Video game console generations

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A video game console generation is a time era in which certain consoles were released. The video game generations are used to classify consoles.

Contents 1 Classification Standards 2 First Generation Consoles 3 Second Generation Consoles 4 Third Generation Consoles 5 Fourth Generation Consoles 6 Fifth Generation Consoles 7 Sixth Generation Consoles 8 Seventh Generation Consoles

[edit] Classification Standards

The following is a list slightly altered from Wikipedia showing each console and the generation it belongs in. The alterations:

• Handhelds are listed in Handheld console generations as they generation lifespan (up to now) seems to extend far beyond the life of a typical console generation.

• Add-on devices like the Sega 32X and Sega CD were also removed, as they were peripherals that extended the life of the system, not a total hardware change.

• Nintendo Virtual Boy is not considered a home console.

• While most consoles are released relatively closed to each other in terms of time frame, systems that straddle between two generations, such as Atari Jaguar will be sorted based on how and when the system was marketed and targeted towards.

• Finally, home computers, despite having a huge market on the industry, are not counted as consoles, so things like the MSX and Commodore 64 will not be seen in the list.

[edit] First Generation Consoles

First-Generation Consoles

Magnavox Odyssey | Pong units | Coleco Telstar series | Color TV Game

[edit] Second Generation Consoles

Second-Generation Consoles

Fairchild Channel F | RCA Studio II | Atari 2600 | Bally Astrocade | Magnavox Odyssey 2 | Intellivision | Emerson Arcadia 2001 | ColecoVision | Atari 5200 | Vectrex | Sega SG-1000

[edit] Third Generation Consoles

Third-Generation Consoles

Famicom | Sega SG-1000 Mark III | Atari 7800 | Nintendo Entertainment System | Sega Master System | Atari 7800

[edit] Fourth Generation Consoles

Fourth-Generation Consoles

PC-Engine | Sega Mega Drive | TurboGrafx 16 | Sega Genesis | PC-Engine SuperGrafx | Neo Geo AES | Super Famicom | Super Nintendo | Philips CD-i | Atari Jaguar

[edit] Fifth Generation Consoles

Fifth-Generation Consoles

3DO | NEC PC-FX | Sega Saturn | PlayStation | Nintendo 64 | Apple Bandai Pippin

[edit] Sixth Generation Consoles

Sixth-Generation Consoles

Sega Dreamcast | PlayStation 2 | Xbox | Gamecube

[edit] Seventh Generation Consoles

Seventh-Generation Consoles

Xbox 360 | PlayStation 3 | Nintendo Wii | Evo: Phase One