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- Sega Genesis @eop:video_game_consoles-home:4th_generation
- ====== Sega Genesis ====== //includes Sega 32X and Sega CD// Sega's breakout system, which garnered them tremendous market success, a place in the gaming industr... and a very short-lived market dominance over Nintendo (in Europe, at least). Releasing on August 14th, 1989 in North America, the Sega Genesis contained a Motorola 68k and a Zilog Z80, 64K
- Microsoft Xbox @eop:video_game_consoles-home:6th_generation
- For this, see [[eop:video_game_consoles-home:7th_generation:microsoft_xbox_360|Microsoft Xbox 360]], [[eop:video_game_consoles-home:8th_generation:microsoft_xbox_one|Microsoft Xbox One]], and [[eop:video_game_consoles-home:9th_generation:microsoft_xbox_series_x_and_s|Microsoft Xb... Microsoft's idea of "taking a cue" from Sony to enter the video games market. Releasing on November
- Sony PlayStation 3 @eop:video_game_consoles-home:7th_generation
- and said hardware complexity, it took the PS3 the entire 7th generation to reach it's sales figure of 87.4 million, eking it out a position of 2nd place overall for generation sales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3 ===== Operating Systems (PowerPC Cell Bro
- Microsoft Xbox 360 @eop:video_game_consoles-home:7th_generation
- , 2005 in North America, the Xbox 360's PowerPC "Xenon" CPU, 512 +10 MB of RAM, and maximum 1920x1080 ... though the PS3 barely managed to sell more in the end). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360 ===== Operating Systems (PowerPC Xenon Tri-Core) ===== === Console emulation (potenti
- Nintendo Wii @eop:video_game_consoles-home:7th_generation
- ====== Nintendo Wii ====== Nintendo's wildly successful followup to their GameCube. Releasing on November 19th, 20... arly powerful at the time of it's release, as Nintendo's competitors in the PS3 and Xbox 360 were both... ready in the HD 1080p era. Despite this, the Wii went on to be one of Nintendo's most successful conso
- Sony PlayStation 2 @eop:video_game_consoles-home:6th_generation
- r 26th, 2000 in North America, the PS2's "Emotion Engine" CPU + GPU (16.7 mil colors; 640x480 or 1920x... n history, a title it still holds today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2 https://www.met... re/ ===== Operating Systems (MIPS R5900 “Emotion Engine”) ===== === Blackrhino Debian (first) === >... business, rather than a bunch of FOSS hackers. Eventually, it was adapted to support the KernelLoader
- Sony PlayStation @eop:video_game_consoles-home:5th_generation
- For this, see [[eop:video_game_consoles-home:6th_generation:sony_playstation_2|Sony PlayStation 2]], [[eop:video_game_consoles-home:7th_generation:sony_playstation_3|Sony PlayStation 3]], [[eop:video_game_consoles-home:8th_generation:sony_playstation_4|Sony PlayStation 4]], [[eop:video_game_consoles-home:9th_generation:sony_playstation_5|Sony PlayStation 5]], [
- Nintendo Entertainment System @eop:video_game_consoles-home:3rd_generation
- ====== Nintendo Entertainment System ====== //includes Famicom Disk System// Nintendo's big break into the video game market. Releasi
- Sega Dreamcast @eop:video_game_consoles-home:6th_generation
- 80 was very powerful for the time, but simply not enough to bring Sega out of the financial pit it had... failure due to the fact that it was simply not given enough time, nor a company capable of keeping it alive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast ===== Operating Sy
- Sony PlayStation 4 @eop:video_game_consoles-home:8th_generation
- (4K on Pro) is certainly quite powerful for it's generation. Combining this with a good launch and goo... ted in the PS4 becoming a strong seller, with current figures sitting at 117.2 million units sold. Des... tem in 2021, chip supplies have resulted in Sony reneging on this policy, meaning the PS4 (only the Sl... main in production for a few more years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_4 ===== Operating
- Nintendo Switch @eop:video_game_consoles-home:9th_generation
- ====== Nintendo Switch ====== Nintendo's most recent console, and one of their best performing ones. Releasing on March 3rd, 2017 across much of the world, the Nintendo Switch may not be very powerful with hardware,
- Nintendo 64 @eop:video_game_consoles-home:5th_generation
- ====== Nintendo 64 ====== //includes 64DD// Nintendo's memorable entry into the 3D and 64-bit era. Releasing on September 29th, 1996 in North America, t... idge format. Due to this (plus the system's excellent games library), the N64 sold a cool 32 million u
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System @eop:video_game_consoles-home:4th_generation
- ====== Super Nintendo Entertainment System ====== Nintendo's highly anticipated followup to the NES, which was a success only matched i
- Nintendo GameCube @eop:video_game_consoles-home:6th_generation
- ====== Nintendo GameCube ====== Nintendo's followup to the Nintendo 64, and their first to use optical media. Releasing on November 18th, 20... te powerful but somewhat limited by the "Games-oriented" focus of the system. Nonetheless, it sold OK
- Sega Saturn @eop:video_game_consoles-home:5th_generation
- cally messy followup to their greatly successful Genesis/Mega Drive. Releasing on May 11th, 1995 in No... 3 purposes), and up to 16.77 million colors between 320x224 and 704x224 was a quite powerful piece of... rammers. As Sega also sabotaged their own development and relationships with retailers, the system's s... d to Sega exiting the hardware business. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Saturn ===== Operating S