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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.
Released as an add-on for Atari’s ill-fated Jaguar console, the Jaguar CD struggled with reliability issues and a lack of support from developers, resulting in its quick demise.But with only ...
This is a list of microconsoles from the first created to the present, in chronological order. This list may not be complete yet. The microconsole market started in the seventh generation era of video game consoles, and this market has quickly grown [1] during the eighth generation era of gaming consoles.
This is a list of video games produced for the Vectrex, a vector graphics-based video game console. There were 28 games officially released for the console (includes built-in game) in the US. [1] This list also includes official unreleased games from GCE, as well as homebrew titles released from 1996 to the present (games, music, demos, utility ...
The eighth generation of video game consoles began in 2012, and consists of four home video game consoles: the Wii U released in 2012, the PlayStation 4 family in 2013, the Xbox One family in 2013, and the Nintendo Switch family in 2017. The generation offered few signature hardware innovations.
The Vectrex, in contrast to other video game systems at the time, did not need to be hooked up to a television set; it had an integrated (vertically oriented) monochrome CRT monitor. A detachable wired control pad could be folded into the lower base of the console. Games came with translucent color overlays to place over the screen.
The XGameStation was originally conceived of as a handheld system called the nanoGear [3] based around the 68HC12 microprocessor, a modern derivative of the 6809.The system would also contain modern derivatives of the 6502 and Z-80 microprocessors, for retro coders and hackers, and to make emulation of classic computer and video game systems easier.