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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 four or less 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. | |
| 1975 | 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 | 1993 |
| 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 Telstar 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 September 17 |
Commodore releases the first 32bit console Amiga CD32 | 1994 |
| 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 Apple Pippin | 1997 |
| 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 November 21 |
Nintendo releases the Nintendo DSi XL ( A larger, more expensive, better version of 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 XL | |
| 2015 September 25 |
Nintendo releases the New Nintendo 3DS | |
| 2016 November 10 |
Sony releases the PlayStation 4 Pro |
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