Timeline of video game console releases
A timeline of video game console releases. See also History of video games.
Date | Console | Date production was discontinued |
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1972 Autumn |
Magnavox releases the Odyssey. | Autumn of 1975 |
1975 | Magnavox releases the Odyssey 100. | |
1975 | Magnavox releases the Odyssey 200, an improved version of the Odyssey 100 and the first home video game console to allow for up to four players at a time. | |
1975 | Universal Research Labs releases the Video Action. | |
1975 Autumn |
Executive Games releases Electronic Television Tennis. | |
1975 | Sears Sells the first Atari Pong systems under the label Tele-Games. This marks the beginning of a partnership lasting several years between Sears and Atari, during which Sears sold games under various labels which were designed by Atari. | |
1976 | Atari releases the Atari Pong. | |
1976 Summer |
Coleco releases the Telstar. | |
1976 August |
Fairchild Semiconductor releases the Channel F | 1978 |
1976 | Magnavox releases the Odyssey 300. | 1977 |
1976 | Atari releases Atari Pong Doubles and Atari Super Pong | |
1976 | Universal Research Labs releases the Video Action III [note: this followed the Video Action. Universal Research Labs never made a Video Action II] | |
1976 | Entex releases the Gameroom Tele-Pong. | |
1976 | GHP releases the Wonder Wizard, an Odyssey 300 clone. | |
1976 | Atari releases the Super Pong Ten. | |
1977 January |
RCA releases the Studio II. | |
1977 | Coleco releases the Telstar Arcade. | |
1977 July |
Atari releases the VCS later called the 2600 | 1991 |
1977 | Nintendo releases the Color TV Game series | |
1977 | Coleco releases Combat! a tank-themed console. | |
1977 | Atari releases the Super Pong Pro-Am, Super Pong Pro-Am Ten, Ultra Pong, Ultra Pong Doubles, and Stunt Cycle. | |
1977 September |
Bally releases the Bally Professional Arcade, later renamed the Astrocade. | 1985 |
1977 | Coleco releases the Telstar Alpha, Telstar Colormatic and Telstar Ranger. | |
1978 | Coleco releases the Telstar Gemini, the Telstar Colortron, and the Telstar Marksman. | |
1978 | Magnavox releases the Odyssey². | |
1978 | APF releases the APF-M1000 | |
1979 | Mattel releases the Intellivision. | January 20, 1984 – Resumed in October 1985 under the name System III, and finally discontinued in 1991 |
1979 | Milton Bradley releases the Microvision. | 1981 |
1980 |
Nintendo releases the Game & Watch | |
1982 March |
Emerson releases the Arcadia 2001. | |
1982 June |
Coleco releases the ColecoVision. | 1984 |
1982 June |
Milton Bradley releases the Vectrex. | December 1984 |
1982 Summer |
Atari releases the 5200 SuperSystem. | Spring, 1984 |
1982 | Coleco releases the Gemini (a different console from the Telstar Gemini). | |
1983 | Bentley releases the Compu-vision. | |
1983 | DMS releases the Telesports Mini. | |
1985 October 18 |
Nintendo releases the Nintendo Entertainment System. | 1995 |
1986 June |
Sega releases the Master System. | 1992 |
1986 | Atari releases the Atari 7800, after a limited release in Southern California from June to July, 1984. | January 1, 1992 |
1987 | Worlds of Wonder releases the Action Max. | |
1989 June |
Nintendo releases the Game Boy. | |
1989 August |
Sega releases the Sega Genesis. | 1998 |
1989 | NEC releases the TurboGrafx-16. | |
1989 September |
Atari releases the hand-held Lynx. | |
1990 | SNK releases the Neo Geo. | August, 2004 |
1991 April 26 |
Sega releases the hand-held Sega Game Gear | 1997 April 30 |
1991 August 13 |
Nintendo releases the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. | 1999 |
1991 | Philips releases the CD-i. | 1998 |
1991 |
Sega releases the Sega CD add-on for the Sega Genesis | |
1992 October 10 |
NEC releases the TurboDuo. | 1995 |
1993 |
Pioneer releases the LaserActive | |
1993 November |
Atari releases their last console the Atari Jaguar. | 1996 |
1993 November |
Goldstar releases the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. | 1996 |
1994 March |
Sega releases the Genesis CDX. | |
1994 |
SNK releases the Neo-Geo CD | |
1995 |
Sega releases the 32X add-on for the Sega Genesis | |
1995 May 11 | Sega releases the Saturn. | 1999 |
1995 |
Atari releases the Jaguar CD add-on | |
1995 August 14 |
Nintendo releases the Virtual Boy. | 1996 |
1995 September 9 |
Sony releases the PlayStation. | 2006 |
1995 October |
Sega releases the Nomad. | |
1995 December |
Bandai releases the Pippin @World. | 1996 |
1996 September 29 |
Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64. | 2003 November 30 |
1998 November 18 |
Nintendo releases the Game Boy Color. | 2003 |
1998 |
SNK releases the Neo Geo Pocket | |
1999 |
SNK releases the Neo Geo Pocket Color | |
1999 September 9 |
Sega releases the Dreamcast. | 2001 March 30 |
1999 |
Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64DD add-on | |
2000 October 26 |
Sony releases the PlayStation 2. | 2013 January 4 |
2001 June 21 |
Nintendo releases the Game Boy Advance. | 2008 |
2001 November 15 |
Microsoft releases the Xbox. | 2008 August 12 |
2001 November 18 |
Nintendo releases the Nintendo GameCube. | 2007 August 14 |
2003 March 23 |
Nintendo releases the Game Boy Advance SP. | 2007 |
2004 November 21 |
Nintendo releases the Nintendo DS. | |
2005 March 24 |
Sony releases the PlayStation Portable (PSP). | 2014 |
2005 |
Nintendo releases the Game Boy Micro | |
2005 November 22 |
Microsoft releases the Xbox 360. | 2016 |
2006 June 11 |
Nintendo releases the Nintendo DS Lite. | |
2006 November 17 |
Sony releases the PlayStation 3. | |
2006 November 19 |
Nintendo releases the Wii. | |
2009 April 5 |
Nintendo releases the Nintendo DSi. | |
2009 |
Sony releases the PSP Go | |
2011 March 27 |
Nintendo releases the 3DS. | |
2012 February 22 |
Sony releases the PS Vita. | |
2012 November 18 |
Nintendo releases the Wii U. | |
2012 |
Nintendo releases the Wii Mini | |
2013 |
Nintendo releases the Nintendo 2DS | |
2013 November 15 |
Sony releases the PlayStation 4 | |
2013 November 22 |
Microsoft releases the Xbox One | |
2015 February 13 |
Nintendo releases the New Nintendo 3DS |
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