Game consoles are machines primarily designed with playing games in mind. The primary difference between game consoles and computers is that game consoles don't require drivers and ( except the XBOX, and PlayStation 3) do not require games to be installed a media. The other common difference is consoles can be plugged into TVs without additional hard ( like a TV Tuner ). The definition of a console does change with the generation of conosle. ( 2022 is in the 9th generation of consoles ).
Dedicated Consoles[]
A dedicated console is a game console that can only play the games built in to it. These are mainly pong systems, TV Games, and the consoles that tend to be released in a controller. There are also handheld game systems of this variety, most of which were made in the 1980's.
First Generation[]
- Pong
Second generation[]
- RCA Studio II
- Atari 2600
- Intellivision
- ColecoVision
- SG-1000
Third Generation[]
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Master System
- TurboGraphix-16
Fourth generation[]
- Sega Genesis
- Super Nintendo
Fifth generation[]
- PlayStation
- Saturn
- Nintendo 64
Sixth generation[]
- Dreamcast
- PlayStation 2
- GameCube
- XBOX
Seventh generation[]
- Wii
- XBOX 360
- PlayStation 3
Eighth generation[]
- Xbox One
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
- WiiU
Ninth generation[]
- PlayStation 5
- XBOX Series X/S
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