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Atari 2600 (VCS)
It was the first successful video game console to have plug-in cartridges instead of having one or more games built in. -
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Nintendo NES
Nintendo made plans to produce its own console hardware that had removable cartridges, a feature not included with the company's earlier Colour TV Games product. -
Sega Genesis
It was 1989. Nintendo's NES had reigned supreme in the video game market for nearly five years, and it was time for a new system to take over the throne. -
Sony PlayStation
Nintendo asked Sony to develop a CD-ROM add-on called "PlayStation" for the SNES. Because Sony wanted 25% of all profits Nintendo earned from sales of this PlayStation and all PlayStation games, after Sony revealed that they were developing it, Nintendo instead went to Philips. -
Sony PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 had a difficult start. Only a few million users had obtained consoles by the end of 2000 due to manufacturing delays. -
Nintendo Game Cube
Unveiled during Space world 2000, the Nintendo Game Cube was widely anticipated by many who were shocked by Nintendo’s decision to design the Nintendo 64 as a cartridge-based system. -
Microsoft X-Box
The Microsoft Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console first released on November 15, 2001 in North America, then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and later on March 14, 2002 in Europe. -
Microsoft X-Box 360
The Xbox 360 is Microsoft’s newest video game console, the successor to their original Xbox. It was released on November 22, 2005 in North America, December 2 in Europe, and December 10 in -
Sony PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 was released in North America on November 17, 2006. During its first week of release in the United States, PlayStation 3s were being sold on eBay for more than $2300 USD. Reports of violence surrounding the release of the PS3 include a customer shot, campers robbed at gunpoint, customers shot in a drive-by shooting with BB guns, and 60 campers fighting over 10 systems. -
Nintendo Wii
The console was known by the codename of "Revolution" until April 27, 2006, when it was renamed Wii, spelled with two "i"s to imply an image of players gathering together, as well as to represent the console's controllers.