Console Timeline
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Console Timeline
Created by Hugues Johnson (https://HuguesJohnson.com/)
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
Criteria
Range is the date a system was first available until the last new licensed title was produced
Excluding limited run releases or reprints made after a system was discontinued
Systems that did not have any games produced after their initial launch are shown by their approximate dates of availability
Systems with unknown last releases are shown by their approximate dates of availability
Based on US release dates
Anyone is free to modify this for their preferred region (see license note below)
Last update: October 2022
Extending timeline through 2022
Added several minor systems
Various updates based on new or better date information
Moving source document from Visio to LibreOffice Draw – various cosmetic changes along the way
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Fairchild Channel F
RCA Studio II
Atari 2600
Bally Astrocade
Magnavox Odyssey2
Mattel Intellivision
Microvision
RDI Halycon
Atari 5200
Vectrex
Arcadia 2001
Colecovision
Nintendo Entertainment System
Atari 7800
Sega Master System
Nintendo Game Boy
TurboGrafx-16
TurboGrafx-16 CD
Sega Genesis
Atari Lynx
Philips CD-i
Sega Game Gear
Super Nintendo
Sega CD
Atari Jaguar
Sega Pico
APF-MP1000
Entex Select-A-Game
Entex Adventure Vision
Neo Geo AES
Tandy VIS
3DO
Sega 32X
Virtual Boy
Sony PlayStation
Jaguar CD
Neo Geo CD
Pippin
Nintendo 64
game.com
Game Boy Color
Neo Geo Pocket Color
Sega Dreamcast
Sony PlayStation 2
Game Boy Advance
Nintendo Gamecube
Microsoft Xbox
Nokia N-Gage
Nintendo DS/DSi
Sony PlayStation Portable
Gizmondo
Microsoft Xbox 360
Sony PlayStation 3
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo 3DS / New 3DS
PlayStation Vita
Nintendo Wii U
Sony PlayStation 4
Microsoft Xbox One / Xbox One S
Nintendo Switch
Google Stadia
Xbox Series X/S
Sony PlayStation 5
Nintendo original Game Boy line (Game Boy/Game Boy Color)
Nintendo DS line (DS/DSi/3DS/New 3DS)
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Sega Saturn