adam
• Spectravideo
• Galaksija

1990's computers

• Windows 95 & 98
• Classic Mac

Other Formfactors

Virtual Reality

• Virtual Boy
• Hasbro Toaster VR
• VFX1
• Oculus Rift
• SteamVR headsets
• PlayStation VR

Wearables

• Apple Watch
• Fitbit

Automobiles

• Tesla Arcade
• IndiEV Indi One

Cloud Chapters

• AirConsole
• Xbox Game Pass cloud gaming
• Google Stadia
• Sony PlayStation Now
• Gaikai
• OnLive
• Amazon Luna
• Nvidia GeForce Now
• Shinra Technologies
• Dive In
• Tizen cloud gaming
• Utomik
• YouTube Playables

External Resources

• Google Arts and Culture - Online exhibit on early home gaming.