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Video Game Console

Video game console (Tag name: ゲーム機) is a home console that can play video games.

Nintendo

Console

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
Nintendo Entertainment System	NES, Family Computer, Famicon	July 15, 1983	October 18, 1985
Famicon Disk System	FCD	February 21, 1986	Never release
Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Super Famicon, SNES	November 21, 1990	August 23, 1991
Satellaview		November 1, 1995	Never release
Virtual Boy	VB	July 21, 1995	August 14, 1995
Nintendo 64	64, N64	Jun 23, 1996	September 29, 1996
Nintendo GameCube	GC	September 14, 2001	November 18, 2001
Wii		December 2, 2006	November 19, 2006
Wii U		December 8, 2012	November 18, 2012

Handheld

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
Game & Watch	GW	April 28, 1980	Never release
Game Boy	GB	April 21, 1989	July 31, 1989
Game Boy Color	GBC	October 21, 1998	November 18, 1998
Game Boy Advance	GBA	March 21, 2001	June 11, 2001
Nintendo DS	DS, NDS	December 2, 2004	November 21, 2004
Nintendo 3DS	3DS	February 26, 2011	March 27, 2011

Sega

Console

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
SG-1000		July 15, 1983	Never release
SG-1000 II		July, 1984	Never release
Sega Mark III		October 20, 1985	Never release
Sega Master System		October 18, 1987	1986
Sega Genesis	Sega Megadrive, MD	October 29, 1988	August 14, 1989
Sega CD	Mega CD, MCD	December 12, 1991	October 15, 1992
Sega 32X	Super 32X, 32X	December 3, 1994	November 21, 1994
Sega Saturn	SS	November 22, 1994	May 11, 1995
Dreamcast	DC	November 27, 1998	September 9, 1999

Handheld

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
Game Gear	GG	October 6, 1990	April 26, 1991
Nomad		Never release	October, 1995

NEC

Console

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
TurboGrafx-16	PC Engine, PCE	October 30, 1987	August 19, 1989
SuperGrafx		December 8, 1989	Never released
TurboDuo	PC Engine Duo	September 21, 1991	October 10, 1992

Handheld

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
TurboExpress	PC EngineGT	December 1, 1990	1990

Sony (Sony Computer Entertainment)

Console

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
PlayStation	PS	December 3, 1994	September 9, 1995
PlayStation 2	PS2	March 4, 2000	October 26, 2000
PSX		December 13, 2003	Never release
PlayStation 3	PS3	November 11, 2006	November 17, 2006
PlayStation 4	PS4	February 22, 2014	November 15, 2013

Handheld

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
PocketStation		January 23, 1999	Never release
PlayStation Portable	PSP	December 12, 2004	March 24, 2005
PlayStation Vita	PSVita, PSV	December 17, 2011	February 22, 2012

Microconsole

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
PlayStation TV	PlayStation Vita TV	November 14, 2013	2014

Microsoft

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
Xbox		February 22, 2002	November 15, 2001
Xbox 360	360	December 10, 2005	November 22, 2005
Xbox One		September 4, 2014 (eta)	November 22, 2013

Atari

Console

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
Atari 2600	VCS, Atari 2800	October, 1983	September 11, 1977
Atari 5200		Never release	November, 1982
Atari 7800		Never release	June, 1984
Atari Jaguar		November 21, 1994	November 15, 1993

Handheld

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
Lynx		1989	October, 1989

Panasonic/Sanyo

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
3DO		March 20, 1994	October 4, 1993

SNK

Console

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
Neo Geo AES		January 31, 1990	1991
Neo Geo MVS		January 31, 1990
Neo Geo CD		September 9, 1994	1994
Hyper Neo Geo 64		September, 1997	Unknown

Handheld

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
Neo Geo Pocket	ネオポケ	October 28, 1998	Never release

Bandai Namco Games (Formerly Bandai and Namco)

Console

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
Bandai Arcadia		March, 1983	1982 (as Emerson Arcadia)
Bandai Playdia		September 23, 1994	Never release
Apple Bandai Pippin		March 28, 1996	September 1, 1996

Handheld

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
WonderSwan	WS	March 4, 1999	Never release
WonderSwan Color		December 9, 2000	Never release
SwanCrystal		July 12, 2002	Never release

Nvidia

Name	Also called	Release date (Japan)	Release date (North America)
Nvidia Shield Portable		Unknown	July 31, 2013

Others

PC Hardware

MSX
PC-88
PC-98
X68000
FM Towns

Operation Systems

MS-DOS
Windows
Mac OS X
Linux
Android
SteamOS

API

OpenGL
DirectX
Mantle

Mobile devices

Smartphone
iPhone
iPad

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