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Shortly before the Playstation launched, Sega released a hardware add-on for the Sega Mega Drive. The Sega 32x was intended to turn the 16-bit Mega Drive into …
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Apple designs the Pippin (named after an apple variety) as a standard that other manufacturers are supposed to build under license. The console is not only …
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The AV Famicom is released in 1993 almost at the same time in Japan and the USA. It is technically almost identical with the original Famicom or the NES, but …
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Open pageMissile Vader is one of many LCD games released by Bandai Electronics. Missile Vader (also known as "Missile Invader" or "Space Play" in Germany) is a game …
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Three years after the Famicom’s release, Bandai introduced the Family Trainer accessory. The mat is laid on the floor, and its printed buttons respond to …
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The Karaoke Studio consists of a plug-in module and microphone and allows to use the Famicom as a karaoke station. The expansion, presented in July 1987, is …
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Open pageThe Apple/Bandai Pippin console hardly sold itself within the few years of its production time and is now considered one of the rarest and most expensive video …
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The Playdia is designed for younger children, and despite its appearance, it is more of an interactive video player than a console. This can be easily seen by …
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Open pageLike many video games of this time, the Pro Bowler is a (leisure) sports simulation. But it's not a video game, because it lacks a screen display that players …
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The WonderSwan is a handheld games console with a greyscale LCD screen from Japanese manufacturer Bandai. It was developed with Koto Laboratory in Kyoto …
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Beatmania is a rhythm video game by Konami. It first appeared in arcades and two years later for PlayStation and PlayStation 2. Konami made special controllers …
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Since LCD games enjoy great popularity in the 80s, the Japanese company Casio brings about 160 different play equipment of this kind to the market. Some of …
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Following Atari's success Breakout (1976), the Color TV Game Block Kuzushi is the fourth and last Color TV game. In this kind of skill game, blocks are smashed …
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Open pageBetween 1977 and 1980, Nintendo released four different versions of the so-called "Color TV Game(s)", a successful first-generation console with built-in …
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The VIC-20 is a great success, thanks to the video interface chip (VIC) produced by MOS, which produces sound and graphics. Commodore expands the VIC …
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The 1chipMSX is a MSX2 home computer, which does not consist of the original chips of the 1980s, but is completely reproduced in a single programmable logic …
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At the video game series Densha de Go!, in English: "Drive the train!", everything revolves around the train simulation. The controller of Taito enhances the …
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Sega’s Dreamcast Fishing Controller supports games such as Reel Fishing: Wild, Sega Bass Fishing, Sega Marine Fishing and Lake Masters Pro Dreamcast plus!. It …
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Perhaps the most unusual handheld ever is the Commerce Conflict: Barcode Battler by Epoch. This very successful device in Japan can read barcodes of everyday …
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The Cassette Vision is the only Japanese system in the second generation. Unlike the name suggests, it does not use magnetic tape cassettes, but also modules …
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The Cassette Vision Jr. is a variant of the Cassette Vision, which is later published and offers fewer functions. Compared to the Cassette Vision, the Jr …
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The ELECTROTENNIS is the first Japanese Pong console from the Japanese manufacturer Epoch. An antenna cable is not necessary, the console generates a reception …
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Epoch Galaxy II is another representative of the mini arcade game concept and a classic toy clone: on this device, the Galaxian developed two years earlier by …
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Epoch's Game Pocket Computer is far ahead of its time: With an LCD screen with no color representation and a resolution of 75 x 64 pixels, as well as the use …
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The Famicom Disk System is a floppy disk drive for the Famicom. It provides more storage, which was also possible on cartridges in 1986 but expensive. Disks …
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To appeal to computer users, Nintendo developed the Family Basic Keyboard with Hudson Soft and Sharp Corporation. The keyboard and supplied software cartridge …
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After the big video game crash Nintendo is looking with the Famicom for ever new possibilities of marketing video games. To avoid associations with the old …
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Fujitsu has nothing to do with game consoles, but the PC under the name FM Towns sells well. Thus Fujitsu converts this PC to a console, packing it in another …
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The Japanese manufacturer Gakken successfully produces electronic toys and arcade machines in the 1980s. The Compact Vision TV Boy will be released in October …
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Open pageFor over 500 years, a card game called Hanafuda has been played in Japan. It is also popular in Korean space and Hawaii. Nintendo was founded in 1889 to …
Open pageCapcom released a mahjong game for Famicom in 1987. It is not the first Famicom implementation of the popular Asian board game, but the first that simplifies …
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A Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) and Sega Mega CD combined in one device. It is sold in the USA under the name X'Eye from 1994. Due to the high price the different …
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Open pageThe LaserScope is a headset for the NES with integrated voice control and a light gun. Konami developed both the headset and the game Laser Invasion. To fire …
Open pageIn the 1980s and 1990s, the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" comic series was very successful. Soon after, the first video games about the Turtles will appear …
Open pageThe Love Tester is one of the few products Nintendo sold outside Japan in the 1970s. By measuring the conductivity of the skin, potential couples can "check" …
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The Power Glove is a control unit for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). For the first time, Nintendo games could be controlled with intuitive hand …
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Open pageIn the 1980s Matsushita Electric (from 2008 Panasonic) produced the JR home computer series with the JR-100, JR-200, JR-300 and JR-800. In 1981 the National …
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NEC released the PC-9801 in October 1982, establishing the PC-98 family that dominated Japan's computer market for more than fifteen years. The first model …
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The Neo Geo Pocket Color is the successor of the monochrome handheld Neo Geo Pocket console. The portable system can display up to 146 of 4096 colours at the …
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Open pageThe Nintendo 3DS is the successor to the Nintendo DS and was launched in spring 2011. The 3DS is the first game console that can display autostereoscopic 3D …
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The Nintendo 64 appears late in the 5th generation, one and a half years after PlayStation, but is the first console with a 64-bit processor. It is developed …
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The disk drive expansion for the Nintendo 64, represented in the collection by a Starter Kit with its original packaging. It illustrates a distinct expansion path for the console.
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The Nintendo DS is a game console with two displays (a useful mnemonic is DS = Dual Screen, although it officially stands for "Developers' System") which …
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The FamicomBox is an extension of the Famicom, which brought Nintendo for example for hotels and similar facilities on the market. The FamicomBox offers 10 …
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In parallel to the video game crash in the West, Nintendo introduces Famicom in Japan, an abbreviation for Family Computer. In fact, the console is supposed to …
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Nintendo produced the Game & Watch series for more than 10 years, which is considered to be the predecessor of the freely programmable Game Boy. The games …
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The Nintendo Game Boy launched the successful Game Boy range in 1989. Today it is also called Game Boy Classic (model DMG-01) to distinguish it from later …
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In 2001, Nintendo launched the Game Boy Advance (GBA), a successor to Game Boy Color. The hardware is fully backward compatible with an extra CPU, but offers a …
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The Game Boy Advance SP is the "SP" = special version of the Nintendo Game Boy Advance with similar hardware, but about half of the size and modified display …
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The Nintendo Game Boy Color (GBC) joined the Game Boy handheld range in 1998. It was Nintendo’s first console with a colour screen. Players had waited almost …
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The Game Boy Light adds a backlight to the Game Boy Pocket. In addition, the housing has become a bit larger. From the color design there is the light in …
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The Game Boy Micro of the Japanese company Nintendo is essentially a Game Boy Advance in a 10 × 5 × 1.8 cm small case. The case is made of thin metal instead …
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After Nintendo launched the Game Boy in 1989, the Game Boy Pocket (GBP) was the first update of the successful Handheld console and Game Boy series in 1996. It …
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After Nintendo remained the last manufacturer to use cartridges with the N64, it adopted DVDs for the GameCube. Unlike the XBox and PS2, however, the GameCube …
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The Pokémon mini is Nintendo's smallest console with interchangeable cartridges. In the collection it is represented with the game Pokémon Puzzle Collection.
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The Super Famicom Box is a video game system developed by Nintendo, which contained a pay-to-play mechanism. The box was operated exclusively in Japan in the …
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The special feature of the Wii is its unique controller: the Wii Remote (or Wiimote) is a kind of remote control that allows you to map the three-dimensional …
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The Wii U of Nintendo is the successor to the highly successful Wii console. Like its predecessor, those rely on a special type of controller: the Wii U …
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Open pagePachinko is a Japanese gambling game, which can be played at home thanks to this controller on the PS1 and PS2. In Japan it is a very successful and widespread …
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In the USA, a company named The 3DO Company was founded in 1991 to develop a specification for a game console and a home entertainment system. This …
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The Nintendo GameCube is launched in 2001, about five years after the introduction of the DVD. The Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2) and Microsoft Xbox can play DVDs by …
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Para Para is a fast dance style that is very popular in Japan. The aim is to perform predefined movements with the main arm and hand for para-para music. Para …
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The original version of the PC Engine is a fourth generation video game console. It is released in Japan in October 1987. It has an 8-bit processor with a …
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The PC Engine CoreGrafx is a Version of the PC Engine. In December 1989, NEC and Hudson Soft released them exclusively in Japan. There are three differences …
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About a year and a half after the release of the PC Engine Core Grafx in December 1989, the PC Engine CoreGrafx II was released in Japan in June 1991. It's …
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Open pageThe PC Engine Duo R appeared in March 1993. It has a more curved design than the original Duo and a grey-white case. The CD tray is slightly different, and …
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After the considerable success of the PC engine and the CD-Rom Add-on in Japan, it was obvious that NEC would also publish a console that would combine all the …
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The PC Engine Duo is a series of versions of the PC Engine game console by NEC and Hudson Soft. All variants are common that they play both games on cartridges …
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The PC Engine GT is a portable version of the PC Engine, a stationary video game console from NEC and Hudson Soft. In its Japanese home, the PC Engine GT …
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The PC Engine Shuttle is a revised Version of the PC Engine. It is published exclusively in Japan in November 1989. The name added Shuttle makes itself …
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The PC Engine SuperGrafx, or SuperGrafx for short, is an enhanced version of the original PC Engine released exclusively in Japan. Its main differences are …
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The People House series consists of six variants of a doll's house, three of which deal with Disney themes ("Alice in Wonderland", "Cinderella", and "Bambi" …
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A LaserActive CLD-A100 in the collection, with PAC-N1, PAC-S1 and GOL-1. A modular approach to combining games and LaserDisc media.
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Open pageThe PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) is a mobile game console developed by Sony and is the successor to the PlayStation Portable (PSP). There are two models that …
Open pageIn the 1980s, some of the so-called POP Games appear, each of which has a different theme to the basis of the game. One of them is the Space Voyage POP Game …
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The Japanese Seiko Holdings K.K., or Seiko for short, was created in 1881 from a watch repair business. In 1973 Seiko launched the first digital clocks, and …
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The motorcycle controller (BH-400) from 1985 was released only in Japan. It is built for the systems Sega SC-3000, SG-1000, SG1000II, Sega Mark III and …
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The Dreamcast is the first released console of the sixth generation. It is also the last console produced by Sega and marks the end of an era.
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The Game Gear is a portable game console from Sega and was positioned directly against the Nintendo Game Boy (Classic). However, he could hardly gain market …
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The Sega Nomad is the portable version of Mega Drive/Sega Genesis. The Nomad appears officially only in the USA and was not distributed to other countries, as …
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While Sega continues to devote herself to the classic home consoles, the first console for learning appears in parallel. The Sega Pico (called Pico Kids …
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The Mark III is the final version of the SG-1000. Sega improves the hardware to make the console stronger than the market leader, Nintendo's Famicom.
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At the time of its release, the Mega Drive/Genesis is technically clearly superior to Famicom, yet the superiority of Nintendo prevents Sega from gaining …
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The Mega Drive is a popular console produced by Sega in 1988. With the recognition of the console and a wide range of games, Sega and Japan Airlines (JAL) work …
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Sega Saturn is overshadowed by management decisions that are responsible for Sega's withdrawal from the hardware industry a few years later.
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The SG-1000 is the first Sega released game console to appear on the same day as Nintendo's Famicom. The system is flopping, which gives Sega managing director …
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The Telecon Pack connects the Sega Mark III wirelessly to the TV by broadcasting a television signal. The Sega accessory only appears in Japan and only works …
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The Twin Famicom is a Famicom clone licensed by Nintendo, where the disk system extension is installed directly.
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The Hyper Neo Geo 64 is a 64-bit arcade system that occasionally also found its way into homes. After success in arcades with games including 2D fighters, SNK …
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SNK designs the Neo Geo as a game hall hardware that allows exhibitors to exchange games without having to buy a new cabinet each time. In parallel, you offer …
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The Neo Geo is a console with modules, which can be found mainly in arcades. The Neo Geo AES is the home version, but the modules are still very expensive. As …
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After the collaboration between Sony and Nintendo failed to develop a CD-ROM extension for the Super Nintendo, Sony decides to build its own video game …
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Although the available games initially reap average reviews, three factors contribute decisively to the success of the PS2: After Sega has stopped producing …
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In September 2004, a smaller version of the PS2 console was released. It is lighter and quieter than the original model and has already built-in technology for …
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The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is in direct competition with Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii in the year of its release. The first version on the market is …
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The PlayStation 4 was released in 2013. The model portrait explains the console family; which devices belong to the collection shows the console list.
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Open pageIn 2016, the PlayStation 4 Pro added a more powerful model to the PS4 family. A background page on the model’s history.
Open pageThe PlayStation 4 Slim is an evolution of PlayStation 4 and was released in Europe on September 15, 2016. Sony has updated the design, weight and performance …
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The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a Sony handheld console. It is the company's first attempt to gain a foothold in mobile game consoles, after Sony has been …
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Small console with which PlayStation Vita games can be played, or you stream a game either from PlayStation Now or the PS4.
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The Sony PlayStation PSone is a smaller and visually revised version of the first PlayStation. Due to the reduction, the serial port on the back of the console …
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The M5 from Japan's Sord Computer Corporation appeared in Japan in November 1982. Computer Games Limited sold it in Britain as the CGL M5. It has a 3.58 MHz …
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In the robot simulation Steel Battalion, the player controls walking combat robots in various war scenarios. For the games Steel Battalion and Steel Battalion …
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In Japan, apartments are small and many people lack the time to keep pets. Japanese Aki Maita and Akihiro Yokoi design virtual pets to take with them. They …
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Open pageThe micro-computer Alien Chase by Tomy has a single, multi-colored VFD screen for playing, but it can be viewed from two sides, with the second player's screen …
Open pageArcade Attack is one of Tomy's many mini arcade games. In this game, enemy alien ships flying by in the background of the screen are shot down by laser …
Open pagePinball machines were one of the most important pillars of the arcades until well into the 1970s. The Pinngg Ball Flipper appears as video games begin to …
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Shaberoku is a toy robot and radio in one. The radio has a radio search function and a volume control. If it is turned on, the robot moves synchronously to the …
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The Sucharakabot, known outside Japan as Crackbot, is a small toy robot. Powered by batteries, it travels over smooth surfaces, moving its head and upper body …
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The TV Fun Color Model 601 is a Pong console produced by Tomy. There is a model in brown and white (today more cream color). Internally, an AY-3-8500 chip is …
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Open pageIn 1987 Nintendo released the Famicom 3D System, which allows games to be given spatial depth through stereoscopic effects by means of an LCD shutter goggles …
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