Video game console

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.

### 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|

### 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|
|Nintendo Switch 2|2025– present|
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### 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|