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List of home video game console generations

Sunday, July 7, 2024

This post is a list of home video game console generations with the primary consoles and release dates. There are 9 generations listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

    First

• Odyssey (1972)
• Atari Pong (1975)
• Coleco Telstar series (1976)

    Second

• Channel F (1976)
• Atari 2600 (1977)
• Odyssey 2 (1978)
• Intellivision (1979)
• Coleco Vision (1982)

    Third

• Nintendo Entertainment System (1983)
• Master System (1985)
• Atari 7800 (1986)

    Fourth

• TurboGrafx-16 (1987)
• Genesis (1988)
• Neo Geo (1990)
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1990)

    Fifth

• 3DO (1993)
• Jaguar (1993)
• PlayStation (1994)
• Saturn (1994)
• Nintendo 64 (1996)

    Sixth

• Dreamcast (1998)
• PlayStation 2 (2000)
• GameCube (2001)
• Xbox (2001)

    Seventh

• Xbox 360 (2005)
• PlayStation 3 (2006)
• Wii (2006)

    Eighth

• Wii U (2012)
• PlayStation 4 (2013)
• Xbox One (2013)
• Nintendo Switch (2017)

    Ninth

• Xbox Series X and Series S (2020)
• PlayStation 5 (2020)