IV. Popular Games Consoles

The Atari 2600.

• 1st Generation (1972-1978)
  • Magnavox's Odyssy 100 and 200


• 2nd Generation (1976-1982)
  • Atari 2600
  • Mattel's Intellivision


• 3rd Generation (1983-1995) (8-bit)
  • Nintendo's Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Family Computer (Famicom)
  • Sega's Mark III




The Nintendo Entertainment system, one of the consoles that helped revive the video game industry after the crash of 1983.

• 4th Generation (1987-2003) (16-bit)
  • Nintendo's Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and Super Famicom
  • TurboGrafx-16
  • Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis


• 5th Generation (1993-2005) (32 and 64-bit)
  • Nintendo's Nintendo 64 (N64)
  • Sony's PlayStation 1 (PS1)
  • Sega's Sega Saturn


• 6th Generation (1998-2013)
  • Nintendo's Gamecube
  • Sony's PlayStation 2 (PS2)
  • Sega's Dreamcast
  • Microsoft's original Xbox




The original Xbox, Microsoft's debut console to the video game industry.

• 7th Generation (2005-2012)
  • Nintendo's Wii
  • Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3)
  • Microsoft's Xbox 360


• 8th Generation (2012-Present)
  • Nintendo's Wii U
  • Sony's PlayStation 4 (PS4)
  • Microsoft's Xbox One