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.

Video game consoles
Atari
NameLifespanHome Pong1975–unknownAtari 26001977–1992Atari Game BrainCancelled, was expected to come out in 1978Atari CosmosCancelled, was expected to come out in 1981Atari 52001982–1984Atari 78001984–1992Atari XEGS1984–1992Atari Lynx1989–1995Atari Jaguar1993–1996
Bandai
NameLifespanPlaydia1994–1996WonderSwan1999–2003WonderSwan2000–2003
Coleco
NameLifespanColeco Telstar series1976–1978ColecoVision1982–1985
Commodore
NameLifespanCommodore TV Game 2000K and Commodore TV Game 3000H1975–unknownCommodore 64 Games System1990–1990CDTV1991–1993Amiga CD321993–1994
GamePark
NameLifespanGP322001–2005GP2X2005–2008XGPCancelled, was announced in 2005, then was announced again in 2006GP2X Wiz2009–unknownCaanoo2010–2011
Magnavox
NameLifespanOdyssey1972–1975Odyssey²1978–1984
Mattel
NameLifespanIntellivision1979–90 (the Intellivision was instead made by INTV Corporation from 1984 to 1990)HyperScan2006–2007
Microsoft
NameLifespanXbox2001–2009Xbox 3602005–2017Xbox One2013–2017Xbox Series X2020–present

NEC
NameLifespanTurboGrafx-16/PC Engine/TurboGrafx1987-1994SuperGrafx1989-unknownPC-FX1994-1998
Nintendo
NameLifespanColor TV-Game series1977-1980Game & Watch1980–1991Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom1983–2003Game Boy1989–2003Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom1990–2003Virtual Boy1995–1996Nintendo 641996–2003Game Boy Color1998–2003Game Boy Advance2001–2010Pokémon Mini2001–2002Nintendo GameCube2001–2017Nintendo DS2004–2014Wii2006–2017Nintendo 3DS2011–presentWii U2012–2017Nintendo Switch2017–presentNintendo Switch 22025– 
present
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Sega
NameLifespanMaster System/Sega Mark III1985–presentMega Drive/Sega Genesis1988–presentGame Gear1990–2000Sega Saturn1994–2000Sega Dreamcast1999–2017
SNK
NameLifespanNeo Geo AES1990–2004Neo Geo CD1994–1997Neo Geo Pocket1998–1999Neo Geo Pocket Color1999–2001
Sony
NameLifespanPlayStation1994–2006PlayStation 22000–2017PlayStation Portable2004–2014PlayStation 32006–2017PlayStation Vita2011–2019PlayStation 42013–2017PlayStation 52020–present

The 3DO Company
NameLifespan3DO Interactive Multiplayer1993–1996Panasonic M2Cancelled, was cancelled in 1997
VTech
NameLifespanVTech handheld electronic games19??–1991 (earliest known release is Soccer 2 in 1979)CreatiVision1982–1986VTech Socrates1988–early 1990s (exact year unknown)V.Smile2004–2010V.Flash/V.Smile Pro2006–unknownV.Smile Baby Infant Development System2006–unknownMobiGo2010–unknownInnoTV2015-unknown
Other consoles
NameLifespanBSS 01Not clear; 1980–1984 or 1981–1984Channel F1976–1983RCA Studio II1977–1978APF-MP10001978–1981Arcadia 20011982–1984Konix MultisystemCancelled, was expected to come out in 1990GX40001990–1991CD-i1990–1998Taito WoWoWCancelled, was expected to come out in 1992LaserActive1993–19963DO1993–1996Apple Pippin1996–1997N-Gage2003–2005Tapwave Zodiac2003–2005ApeXtremeCancelled, was expected to come out in 2004XaviXPORT2004–2017Gizmondo2005–2006Game Wave Family Entertainment System2005–2009PhantomCancelled, was expected to come out in 2003, then was delayed to November 2004, January 2005, March 2005 and September 2005EVO Smart Console2006–2010Intellivision AmicoWas expected to come out in 2020, delayed to April 2021OUYA2013-2015
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