In the history of video games, the third generation of video game consoles, commonly referred to as the 8-bit era, began on July 15, 1983, with the Japanese...
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home video game consoles since the first commercial unit, the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972. Historically these consoles have been grouped into generations lasting...
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In the history of video games, the first generation era refers to the video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available from...
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below) is the era of computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld gaming devices available at the turn of the 21st century, starting on November...
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The eighth generation of video game consoles began in 2012, and consists of four home video game consoles: the Wii U released in 2012, the PlayStation...
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The history of video game consoles, both home and handheld, began in the 1970s. The first console that played games on a television set was the 1972 Magnavox...
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history of video games, the second-generation era refers to computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available...
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The ninth generation of video game consoles began in November 2020 with the releases of Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S console family and Sony's...
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In the history of video games, the fourth generation of video game consoles, more commonly referred to as the 16-bit era, began on October 30, 1987, with...
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The fifth generation era (also known as the 32-bit era, the 64-bit era, or the 3D era) refers to computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld...
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The seventh generation of home video game consoles began on November 22, 2005, with the release of Microsoft's Xbox 360 home console. This was followed...
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A video game console is a standardized computing device tailored for video gaming. The compact size of video game consoles allows them to be easily used...
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has produced home video game consoles and handheld consoles since 1983; these systems were released from the third console generation to the sixth. Sega...
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video game consoles and multiple portable consoles for use with external media, as well as dedicated consoles and other hardware for their consoles....
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combine elements of both home and handheld consoles. Video game consoles are a specialized form of a home computer geared towards video game playing, designed...
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A console game is a type of video game consisting of images and often sounds generated by a video game console, which are displayed on a television or...
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generation of video game consoles lasted from 1972 to 1983. The first console of this generation was the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey. The last new console release...
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in the number of video game consoles and available games, many of which were of poor quality. Waning interest in console games in favor of personal computers...
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among the best video game consoles. In 2018, Retro Gamer named it the third best console, crediting its sophisticated 3D capabilities as one of its key factors...
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events include the video game crash of 1983 in North America, and the third generation of video game consoles beginning with the launch of Nintendo's Family...
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console war competition between Nintendo and Sega as they fought for market share in the United States. The first major handheld video game consoles appeared...
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Magnavox Odyssey (redirect from Odyssey (video game console))
consoles were produced before a follow-up non-dedicated console in 1978, the Magnavox Odyssey 2. While it showed the potential of video game consoles...
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Atari Jaguar (redirect from Jaguar (video game console))
home video game console developed by Atari Corporation and released in North America in November 1993. It is in the fifth generation of video game consoles...
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Engine. Commercial game development began in the 1970s with the advent of arcade video games, first-generation video game consoles like the Atari 2600...
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Wii (redirect from Wii video game console)
other regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major home game console, following the GameCube, and is a seventh-generation console alongside Microsoft's...
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Color TV-Game is the first video game system ever made by Nintendo. The system was released as a series of five dedicated home video game consoles between...
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Nintendo Switch (redirect from NX (video game console))
video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the eighth generation of home...
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game controls and speakers. Handheld game consoles are smaller than home video game consoles and contain the console, screen, speakers, and controls in...
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Philips Videopac+ G7400 (category Third-generation video game consoles)
The Philips Videopac+ G7400 is a third-generation home video game console released in limited quantities in 1983, and only in Europe; an American release...
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that arose during the third generation of video game consoles, targeting 8-bit computer architecture. 8K resolution An aspect ratio of digital display devices...
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