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The home consoles that shaped video gaming, from the Magnavox Odyssey of 1972 to the Wii and PlayStation 3 of 2006, roughly in the order they launched. A machine earns its place by changing what people played in the living room: a library that defined a generation, a hardware idea others copied, or an expensive flop the industry learned from. Each photo shows the console itself, usually an original or launch-era model. Handhelds and add-ons such as the Sega CD and 32X are left out.

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Magnavox Odyssey
Magnavox Odyssey: The Magnavox Odyssey, released in the United States in 1972, is where home video gaming starts. Its…
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Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F: Fairchild's Channel F arrived in November 1976 and introduced the idea every console after it relied…
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Atari 2600
Atari 2600: Atari launched its Video Computer System in September 1977 with Combat in the box, and the machine later…
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Intellivision
Intellivision: Mattel's Intellivision was test-marketed in Fresno in 1979 and went national the following year as the first…
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ColecoVision
ColecoVision: Coleco's ColecoVision reached stores in August 1982 with a coup in the box: a licensed Donkey Kong far closer…
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Nintendo Famicom
Nintendo Famicom: Nintendo's Family Computer went on sale in Japan on July 15, 1983, and the red-and-white Famicom is the…
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Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System: After the 1983 crash, American stores did not want another video game console, so Nintendo…
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Master System
Master System: Sega's first real swing at Nintendo began in Japan in 1985 as the Mark III, then got this black-and-red…
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TurboGrafx-16
TurboGrafx-16: NEC and Hudson Soft's PC Engine was a tiny white box that outsold the Famicom when it launched in Japan in…
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Sega Genesis
Sega Genesis: This is the original Japanese Mega Drive, launched in October 1988, with the gold "16-BIT" lettering Sega put…
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Nintendo answered Sega with the Super Famicom in Japan in November 1990, launching…
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Neo Geo
Neo Geo: SNK's Neo Geo AES was the arcade brought home with no compromises: the same hardware as the company's MVS arcade…
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3DO Interactive Multiplayer
3DO Interactive Multiplayer: The 3DO was Electronic Arts co-founder Trip Hawkins's plan for a CD-based standard that any…
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Atari Jaguar
Atari Jaguar: Atari's last home console arrived in November 1993 with a "Do the Math" campaign promising 64-bit power for…
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Sega Saturn
Sega Saturn: The Sega Saturn launched in Japan in November 1994 and did well there, but its American story turned on one…
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PlayStation (console)
PlayStation (console): Sony's first console came out in Japan in December 1994 and in North America on September 9, 1995…
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Nintendo 64
Nintendo 64: Nintendo stayed with cartridges when everyone else moved to CDs, and the Nintendo 64 arrived late, in Japan in…
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Dreamcast
Dreamcast: Sega's last console launched in Japan in November 1998 and in North America on 9/9/99 for $199, with a 56k modem…
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PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2: The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling home console ever made, with Sony putting lifetime sales at more than…
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GameCube
GameCube: Nintendo's GameCube, launched in Japan in September 2001 and North America on November 18, is the purple lunchbox…
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Xbox (console)
Xbox (console): Microsoft's first console launched in North America on November 15, 2001, essentially a PC in a heavy black…

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