Video Game Systems

General-purpose home computer systems, and the various systems created for the express purpose of playing electronic games. This includes attachable accessories, such as the Game Genie.

See also How Video Game Specs Work (which includes computer software like DOS, Windows, and UNIX), The History of Video Games for consoles by generation, and the Console Wars, the Computer Wars, and the PC vs. Console Wars for the different battles of each generation.

Virtual Reality systems, both for games and other media, are mirrored in the Virtual Reality Index.

The Platforms page lists platforms more broadly.

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Systems by company:

3DO (Three-Dee-Oh)

• 1993 — 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Acorn Computer

• 1981 — BBC Micro
• 1987 — Acorn Archimedes

Amstrad

• 1984 — Amstrad CPC
• 1990 — GX4000

Apple Computer

• 1977 — Apple ][
• 1984 — Apple Macintosh
• 1996 — Apple Pippin^note A joint project with Bandai

Atari

• 1972 — Pong
• 1977 — Atari 2600
  • 1982 — Starpath Supercharger
• 1979 — Atari 8-Bit Computers
• 1982 — Atari 5200
• 1984 — Atari 7800
• 1985 — Atari ST
• 1987 — Atari XE Games System
• 1989 — Atari Lynx
• 1993 — Atari Jaguar
  • 1995 — Atari Jaguar CD
• 2022 — Atari VCS

Bandai

• 1994 — Playdia
• 1996 — Apple Pippin^note A joint project with Apple
• 1999 — WonderSwan

Casio

• 1983 — Casio PV-1000
• 1995 — Loopy (My Seal Computer)

Coleco

• 1982 — ColecoVision

Commodore

• 1977 — PET
• 1980 — VIC-20
• 1982 — Commodore 64
• 1984 — Commodore Plus/4
• 1985 — Commodore 128
• 1985 — Amiga
• 1993 — Amiga CD32

Elektronika

• 19?? — Elektronika-60
• 1983 — BK-0010
• 1984 — Elektronika IM

Fujitsu

• 1982 — FM-7
• 1989 — FM Towns

Funtech

• 1995 — Super A'Can

General Consumer Electronics

• 1982 — Vectrex^note Also branded as the Milton Bradley Vectrex

HTC

• 2016 — HTC Vive

IBM

• 1981 — IBM Personal Computer
• 1983 — IBM PCjr

Intellivision

• TBA — Intellivision Amico^note The original Intellivision was developed by Mattel and is located in their folder. They sold off the rights in 1984.

Koei

• 1996 — PasoGo

Linux

• 1991 — Linux ^note it used to be very unsuitable for gaming for a long time, but after Wine and Proton get traction, as well as emulators from countless systems supporting it natively, Linux gaming finally became formidable.

LJN Toys

• 1987 — Video Art

Magnavox

• 1972 — Magnavox Odyssey
• 1978 — Odyssey²

Mattel

• 1980 — Intellivision
• 2006 — HyperScan

Microsoft

• 1985 — Microsoft Windows
• 1983 — MSX
• 2001 — Xbox (original)
  • 2004 — Xbox Live
• 2005 — Xbox 360
  • 2010 — Kinect
• 2013 — Xbox One
• 2020 — Xbox Series X|S

NEC

• 1981 — PC-88
• 1982 — PC-98
• 1987 — TurboGrafx-16
  • 1988 — TurboGrafx-CD^note Released only three months after the TG-16 itself in 1989 in North America.
• 1994 — PC-FX

Nintendo

• 1977 — Color TV Game
• 1980 — Game & Watch
• 1983 — Nintendo Entertainment System
• 1989 — Game Boy
  • 1994 — Super Game Boy
• 1990 — Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  • 1995 — Satellaview
• 1995 — Virtual Boy
• 1996 — Nintendo 64
• 1998 — Game Boy Color
• 2001 — Game Boy Advance
  • 2003 — Game Boy Player
• 2001 — Nintendo GameCube
• 2001 — Pokémon mini
• 2004 — Nintendo DS
• 2006 — Wii
• 2011 — Nintendo 3DS
• 2012 — Wii U
• 2017 — Nintendo Switch

Nokia

• 2003 — N-Gage

Oculus VR

• 2012 — Oculus Rift
• 2019 — Oculus Quest

OUYA

• 2013 — OUYA^note The names of the system and its company are identical

Panic

• 2022 — Playdate

Philips

• 1991 — Philips CD-i

Sega

• 1983 — SG-1000 and SC-3000
• 1986 — Sega Master System
• 1988 — Sega Genesis
• 1990 — Game Gear
• 1991 — Sega CD
• 1994 — Sega 32X
• 1994 — Sega Saturn
• 1998 — Dreamcast
• Other Sega Systems

Sharp

• 1982 — Sharp X1
• 1987 — Sharp X68000

Sinclair

• 1981 — ZX81
• 1982 — ZX Spectrum

SNK

• 1990 — Neo Geo AES
  • 1994 — Neo Geo CD^note Which contained identical hardware to the AES (which itself is basically identical to the hardware inside the Neo Geo arcade cabinets), but used CD-ROMs rather than the AES's famous massive carts. This allowed games to be sold for $50 rather than $200-$350, at the expense of loooooooooooooong load times thanks to the 1X drive
• 1998 — Neo Geo Pocket

Sony

• 1994 — PlayStation
• 2000 — PlayStation 2
• 2004 — PlayStation Portable
• 2006 — PlayStation 3
• 2011 — Play Station Vita
• 2013 — PlayStation 4
• 2020 — PlayStation 5

Steepler

• 1992 — Dendy

Tandy

• 1977 — TRS-80
• 1980 — Color Computer
• 1984 — Tandy 1000

Texas Instruments

• 1979 — TI-99/4A

Tiger Electronics

• 19?? — Tiger Handhelds
• 1995 — R-Zone
• 1997 — Game.com

Tiger Telematics

• 2005 — Gizmondo

Tyco

• 1988 — View-Master Interactive Vision

VM Labs

• 2000 — Nuon

Watara

• 1992 — Supervision

Multi-platform devices

• 1990 — Game Genie
• 1996 — GameShark

Digital Distribution

• DLsite (Windows)
• DSiWare (Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS)
• Epic Games Store (Windows, Mac)
• Gamekit
• GOG.com (Windows, Mac)
• Play Station Network (PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Play Station Vita)
• Steam (Windows, Mac, Linux)
• Virtual Console (Wii, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS)
• WiiWare (Wii)
• Xbox Live (Xbox 360, Xbox One, and formerly the original Xbox)

Mobile

• Android
• Evercade
• iOS
• Mobile Phone Game
• Symbian
  • Nokia N-Gage

Emulation

• DOSBox
• MAME
• MESS
• RetroArch^note Not an emulator in itself, but rather a frontend for several different emulators.
• ScummVM^note Not an emulator in the traditional sense, but rather a set of game engine recreations.
• Wine^note Not an emulator in a regular sense, but a compatibility layer made to mimic Windows on Unix/Unix-like systems, hence the previous "Windows Emulator" moniker; Wine now stands for "Wine Is Not An Emulator".

Miscellaneous

• Arcade Game
• Aladdin Deck Enhancer
• Cloud Gaming
  • Apple Arcade
  • Google Stadia
• Mainframes and Minicomputers
• Plug 'n' Play Game
• SNES CD-ROM (listed here because it was intended as a joint project by Nintendo and Sony)
• Web Games
• XBⱯND, an early attempt at remote multiplayer gaming

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