https://www.io55.net/wiki/ 2026-05-01T00:47:58+00:00 https://www.io55.net/wiki/ https://www.io55.net/wiki/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2023-02-26T20:34:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/6th_generation/summary?rev=1677443665&do=diff 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-lat… text/html 2023-02-26T23:40:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/6th_generation/microsoft_xbox?rev=1677454803&do=diff Microsoft Xbox This page is for the first Xbox system, not the series of consoles. For this, see Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox One, and Microsoft Xbox Series X and S. Microsoft's idea of “taking a cue” from Sony to enter the video games market. Releasing on November 15th, 2001 in North America, the Xbox's specifications boil down to a custom Pentium III CPU, 64 text/html 2023-02-26T23:38:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/6th_generation/sega_dreamcast?rev=1677454700&do=diff Sega Dreamcast Sega's ill-fated final games system. Releasing on the memorable September 9th, 1999 in North America, the Dreamcast's SH-4 CPU, 26 MB of RAM (across 3 purposes), and 16.77 million colors at up to 640×480 was very powerful for the time, but simply not enough to bring Sega out of the financial pit it had dug itself over the past 6 years. Selling 9.13 million units, the Dreamcast is only considered a failure due to the fact that it was simply not given enough time, nor a company cap… text/html 2024-06-06T23:29:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/6th_generation/sony_playstation_2?rev=1717716576&do=diff Sony PlayStation 2 includes PSX DVR Sony's record-smashing and astronomically popular followup to the PS1. Releasing on October 26th, 2000 in North America, the PS2's “Emotion Engine” CPU + GPU (16.7 mil colors; 640×480 or 1920×1080(!!) with mods) + 32 text/html 2022-06-09T23:57:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/6th_generation/nintendo_gamecube?rev=1654819021&do=diff Nintendo GameCube Nintendo's followup to the Nintendo 64, and their first to use optical media. Releasing on November 18th, 2001 in North America, the GameCube's PowerPC 750CXe CPU, 24 MB of RAM, and 32-bit color depth at 640×480 was quite powerful but somewhat limited by the text/html 2022-06-09T23:30:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/6th_generation/nuon_platform?rev=1654817457&do=diff Nuon Platform A barrier-blending technology for adding games capabilities to DVD players which was developed by VM Labs during the late 90s. With the first Nuon-compatible player releasing sometime in early 2000, the interesting crossover of games/3D rendering and DVD players was a peculiar idea but led absolutely nowhere, as the technology quietly faded out in 2003 with little in the name of Nuon-utilizing software and sales.