Consoles

Game Boy

The handheld game that everyone remembers, it’s the little grey box that almost fits in your pocket. The Game Boy created by Nintnedo was first released back in 1989 and usually game with the game Tetris. If you combine both consoles together the Game Boy Color and Game Boy have sold close to 118.7 [...]

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Here’s a console that still gets hours of play time and for me more then any other console it’s the SNES created by Nintendo and first available in 1990. In Japan its called Sthe Super Family Computer or Super Famicom.

Mattel Intellivision

Created by Mattel Electronics a division of Mattel ion 1979 the Intellivision was a main competitor for the well placed Atari 2600. The Intellivision boasted better sound, graphics and game play against the Atari 2600 and actually came out less than a year later then the 2600.

Atari 2600

Being noticed as the console that started it all the Atari 2600 was first released in 1977 and has sold about 30 million units. Like many consoles of the day the Atari 2600 let you plug in select cartridges. The Fairchild Channel F had this concept years before Atari however it was Atari that [...]

Epoch Cassette Vision

Its full title being the Epoch (Super) Cassette Vision was created by a company named Epoch in Japan on July 30, 1981. You’re probably thinking it uses cassettes; well it actually uses cartridges and was the first programmable console in Japan selling for about 13,500 yen.

Pong

Here is one console that is still talked about today, it’s called Pong and was released by Atari in 1972 as an arcade game. When you play the game it’s obvious that it’s based off of the game table tennis. Computer Space created by Nutting Associates had beaten Pong in 1971 as the first Arcade [...]

SNK Neo Geo

Another early 90’s cartridge based console the Neo Geo was created by the Japanese video game company SNK. Features included within the console were high-quality sound comapired to its compettitors and stunning colorful 2D graphics.

Sega SG-1000

Providing the basis for the Sega Master System the Sega SG-1000 was released in July of 1983. Being test marketed in Japan the SG-1000 received some popularity and sold well up until 1985. It’s best remembered in Asia as one of the first consoles available at the time however to find one today is [...]

ColecoVision

Coleco Industries came up with the ColecoVision in August of 1982 which offered high quality graphics just like the arcade. It also was able to play Atari 2600 games as long as you purchased the extention, this provided an advantage over the 1600.

Emerson Arcadia 2001

In 1982 a company called Emerson Radio Corp released the Arcadia 2001 a not so well known second generation video game console. Many retro gamers know about this console and at the time it was far more powerful then the market dominated Atari 2600.