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Generations

53 generations spanning 50 years of gaming.

Console Generations

Ninth

5 platforms

2020–2024

Eighth

7 platforms

2012–2017

Seventh

7 platforms

2005–2013

Fifth

8 platforms

1993–1996

Fourth

3 platforms

1987–1990

Third

6 platforms

1983–1986

Second

12 platforms

1976–1982

First

1 platforms

1972

Other Categories

16-bit micro

3 platforms

1982–1986

16/32-bit micro

2 platforms

1985–1987

32-bit add-on

1 platforms

1994

32-bit micro

2 platforms

1987–1989

8-bit micro

25 platforms

1975–1989

Android Handheld

1 platforms

2013

Arcade

1 platforms

1990

CD add-on

2 platforms

1988–1991

Computer

2 platforms

1983

Computer add-on

2 platforms

1981–1983

Computer/Console

2 platforms

1977–1982

Console

11 platforms

1978–2009

Console (unreleased)

1 platforms

Console/Computer

1 platforms

1987

Console/Portable

1 platforms

1994

DVD player platform

1 platforms

2000

Educational

2 platforms

1993–2004

FPGA Handheld

1 platforms

2021

Fifth (specialized)

1 platforms

1995

Handheld

36 platforms

1979–2022

Handheld PC

3 platforms

2022–2023

Handheld PDA

1 platforms

2003

Handheld drawing

1 platforms

1988

Handheld micro

1 platforms

2010

Handheld/Phone

2 platforms

2003–2004

Hybrid

3 platforms

2017–2025

Hybrid Handheld

1 platforms

2019

IBM PC compatible

1 platforms

1984

LaserDisc

1 platforms

1993

LaserDisc console

2 platforms

1985–1993

Microconsole

6 platforms

2013–2021

Mixed Reality

1 platforms

2024

Multimedia

1 platforms

1991

Multimedia console

2 platforms

1991–1992

PC add-on card

1 platforms

1994

Portable

1 platforms

1991

Portable micro

2 platforms

1981–1982

Portable/Console

1 platforms

1994

Retro Handheld

1 platforms

2020

Semi-portable

1 platforms

1994

Tabletop

1 platforms

1982

VHS-based

1 platforms

1987

VR Premium

1 platforms

2022

VR Standalone

5 platforms

2018–2023

VR Tethered

2 platforms

2016–2023