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The Nintendo Game Boy, a handheld gaming console released in 1989. The relatively simple and monochrome Game Boy faced off against multiple handhelds and dominated the portable gaming market for almost a decade. This system has a 4.19 MHz CPU, a 4-shade LCD and ran off of 4 AA batteries. It was a very long-running syst

Game Boy: History and Key Facts

The Game Boy is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.

Nintendo Entertainment System: History and Key Facts

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.

The Xbox, a sixth-generation gaming console made by Microsoft that was first released in 2001. The Xbox was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and was followed by the Xbox 360 in 2005. The console is shown here with the Duke controller, the original pack-in controller, which was later replaced a sm

Xbox (console): History and Key Facts

The Xbox is a home video game console developed and marketed by Microsoft.

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Wii: History and Key Facts

The Wii ( WEE) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.

Nintendo DS: History and Key Facts

The Nintendo DS is a foldable handheld game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide between 2004 and 2005.

Two iterations of the PlayStation 2 console, the fat and the slimline. On the left is a model SCPH-30001 with a vertical stand. On the right is a slimline model SCPH-70001 with a vertical stand, a DualShock2 and 8MB memory card plugged in. This is the PNG version.

PlayStation 2: History and Key Facts

The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

The Magnavox Odyssey, the very first video game console. Released in 1972, the Odyssey was a simple and crude device that generated shapes on the television that could be controlled and interacted with. It only produced black and white graphics and had no sound, but was limited to only using discrete components like di

Video game console: History and Key Facts

A video game console is an electronic device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can typically be played with a game controller.

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Video game console emulator: History and Key Facts

A video game console emulator is a type of emulator that allows a computing device to emulate a video game console's hardware and play its games on the emulating platform.

Nintendo Switch: History and Key Facts

The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017.

Online console gaming: History and Key Facts

Online console gaming involves connecting a console to a network over the Internet for services.

Steam Deck: History and Key Facts

The Steam Deck is a handheld gaming computer produced by Valve Corporation, designed to run games available on its Steam storefront.

Gameroom Tele-Pong: History and Key Facts

The Gameroom Tele-Pong (sometimes also called Entex Gameroom Tele-Pong or ENTEX Gameroom Tele-Pong) is a dedicated first-generation home video game console developed, published and marketed by En

History of video game consoles: History and Key Facts

The history of video game consoles, both home and handheld, began in the 1970s.

PlayStation (console): History and Key Facts

The PlayStation (codenamed PSX, abbreviated as PS, and retronymically PS1 or PS one) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System: History and Key Facts

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES or SNES) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.