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2. List of best-selling game consoles - Wikipedia

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   List of best-selling game consoles. Sony's PlayStation 2 is the best-selling game system overall with over 155 million units worldwide. [ 1] A video game console is a standardized computing device tailored for video gaming. The compact size of video game consoles allows them to be easily used in a variety of locations, making them portable. [ 2]

3. 1980s in video games - Wikipedia

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   The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the mid-1980s and became the best-selling gaming console of its time. Starting in 1983 the third generation began with the Japanese release of the Family Computer (or "Famicom"; later known as the Nintendo Entertainment System in the rest of the world) by Nintendo. Although the previous ...

4. List of video games considered the best - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of video games that multiple video game journalists or magazines have considered to be among the best of all time. The games listed here are included on at least six separate "best/greatest of all time" lists from different publications (inclusive of all time periods, platforms, and genres), as chosen by their editorial staffs.

5. Third generation of video game consoles - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. In the history of video games, the third generation of video game consoles, commonly referred to as the 8-bit era, began on July 15, 1983, with the Japanese release of two systems: Nintendo 's Family Computer (commonly abbreviated to Famicom) and Sega 's SG-1000. [ 1][ 2] When the Famicom was released outside of Japan, it was remodeled ...

6. History of video game consoles - Wikipedia

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   The history of video game consoles, both home and handheld, began in the 1970s. The first console that played games on a television set was the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey, first conceived by Ralph H. Baer in 1966. Handheld consoles originated from electro-mechanical games that used mechanical controls and light-emitting diodes (LED) as visual ...

7. Lists of video game consoles - Wikipedia

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   The list of video game consoles is split into the following articles: List of dedicated video game consoles. List of handheld game consoles. List of home video game consoles. List of video game consoles by generation. List of first generation home video game consoles. List of microconsoles. List of video game console emulators.

8. List of first generation home video game consoles - Wikipedia

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   The first generation of video game consoles lasted from 1972 to 1983. The first console of this generation was the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey. [1] The last new console release of the generation was most likely the Compu-Vision 440 by radio manufacturer Bentley in 1983, [2] though other systems were also released in that year.

9. First generation of video game consoles - Wikipedia

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   In the history of video games, the first generation era refers to the video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available from 1972 to 1983. Notable consoles of the first generation include the Odyssey series (excluding the Magnavox Odyssey 2 ), the Atari Home Pong, [ 1] the Coleco Telstar series and the Color TV-Game ...