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6th Generation
The 6th generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began in the period between 1999 (release of the Dreamcast) and 2001 (release of the GameCube and Xbox), ending in the period between 2005 (release of the Xbox 360) and 2006 (release of the PS3 and Wii). Despite these dates, however, the 6th generation, especially the PS2, began the trend of having it's systems last for a notoriously long time, with the PS2 retaining a leading sales position until the mid-late 00s, game releases until the early-mid 10s, and console production until 2013. This is the first generation that io55 considers to be “flush” with EOPs, and easily one of the greatest generations for representing the idea of io55.
Assorted
Potential:
DISCover Technology (Pentium 4, it’s just a PC)
Indrema L600 (prototype, AMD Duron)
Infinium Labs Phantom (prototype, AMD Athlon XP 2500+)
SSD Company XaviXPORT (MOS 6502, Ricoh 5A22)
No Potential:
Atari Flashback (2004 Debut, Unknown CPU)
Sega PICO Advanced (ARM7TDMI)
Microsoft Xbox
See Microsoft Xbox.
Nintendo GameCube
See Nintendo GameCube.
Nuon Platform
See Nuon Platform.
Panasonic 3DO M2
Operating Systems (PowerPC 602 x2)
(none)
Internet
PlanetWeb Kiosk software
Planetweb Browser(TM), which allow the M2 player to stream updated media and information
Since the M2 system got redirected to the professional market, it is reasonable to assume that this can access the internet in some way.
Sega Dreamcast
See Sega Dreamcast.
Sony PlayStation 2
See Sony PlayStation 2.
VTech V.Smile
Operating Systems (Sunplus SPG2xx)
Linux?
In theory, this could run Linux, as it's CPU is capable of doing such a thing. In practice, however, it's all up in the air…
https://codewalr.us/index.php?topic=1242.0
https://pulkomandy.tk/_/_/_Hacking%20VTech%20stuff
https://hackmii.com/2010/04/sunplus-the-biggest-chip-company-youve-never-heard-of/