The Game Console

Evan Amos is a passionate video game fan and photographer. His work has been featured in Game Informer, Kotaku, Wired, Retro Gamer, and other popular media outlets.

Introduction

Part 0: The Birth of Gaming

Part 1:  1st Generation: The beginning of electronic gaming: College mainframes, video arcades, and TV gaming
        1972 - Magnavox Odyssey*
        1975 - Pong Consoles
Part 2: 2nd Generation: The video game crash
        1976 - Fairchild Channel F
        1977 - RCA Studio II
        1977 - Coleco Telstar Arcade
        1977 - Atari 2600*
        1978 - Bally Professional Arcade
        1978 - APF MP1000
        1978 - Interton VC 4000
        1979 - Milton Bradley Microvision
        1978 - Magnavox Odyssey 2
        1979 - Mattel Intellivision*
        1979 - Atari 800
        1980 - Nintendo Game & Watch
        1981 - VTech Creativision
        1981 - Epoch Cassette Vision
        1982 - ColecoVision*
        1982 - Atari 5200
        1982 - Entex Adventure Vision
        1982 - Emerson Arcadia 2001
        1982 - Vectrex
        1982 - Commodore 64
Part 3: 3rd Generation: The rebirth of video games and the rise of Japan
        1983 - Sega SG-1000
        1983 - Sega Master System
        1983 - Nintendo Famicom/NES
        1983 - Casio PV-1000
        1984 - Epoch Super Cassette Vision
        1984 - Epoch Game Pocket Comp
        1985 - RDI Halcyon
        1986 - Atari 7800
        1987 - Action Max
        1988-VTech Socrates
Part 4: 4th Generation: The console wars
        1987 - NEC PC Engine*/1989 - NEC TurboGrafx-16*
        1987 - Atari XE Games System
        1989 - ViewMaster Interactive Vision
        1988 - Sega Mega Drive*/1989 - Sega Genesis*
        1989 - Nintendo Game Boy
        1989 - Atari Lynx
        1990 - SNK Neo Geo AES/CD
        1990 - Super Famicom/SNES
        1990 - Sega Game Gear
        1990 - Amstrad GX4000
        1992 - Watara Supervision
        1991 - Philips CDi
        1993 - Pioneer LaserActive
        1995 - Super A'can
Part 5: 5th Generation: The CD-ROM and 3D gaming
        1993 - 3DO*
        1993 - Atari Jaguar*
        1993 - FM Towns Marty
        1993 - Commodore Amiga CD32
        1994 - Sega Saturn*
        1994 - Sony PlayStation*
        1994 - Bandai Playdia
        1994 - NEC PC-FX
        1995 - Tiger R-Zone
        1995 - Casio Loopy
        1995 - NIntendo Virtual Boy
        1996 - Nintendo 64*
        1996 - Bandai Atmark/Pippin
        1997 - Tiger Game.com
        1998 - Neo Geo Pocket / 1999 - Neo Geo Pocket Color
        1998 - Wonderswan
        1998 - Game Boy Color
Part 6: 6th Generation: Gaming takes over the mainstream, the beginnings of net play
        1998 - Sega Dreamcast*
        2000 - Sony PlayStation 2*
        2001 - Nintendo Game Boy Advance
        2001 - Nintendo GameCube*
        2001 - Microsoft Xbox*
        2003 - Nokia N-Gage
        1999 - Nuon
        2003 - Tapwave Zodiac
        2004 - XaviX Port
        2004 - Vtech V.smile
Part 7: 7th Generation: HD gaming, motion control, and the casual gamer
        2004 - Nintendo DS*
        2004 - Sony PSP*
        2005 - Vtech V.Flash
        2005 - Game Wave
        2005 - Xbox 360*
        2005 - Tiger Gizmondo
        2006 - Mattel HyperScan
        2006 - Sony PlayStation 3*
        2006 - Nintendo Wii*
Part 8: 8th Generation - The uncertain future
        2011 - Nintendo 3DS*
        2011 - Sony PS Vita
        2012 - Nintendo Wii U*
        2011 - Amazon Fire TV
        2013 - Ouya
        2013 - Sony PlayStation 4*
        2013 - Xbox One*
        2013 - GameStick
        2013 - NVDIA Shield
        2015 - Steam Controller and Steam Link
        2014 - Google Nexus Player