List of home video game consoles - wikipedia List of home video game consoles Part of a series on the History of video games General Early history of video games Early mainframe games Golden age of arcade video games Video game crash of 1983 Consoles 1st generation ( 1972 -- 1980 ) 2nd generation ( 1976 -- 1992 ) 3rd generation ( 1983 -- 2003 ) 4th generation ( 1987 -- 2004 ) 5th generation ( 1993 -- 2005 ) 6th generation ( 1998 -- 2013 ) 7th generation ( 2005 -- 2017 ) 8th generation ( 2012 -- ) Genres History of Eastern role - playing video games History of Western role - playing video games History of online games History of massively multiplayer online games Lists List of video games in development Timeline of arcade video game history This is a list of home video game consoles in chronological order, which includes the very first home video game consoles ever created, such as first generation Pong consoles, from the first ever cartridge console Odyssey, ranging from the major video game companies such as Magnavox, Atari, Nintendo, Sega, NEC, 3DO, SNK, Sony, Microsoft to secondary market consoles. The list is divided into eras which are named based on the dominant console type of the era, though not all consoles of those eras are of the same type. Some eras are referred to based on how many bits a major console could process. The `` 128 - bit era '' ( sixth generation ) was the final era in which this practice was widespread. This list does not include other types of video game consoles such as handheld game consoles, which are usually of lower computational power than home consoles due to their smaller size, microconsoles, which are usually low - cost Android - based devices that rely on downloading, or dedicated consoles which have games built in and do not use any form of physical media. Consoles have been redesigned from time to time to improve their market appeal. Redesigned models are not listed on their own. Contents 1 List of release date in order 1.1 First generation ( 1972 -- 1980 ) 1.2 Second generation ( 1976 -- 1992 ) 1.3 Third generation ( 1983 -- 2003 ) 1.4 Fourth generation ( 1987 -- 2004 ) 1.5 Fifth generation ( 1993 -- 2005 ) 1.6 Sixth generation ( 1998 -- 2013 ) 1.7 Seventh generation ( 2005 -- 2017 ) 1.8 Eighth generation ( 2012 -- present ) 2 See also 3 References List of Release date in order First generation ( 1972 -- 1980 ) Main article : History of video game consoles ( first generation ) Magnavox Odyssey, released in 1972, was the first home video game console. Ping - O - Tronic ( 1974 ) Fairchild Channel F ( 1976 ) Color TV - Game ( 1977 ) Name Release date Manufacturer Magnavox Odyssey September 1972 Magnavox Ping - O - Tronic Zanussi Atari PONG Atari PC - 50X Family General Instrument Tele - Spiel Philips Video 2000 Interton Fairchild Channel F 1976 Fairchild Coleco Telstar Arcade 1977 Coleco Color TV - Game 1977 Nintendo Consoles of the early 1970s, such as the Pong consoles and the Magnavox Odyssey, were often inaccurately called `` analog '', but were actually discrete logic circuits. Second generation ( 1976 -- 1992 ) Main article : History of video game consoles ( second generation ) Fairchild Channel F II ( 1979 ) RCA Studio II ( 1977 ) Atari 2600 ( 1977 ) Bally Astrocade ( 1977 ) VC 4000 ( 1978 ) Magnavox Odyssey 2 ( 1978 ) Intellivision ( 1980 ) VTech CreatiVision ( 1981 ) Epoch Cassette Vision ( 1981 ) Arcadia 2001 ( 1982 ) Atari 5200 ( 1982 ) ColecoVision ( 1982 ) Vectrex ( 1982 ) Name Release date Manufacturer APF - MP1000 1978 APF RCA Studio II 1977 RCA Atari 2600 September 11, 1977 Atari Inc. Bally Astrocade 1977 Midway VC 4000 1978 Interton Magnavox Odyssey2 1978 Magnavox / Philips Channel F II 1979 Fairchild APF Imagination Machine 1979 APF Bandai Super Vision 8000 1979 Bandai Intellivision 1980 Mattel PlayCable 1981 Mattel VTech CreatiVision 1981 VTech Epoch Cassette Vision 1981 Epoch Arcadia 2001 / Leisure Vision 1982 Emerson Radio Atari 5200 November 1982 Atari Inc. ColecoVision 1982 Coleco Entex Adventure Vision 1982 Entex Vectrex 1982 GCE / Milton Bradley Company Third generation ( 1983 -- 2003 ) Main article : History of video game consoles ( third generation ) Nintendo Entertainment System ( 1983 ) Sega Master System ( 1985 ) Atari 7800 ( 1984 ) Super Cassette Vision ( 1984 ) PV - 1000 ( 1983 ) Action Max ( 1987 ) Name Release date Manufacturer Units sold CPU PV - 1000 Casio Z80A clocked at 3.579 MHz Videopac G7400 Philips Commodore 64 Games System 1990 Commodore Amstrad GX4000 1990 Amstrad 15,000 Zilog Z80 @ 4 MHz Atari 7800 May 1986 Atari Corporation 8 million Atari SALLY 6502 ( `` 6502C '' ) clocked at 1.19 - 1.79 MHz, Atari XEGS Atari Corporation 2 million MOS Technology 6502C Sega SG - 1000 July 15, 1983 Sega 2 million Zilog Z80 @ 3.58 MHz Sega Master System October 20, 1985 Sega, Tec Toy 13 million Zilog Z80 @ 4 MHz NES / Family Computer ( Famicom ) July 15, 1983 Nintendo 61.91 million Ricoh 2A03 8 - bit processor ( MOS Technology 6502 core ) Family Computer Disk System 1986 Nintendo 4.44 million Ricoh 2A03 8 - bit processor ( MOS Technology 6502 core ) My Vision Nichibutsu Super Cassette Vision 1984 Epoch Zemmix 1985 Daewoo Electronics Bridge Companion 1985 BBC / Heber See also : Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clone Fourth generation ( 1987 -- 2004 ) Main article : History of video game consoles ( fourth generation ) TurboGrafx - 16 ( 1987 ) Sega Genesis ( 1988 ) Neo-Geo ( 1990 ) Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( 1990 ) Turbo Duo ( 1991 ) CD - i ( 1991 ) Sega 32X ( 1994 ) Name Release date Manufacturer Units sold CPU PC Engine / TurboGrafx - 16 NEC 10 million Hudson Soft HuC6280 PC Engine2 / SuperGrafx NEC Hudson Soft HuC6280 Sega Genesis / Mega Drive October 29, 1988 Sega 30.75 million Motorola 68000 @ 7.6 MHz Zilog Z80 @ 3.58 MHz Sega CD / Mega CD 1992 ( North America ) Sega 2.24 million Motorola 68000 @ 12.5 MHz Sega 32X 1994 Sega 665,000 2 × SH - 2 32 - bit RISC @ 23 MHz Konix Multisystem Cancelled Konix N / A Neo-Geo April 26, 1990 SNK > 750,000 Motorola 68000 @ 12 MHz, Zilog Z80A @ 4 MHz Super NES / Super Famicom November 21, 1990 Nintendo 49.10 million Ricoh 5A22 @ 3.58 MHz SNES - CD Cancelled Nintendo N / A Satellaview 1993 Nintendo Atari Panther Cancelled Atari Corporation N / A Commodore CDTV March, 1991 Commodore Motorola 68000 @ 7 MHz Turbo Duo / PC Engine Duo September 21, 1991 NEC > 500,000 Hudson Soft HuC6280 CD - i December 3, 1991 Philips > 1.5 million Philips SCC68070 @ 15.5 MHz Memorex VIS Memorex / Tandy Corp < 15,000 Sega Pico 1994 Sega / Majesco Entertainment Super A'Can 1995 Funtech Fifth generation ( 1993 -- 2005 ) Main article : History of video game consoles ( fifth generation ) Pioneer LaserActive ( 1993 ) FM Towns Marty ( 1993 ) Atari Jaguar ( 1993 ) Neo-Geo CD ( 1994 ) PlayStation ( 1994 ) Sega Saturn ( 1994 ) 3DO Interactive Multiplayer ( 1993 ) Nintendo 64 ( 1996 ) Amiga CD32 ( 1993 ) PC - FX ( 1994 ) Apple Bandai Pippin ( 1995 ) Name Release date Manufacturer Units sold CPU Pioneer LaserActive 1993 Pioneer Corporation FM Towns Marty 1993 Fujitsu AMD 386SX at 16 MHz Apple Bandai Pippin 1995 Bandai / Apple Inc. 42,000 PowerPC 603 RISC ( 66 MHz ) PC - FX 1994 NEC > 400,000 NEC V810 Neo-Geo CD 1994 SNK Atari Jaguar November 23, 1993 Atari Corporation < 1 million Atari Jaguar CD 1995 Atari Corporation PlayStation December 3, 1994 Sony 102.49 million R3000 @ 33.8688 MHz Sega Saturn November 22, 1994 Sega 9.26 million 2 × Hitachi SH - 2 @ 28.6 MHz 3DO Interactive Multiplayer 1993 Panasonic / Sanyo / GoldStar 2 million 32 - bit RISC CPU ARM60 based on ARM architecture @ 12.5 MHz Amiga CD32 1993 Commodore > 100,000 Motorola 68EC020 @ 14.18 MHz ( PAL ) 14.32 MHz ( NTSC ) Casio Loopy 1995 Casio 32 - bit RISC SH - 1 ( SH7021 ) Playdia 1994 Bandai CPS Changer 1994 Capcom Motorola 68000 ( @ 10 MHz ) Nintendo 64 June 23, 1996 Nintendo 32.93 million 64 - bit NEC VR4300 @ 93.75 MHz Nintendo 64DD 1999 Nintendo Sixth generation ( 1998 -- 2013 ) Main article : History of video game consoles ( sixth generation ) Dreamcast ( 1998 in Japan, 1999 in other areas ) PlayStation 2 ( 2000 ) GameCube ( 2001 ) Xbox ( 2001 ) Name Release date Manufacturer Units sold CPU Dreamcast 1998 Sega 9.13 million Hitachi SH - 4 32 - bit RISC clocked at 200 MHz Nuon 2000 VM Labs > 25 thousand PlayStation 2 2000 Sony 155 million Emotion Engine clocked at 294.912 MHz ( launch ), 299 MHz ( newer models ), with 128 - bit SIMD capabilities L600 Cancelled Indrema N / A GameCube 2001 Nintendo 21.74 million IBM PowerPC Gekko @ 486 MHz iQue Player 2003 Nintendo > 0.1 million R - 4300 64Bit CPU, 93.75 MHz Panasonic M2 Cancelled Panasonic N / A Xbox 2001 Microsoft 24 million Custom 733 MHz Intel Pentium III `` Coppermine - based '' processor Seventh generation ( 2005 -- 2017 ) Main article : History of video game consoles ( seventh generation ) Xbox 360 ( 2005 ) PlayStation 3 ( 2006 ) Wii ( 2006 ) Name Release date Manufacturer Units sold CPU Phantom Cancelled Phantom N / A Game Wave 2005 ZAPiT 70 thousand ( as of 2008 ) Xbox 360 2005 Microsoft 83.7 million ( as of March 31, 2014 ) 3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon HyperScan 2006 Mattel Wii 2006 Nintendo 101.63 million ( as of December 31, 2016 ) IBM PowerPC `` Broadway '' PlayStation 3 2006 Sony 80 million 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine with 1 PPE & 7 SPEs Eighth generation ( 2012 -- present ) Main article : History of video game consoles ( eighth generation ) Wii U ( 2012 ) PlayStation 4 ( 2013 ) Xbox One ( 2013 ) Name Release date Manufacturer Units sold CPU Wii U 2012 Nintendo 13.56 million ( as of December 31, 2016 ) 1.24 GHz Tri-Core IBM PowerPC `` Espresso '' PlayStation 4 2013 Sony 50 million ( as of December 6, 2016 ) Semi-custom 8 - core AMD x86 - 64 Jaguar 1.6 GHz CPU ( integrated into APU ) Xbox One 2013 Microsoft > 10 million ( as of December 31, 2013 ) Custom 1.75 GHz AMD 8 - core APU ( 2 quad - core Jaguar modules ) The Nintendo Switch ( code name NX ) was released during this period, on March 3, 2017, but has been referred to as a hybrid video game console combining features of home and handheld systems. 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Home video game consoles Atari Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 7800 Atari XEGS Atari Jaguar Ataribox Bandai Super Vision 8000 Arcadia RX - 78 Playdia Apple Bandai Pippin Casio PV - 1000 Casio Loopy Commodore Commodore 64 Games System Commodore CDTV Amiga CD32 Mattel Intellivision HyperScan Microsoft Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One NEC TurboGrafx - 16 PC - FX Nintendo NES SNES N64 GameCube Wii Wii U Switch Philips Magnavox Odyssey Odyssey2 Videopac + G7400 Philips CD - i Sega SG - 1000 Master System Sega Genesis Sega Saturn Dreamcast SNK Neo Geo Neo Geo CD Sony PlayStation PlayStation 2 PSX PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 VTech VTech CreatiVision Socrates V. Smile V. Flash Others 1970s APF - MP1000 Bally Astrocade Fairchild Channel F RCA Studio II Interton VC 4000 / 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System 1980s Action Max Arcadia 2001 ColecoVision Epoch Cassette Vision Super Cassette Vision RDI Halcyon Vectrex 1990s 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Amstrad GX4000 CPS Changer FM Towns Marty LaserActive Super A'Can 2000s DISCover EVO Smart Console Game Wave Nuon XaviXPORT Zeebo List Video game consoles Types Home video game console list Handheld game console list Microconsole list Dedicated console list Generations First ( 1972 -- 80 ) Second ( 1976 -- 92 ) Third ( 1983 -- 2003 ) Fourth ( 1987 -- 2004 ) Fifth ( 1993 -- 2005 ) Sixth ( 1998 -- 2013 ) Seventh ( 2005 -- 17 ) Eighth ( 2012 -- ) Emulator Game History List Manufacturer Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_home_video_game_consoles&oldid=815762433 '' Categories : Lists of video game consoles Home video game consoles Technology - related lists Hidden categories : Wikipedia semi-protected pages Use mdy dates from November 2016 All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2009 Articles containing potentially dated statements from December 2013 All articles containing potentially dated statements Talk View source Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Dansk Deutsch Español Esperanto فارسی Français 한국어 Íslenska Italiano Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Română Svenska Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 16 December 2017, at 23 : 48. 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Question: when was the first video game console ever made
Answer: 1972