An index for the various generations of video games, telling the development of the medium and indexing games in each generation.
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* TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames (first and second generations, 1972-1984 [[note]][[LongRunners 1989 for the Atari 2600 and 1990 for the Intellivision]]; The IBM PC is still going strong through Software [=OSs=] like Windows[[/note]])
** TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983
* The8bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames (third generation, 1982-1994 [[note]]1998 outside of America[[/note]])
* The16bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames (fourth generation, 1987-2000)
* {{The Fifth Generation Of Console Video Games}} (1993-2003 [[note]]2006 outside of America[[/note]])
* TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames (1998-2011)
* TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames (2004-)
* TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames (2011-)
* See also ConsoleWars, which only tells of the competition between each console in each generation.
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