https://www.io55.net/wiki/ 2026-05-01T08:09:12+00:00 https://www.io55.net/wiki/ https://www.io55.net/wiki/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2022-02-08T00:51:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/essays/game_console_revisions_overview?rev=1644281510&do=diff Game Console Revisions Overview This dictation comes in two parts, with the first being the proper dictation, in which I write about the phenomena of revisions in video game consoles, and how they can impact the viability of EOPs. After this part, comes the part in which I list every console and it’s revisions, what’s different between the two, and my personal suggestions on which is best overall (with EOPs in mind, but this overlaps heavily with general user appeal), which is likely the cheape… text/html 2025-02-09T00:20:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/sony_playstation?rev=1739060409&do=diff Sony PlayStation This page is for the first PlayStation system, not the series of consoles. For this, see Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PlayStation 4, Sony PlayStation 5, Sony PlayStation Portable, Sony PlayStation Vita, and Sony PlayStation Classic. Sony's pioneering entry into the video games market. Releasing on September 9th, 1995 in North America, the PS1's R3000A CPU, 3 text/html 2023-12-25T03:05:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/summary?rev=1703473546&do=diff Content Directory Welcome! This page serves as a directory to all of the areas documented by the wiki. From those pages, one can reach the details about other devices, if applicable. Otherwise, each page will contain all devices documented, and their respective programs. text/html 2022-08-02T20:33:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/5th_generation/nintendo_game_boy_color?rev=1659472438&do=diff Nintendo Game Boy Color Continuing the massive streak of success experienced by the Game Boy, the Game Boy Color was another resounding success. Releasing on November 18th, 1998 in the USA, the Game Boy Color ran off a Sharp LR35902, 32 KB RAM and 16 KB VRAM, plus it's 15-bit color text/html 2023-11-28T22:58:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/summary?rev=1701212293&do=diff 5th Generation The 5th generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began in the period between 1993 (release of the 3DO/Jaguar) and 1995 (release of the Saturn/PS1), and ending in the period between 1999 (release of the Dreamcast) and 2001 (release of the GameCube and Xbox). Easily the generation with the most missed opportunities for EOPs, as this period has hardware which isn't that far behind the 6th generation, yet it significantly lacks in a level of EOPs that the 6th g… text/html 2023-09-26T17:14:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/summary?rev=1695748475&do=diff 7th Generation The 7th generation of portable game consoles, and the first to possess an absolutely enormous amount of EOPs. Commonly considered as having began in 2004 with the release of the Nintendo DS and PSP, ending anywhere between 2011 with the release of the 3DS, and 2014 with the discontinuation of the PSP. As previously stated, this period had a large variety of EOPs available, helped by both the absolute legendary status of both the DS and PSP in this realm, and the large influx of n… text/html 2022-08-01T22:05:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/4th_generation/nintendo_game_boy?rev=1659391529&do=diff Nintendo Game Boy This page does not cover the Game Boy Color. For this console, see Nintendo Game Boy Color. Releasing in September 1989 for the USA, the Game Boy was a wildly successful system for years. Containing only 64 KiB of RAM, a 160×144 monochrome screen, and 2-bit color, it's primary genius was in it's long battery life and easily digested games. Both of these features allowed the Game Boy to overcome it's weak capability. Despite this specification-based inferiority compared to it'… text/html 2023-12-25T01:46:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/nintendo_64?rev=1703468760&do=diff Nintendo 64 includes 64DD Nintendo's memorable entry into the 3D and 64-bit era. Releasing on September 29th, 1996 in North America, the N64's NEC VR4300, 4 (8 with exp.) MB of RAM, and 16.8 million colors at 320×240 to 640×480 packed quite a powerful punch, although being somewhat limited in scale and scope by the system's somewhat antiquated (at the time) cartridge format. Due to this (plus the system's excellent games library), the N64 sold a cool 32 million units, allowing Nintendo to cont… text/html 2022-05-10T23:38:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/summary?rev=1652225881&do=diff 4th Generation The 4th generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 1989 with the release of the Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16, and ending in the period between 1993 (release of the 3DO/Jaguar) and 1996 (release of the N64). Possibly the generation with the 2nd highest amount of potential for EOPs, considering the hardware capabilities of this era contrasted with the relative lack of interesting programs for much of this period's systems. text/html 2022-06-21T21:32:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/8th_generation/summary?rev=1655847144&do=diff 8th Generation The 8th generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began between 2012 (release of the Wii U) and 2013 (release of the PS4 and Xbox One), without having ended just yet; the PS4 remains in production as of 2022 despite original plans to discontinue it in 2021, while the Switch has no signs of being discontinued anytime soon (although it does straggle the line between 8th and 9th in some ways). Coming with powerful hardware, it's no surprise to see the 8th gener… text/html 2023-02-26T23:39:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/summary?rev=1677454773&do=diff Video Game Consoles (Home) A simple directory page for every home console generation on the Esoteric Devices Wiki. 1st and 2nd Generation 3rd Generation 4th Generation 5th Generation 6th Generation 7th Generation 8th Generation 9th Generation text/html 2023-02-26T23:39:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/summary?rev=1677454781&do=diff Video Game Consoles (Portable) A simple directory page for every portable console generation on the Esoteric Devices Wiki. 1st and 2nd Generation 3rd Generation 4th Generation 5th Generation 6th Generation 7th Generation 8th Generation 9th Generation text/html 2023-12-25T02:08:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/6th_generation/nintendo_game_boy_advance?rev=1703470088&do=diff Nintendo Game Boy Advance includes the SP and all Game Boy & Game Boy Color entries (backwards compatible) The final system in the Game Boy line, and still successful akin to the ones before it. Releasing on June 11th, 2001 in the USA, the Game Boy Advance featured a 16.8 text/html 2022-05-11T03:05:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/1st_and_2nd_generation/summary?rev=1652238331&do=diff 1st and 2nd Generation The first 2 generations of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 1972 with the Magnavox Odyssey and ending in 1985 with the release of the NES. This page is essentially for just the 2nd generation, as the 1st generation's capabilities are too limited to allow even the slightest EOP to be developed. text/html 2022-05-11T00:05:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/4th_generation/summary?rev=1652227531&do=diff 4th Generation The first true generation of portable gaming, the 4th generation. Universally considered as having began in 1989 with the release of the Game Boy (and Atari Lynx!), and having ended sometime between 1997 (release of the Game.com) and 1999 (release of the Neo Geo Pocket Color). As this was the first generation of portable game consoles to actually have vitality, it's no surprise to see a relative lack of EOPs outside of the Game Boy, which only was able to get such EOPs by lasting… text/html 2022-05-11T00:12:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/6th_generation/summary?rev=1652227934&do=diff 6th Generation The 6th generation of portable game consoles, which is another Nintendo-dominated landscape, quite like the generation before it. Almost universally considered as having began in 2001 with the release of the Game Boy Advance, ending anywhere between 2004 with the release of the DS Lite and PSP, and 2008 with the discontinuation of the last dedicated Game Boy Advance. Even though the trend of Nintendo supremacy continued unabated, the 6th generation has quite the sweet variety of … text/html 2022-05-11T00:17:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/summary?rev=1652228228&do=diff 8th Generation The 8th generation of portable game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 2011 with the release of the 3DS, and ending anywhere between 2019/2020 (discontinuation of the last 3DSes and the Vita) to not having even ended at all (with the Switch Lite still being produced, if you consider it to be 8th generation). Regardless of this slight end-date confusion, the 8th generation was similar to it's predecessor in possessing a great variety of EOPs, plus a lot of interestin… text/html 2023-11-29T02:43:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/sega_genesis_plus_add-ons?rev=1701225782&do=diff Sega Genesis includes Sega 32X and Sega CD Sega's breakout system, which garnered them tremendous market success, a place in the gaming industry, lasting franchises, 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, 64KB of RAM/VRAM, and the ability to output video at 320×224/256×224 (progressive) or 320×448/256×448 (interlaced) at maximum 61 colors on screen f… text/html 2023-02-26T20:34:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/7th_generation/nintendo_wii?rev=1677443649&do=diff Nintendo Wii Nintendo's wildly successful followup to their GameCube. Releasing on November 19th, 2006 in North America, the Wii's PowerPC-based Broadway CPU, 64+24 MB of RAM, and maximum output resolution of 640×480 was not particularly powerful at the time of it's release, as Nintendo's competitors in the PS3 and Xbox 360 were both already in the HD 1080p era. Despite this, the Wii went on to be one of Nintendo's most successful consoles of all time, reaching a sales figure of 101.63 million … 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 2023-02-26T23:38:20+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 2022-05-11T02:56:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/3rd_generation/summary?rev=1652237764&do=diff 3rd Generation The 3rd generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 1985 with the release of the NES, and ending in the period between 1989 (release of TurboGrafx-16 and Sega Genesis) and 1991 (release of the SNES). Can be considered as the first generation to harness a true potential for the creation of EOPs, as hardware overheads were too restrictive in systems released prior to this period. 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 2024-05-18T03:48:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/miscellaneous_mobile_devices/calculators/other_texas_instruments_calculators?rev=1716004085&do=diff Other Texas Instruments Calculators Texas Instruments 73 Operating Systems (Zilog Z80) Calcsys Some sort of “system program” that features a hex editor, disassembler, port monitor, etc. akin to KnightOS’ features. <https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/196/19619.html> KnightOS "the pieces of KnightOS are maintained as separate projects under the KnightOS organization text/html 2024-06-06T23:11:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/sega_saturn?rev=1717715498&do=diff Sega Saturn Sega's catastrophically messy followup to their greatly successful Genesis/Mega Drive. Releasing on May 11th, 1995 in North America, the Saturn's 2x SH-2 CPUs, 4 MB RAM (across 3 purposes), and up to 16.77 million colors between 320×224 text/html 2025-02-24T22:53:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/nintendo_3ds?rev=1740437581&do=diff Nintendo 3DS includes the “New” variants that have upgraded hardware Nintendo's successor to it's smash hit, the Nintendo DS. Despite not selling nearly as well as the DS, the 3DS held it's own and firmly beat off any competition in Sony's PlayStation Vita. Preserving the 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 2022-08-24T06:30:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/sony_playstation_portable?rev=1661322615&do=diff Sony PlayStation Portable PSP - Sony's attempt to truly break into the handheld market, and it was certainly a formidable attempt. Releasing on March 24th, 2005 in the USA, the PlayStation Portable was a powerful system for the time, containing a MIPS R4000 CPU, 32MB of RAM (64MB on all later models), and a text/html 2022-05-11T02:46:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/7th_generation/summary?rev=1652237214&do=diff 7th Generation The 7th generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began during 2005 and 2006 (release of all 3 main systems), and ending anywhere between 2012 (release of the Wii U) and 2017 (year in which the PS3 was discontinued), or possibly even during 2019/2020 (release of final game titles on Wii and PS3). As one can likely tell, the 7th generation was the first generation to truly last absolute ages, with the 360 having been actively produced for over a decade, while… text/html 2023-08-12T02:03:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/nintendo_ds?rev=1691805808&do=diff Nintendo DS includes Lite and DSi (ARM9 MHz 2x) Nintendo's smash success handheld console, first released on November 21st, 2004 in the United States. It's dual-screen (bottom one touch) gimmick, combined with the smart “DS Lite” redesign in 2006 resulted in astronomical sales figures, breaking records for the most successful handheld console of all time. By adding a touch screen to the bottom, the Nintendo DS essentially created an entire market of text/html 2022-05-10T23:52:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/9th_generation/summary?rev=1652226743&do=diff 9th Generation The 9th generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 2020 with the release of the PS5 and Xbox Series consoles, although some may consider it as having began in 2017 with the release of the Nintendo Switch. Being the current console generation, it's not going to be ending anytime soon. Similarly, it's status as the current and new generation means very few EOPs are available in this area for the time being. Only the future can tell us what will eventua… text/html 2022-08-02T20:29:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/5th_generation/bandai_wonderswan_with_color?rev=1659472178&do=diff Bandai WonderSwan (+Color) One of the few portable consoles of this generation to make any meaningful impact in the market, the Bandai WonderSwan and it's Color upgrade experienced significant success in Japan, which is the only country it released in during 1999 and 2000. Running off a NEC V30 MZ, 64 KB RAM, and a 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 2022-01-14T22:30:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/gamepark_holdings_gp2x_wiz?rev=1642199447&do=diff GamePark Holdings GP2X Wiz GamePark Holding's 2nd “emulation” handheld, and the successor to the GP2X. Releasing on May 12th, 2009 across several regions, the GP2X Wiz is simply another “homebrew” console that had a few commercial games, but clearly aimed to target the independent developers. Sales figures are not certain, but it's target market means even slim sales can be considered a success, as this console received a successor in the text/html 2022-11-17T02:13:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/sony_playstation_vita?rev=1668651231&do=diff Sony PlayStation Vita Sony's 2nd and final portable console. Releasing on February 15th, 2012 in the USA, the PlayStation Vita was a capable system that was promptly abandoned by Sony within 2 years. Because of Sony's non-support and firm competition in the text/html 2022-09-23T18:56:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/5th_generation/summary?rev=1663959386&do=diff 5th Generation The 5th generation of portable game consoles, which can more accurately be described as the “Game Boy Color + failures” generation (although, to be fair to the WonderSwan, it did alright). With this sort of name, it's no surprise to hear that this is commonly considered as having began in 1998 with the release of the Game Boy Color, although some may claim 1997 with the release of the Game.com. In contrast, the period which it ended is easily determined, as most would consider th… text/html 2022-09-23T18:45:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/7th_generation/microsoft_xbox_360?rev=1663958716&do=diff Microsoft Xbox 360 Microsoft's 2nd console. Releasing on November 22nd, 2005 in North America, the Xbox 360's PowerPC “Xenon” CPU, 512 +10 MB of RAM, and maximum 1920×1080 output resolution was perfectly capable for this era, resulting in a successful system which sold 84 million units worldwide, putting it ahead of the PS3 for most of the system's life (although the PS3 barely managed to sell more in the end). text/html 2022-05-14T21:28:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/apple_bandai_pippin?rev=1652563719&do=diff Apple/Bandai Pippin Apple's attempt of making a “technology platform” akin to the 3DO, except based off of their own Macintosh technology. With the first American Pippin system releasing in June 1996, the Pippin ended up being a massive failure, due to it's inability to truly understand the consumer market + the return of Steve Jobs shortly after it's introduction. Specifications-wise, the Pippin systems all came with a PowerPC 603 CPU, 6MB of RAM (8MB for Katz Media EU model) which can be upgr… text/html 2023-12-25T01:55:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/super_nintendo_entertainment_system?rev=1703469316&do=diff Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo's highly anticipated followup to the NES, which was a success only matched in market power by the Sega Genesis. Releasing on August 23rd, 1991 in North America, the SNES runs off of a Ricoh 5A22 WDC 65C816-based CPU, 128 KB of RAM + 64 KB VRAM, and a maximum output resolution of 256×224/512×224/256×239/512×239 (progressive) or 512×448/512×478 (interlaced), at up to 32768 colors. These are quite powerful specifications, mostly defeating it's competito… text/html 2022-06-21T23:22:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/8th_generation/sony_playstation_4?rev=1655853769&do=diff Sony PlayStation 4 Sony's 4th console. Releasing on November 15th, 2013 in North America, the PS4's x86-64 8-core AMD APU, 8GB+256MB (8+1GB on Pro) of RAM, and maximum output resolution of 1080p (4K on Pro) is certainly quite powerful for it's generation. Combining this with a good launch and good games resulted in the PS4 becoming a strong seller, with current figures sitting at 117.2 million units sold. Despite original plans by Sony to discontinue the system in 2021, chip supplies have resul… text/html 2022-08-08T21:59:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/9th_generation/nintendo_game_and_watch_2020s?rev=1659995965&do=diff Nintendo Game and Watch (2020s) Nintendo's recent “celebration” of recent anniversaries for the Mario and Zelda franchises. Releasing on November 13th, 2020 and November 12th, 2021, the two “revival” Game and Watches are capable of doing a few things, despite their unsurprisingly lightweight status. Containing an ARM Cortex M7 core, 128 KB + 8 text/html 2023-11-28T23:02:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/leapfrog_leapster_explorer?rev=1701212558&do=diff Leapfrog Leapster Explorer Yet another children's handheld released by LeapFrog, debuting in the USA on June 7th, 2010. Similar to the Didj but upgraded, the Explorer (1st model) comes with 512 MB of internal storage, 64 MB of RAM, and a 320×240 resistive touch screen. It appears to have sold well, with the 2nd text/html 2022-08-07T19:15:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/gamepark_holdings_gp2x?rev=1659899745&do=diff GamePark Holdings GP2X GamePark Holding's first “homebrew” handheld, being a company formed from disgruntled employees of former company Game Park. Releasing on November 10th, 2005 in South Korea, the GP2X was more primarily focused on the “homebrew text/html 2022-08-07T18:57:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/dingoo_digital_dingoo_series?rev=1659898677&do=diff Dingoo Digital Dingoo series Yet another “homebrew” console that continues the lineage started by the Game Park GP32 in 2001. Releasing sometime during February 2009, the Dingoo devices ended up as a small series of handheld “homebrew” systems. Despite this moniker, some actual games released for these devices, which qualifies them as being more than mere text/html 2022-08-02T20:28:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/6th_generation/tapwave_zodiac?rev=1659472125&do=diff Tapwave Zodiac Tapwave's Zodiac was the biggest attempt at turning PalmOS into a gaming platform, and it's one that almost succeeded. Launching on November 1st, 2003 in the USA, the Zodiac was very successful at launch, but was unable to keep it's momentum past 2004 with the release of the text/html 2024-11-19T20:59:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/websites/not_parsed?rev=1732049987&do=diff Not Parsed These are websites that have not yet been parsed for content to add to the wiki. They need to be parsed! Computing Higher Level Depth Gunkies Many different old computers, bits of hardware, and obscure OSes here. <https://gunkies.org/wiki/Main_Page> Dumbphones Higher Level Depth text/html 2022-08-03T03:41:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/6th_generation/game_park_gp32?rev=1659498090&do=diff Game Park GP32 One of the first “homebrew” consoles to have released, despite it's origins pitting it as the first South Korean game console of native origin. Releasing on November 23rd, 2001 in South Korea and eventually reaching other continents, the GP32 experienced little of an actual cartridge gaming market, although enough to actually be considered a proper console, rather than an text/html 2022-08-08T21:42:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/9th_generation/nintendo_switch?rev=1659994952&do=diff 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, but it's “hybrid” gimmick of being both a portable and home console has made it a sales winner. In hardware, the Switch contains a text/html 2022-06-21T23:27:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/8th_generation/sony_playstation_classic?rev=1655854029&do=diff Sony PlayStation Classic Sony's entry into the “classic” systems market. Releasing on December 3rd, 2018 for the world, the PS Classic's MediaTek MT8167A SoC and 1 GB of RAM is pretty powerful for a “classic” system, which comes as no surprise considering the increased power required to emulate the PS1. Because of this, the PS Classic appears to be the most powerful of the text/html 2022-05-11T00:25:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/9th_generation/summary?rev=1652228712&do=diff 9th Generation The 9th generation of portable game consoles, which cannot really be defined with either a start or an end. With Nintendo and Sony both having departed from this field, the best definition is 2019-present by using the Nintendo Switch Lite as the only text/html 2024-05-18T03:27:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/computing/computers?rev=1716002846&do=diff Computers For computers, in all of their varying forms across all of the ages. Obviously, a large modicum of operating systems and CPU architectures will feature here. Many computers will be linked off to separate pages in the future, but for now, they live here. text/html 2023-11-28T23:08:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/1st_and_2nd_generation/atari_2600?rev=1701212908&do=diff Atari 2600 Atari's entry in the home console industry, and one that innovated across the board, despite the fact that the 2600 was not really the “first” in anything. Releasing in September 1977 in the USA, the 2600 was quite capable for the time, although this pales in comparison to the power consoles held even a few years later. In this power, the 2600 ran off 128 bytes of RAM, a MOS 6507 at 1.19MHz, and could display 16 possible colors with 8 levels of brightness within each color, or 128 di… text/html 2023-08-12T02:07:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/7th_generation/sony_playstation_3?rev=1691806079&do=diff Sony PlayStation 3 Sony's 3rd system. Releasing on November 17th, 2006 in North America, the PS3's PowerPC-based CELL CPU, 256+256 MB of RAM, and Nvidia RSX graphics at maximum 1080p output resolution was certainly very powerful, albeit very complex. Launching to mixed reception due to an extremely high price 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. text/html 2022-01-14T22:33:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/leapfrog_didj?rev=1642199633&do=diff LeapFrog Didj A children's game console released by LeapFrog on August 22nd, 2008. Due to it's target demographic, the Didj was quite the surprise with it's relative power, containing a “Pollux” ARM CPU (like various other handhelds of this era), 32 text/html 2024-05-18T03:22:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/computing/computers/msxes?rev=1716002548&do=diff MSXes Operating Systems MNBIOS "Is it multitasking? Yes, it is true, it is multi-thread and multi-CPU" Another Unixlike for the MSX, which appears to be a bit less developed than Uzix, albeit still capable. Offered in both Spanish and English. A significant amount of graphical and non-graphical features are available with this system, complete with a perfectly outdated looking website. text/html 2022-01-05T00:54:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/operating_systems/conventional/classic_mac_os?rev=1641344094&do=diff Classic Mac OS Nest Listings Console emulation on Classic Mac OS (nest; potential) Whether these emulators support operating systems for these consoles is unknown; it must be looked into further. Consoles without meaningful OSes are not included. text/html 2022-09-23T18:51:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/operating_systems/conventional?rev=1663959079&do=diff Conventional For the large variety of operating systems out there. Of course, they'll run on a very large variety of architectures... Anything with ARM box86 "You NEED a 32-bit subsystem to run and build Box86. Box86 is useless on 64-bit only systems text/html 2022-01-14T22:30:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/gamepark_holdings_caanoo?rev=1642199454&do=diff GamePark Holdings Caanoo The 3rd and last “homebrew” handheld released by GamePark Holdings (not to be confused with Game Park). Releasing on August 16th, 2010 across parts of Asia and Europe, the Caanoo continued the lineage of GamePark Holding's text/html 2024-05-18T03:57:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/miscellaneous_mobile_devices/pdas?rev=1716004628&do=diff PDAs The “Personal Digital Assistants”, devices which dominated the 1990s and early 00s with their portable computing capabilities. A large variety of architectures and OSes are found in this realm. MIPS, ARM, and m68k are just some of the architectures found here, with OSes ranging from PalmOS, Linux, Windows Mobile, and more. text/html 2024-05-18T03:45:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/miscellaneous_mobile_devices/calculators?rev=1716003928&do=diff Calculators For the many different calculators out there that have EOP capabilities. Architectures vary, as for operating systems. ARM, m68k, z80, and Saturn are just some of the potential architectures, while operating systems are almost always custom, with a few calculators sporting something related to Linux. text/html 2022-04-23T01:52:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/miscellaneous_mobile_devices/calculators/texas_instruments_89_and_titanium?rev=1650678746&do=diff Texas Instruments 89 and Titanium Operating Systems (Motorola 68000) AAShell Another boring aping of the Windows appearance (Start menu blah blah) <https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/156/15664.html> BlitZ K* Something that’s “designed to look like a file manager”, whatever that means. <https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/95/9513.html> Brain text/html 2022-08-03T03:44:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/tiger_telematics_gizmondo?rev=1659498263&do=diff Tiger Telematics Gizmondo Possibly the only handheld in existence to be bankrolled by wanted felons, Tiger Telematics' (not to be confused with Tiger Electronics, maker of those awful LCD games) Gizmondo was a miserable failure. Releasing on March 19th, 2005, the Gizmondo's launch was marred with misery, due to poor marketing, games, links to the Swedish Mafia (through Tiger Telematics), and most importantly - spending way too much money. Despite all of this, the Gizmondo's specs weren't bad, w… text/html 2022-01-14T22:55:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/gc_worldwide_gcw_zero?rev=1642200939&do=diff GC Worldwide GCW Zero Another handheld continuing the lineage of “homebrew” devices, although certainly a bit closer to the “emulation handheld” style of systems. Releasing sometime during 2013 after a successful Kickstarter campaign, the GCW Zero doesn't seem to have sold a lot, but it was received relatively well anyway. Specification-wise, the GCW Zero contains 16 text/html 2023-02-26T23:39:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/guides/home_console_buying_guide?rev=1677454763&do=diff Home Console Buying Guide Last updated 4th April, 2022. Coming soon... Buy at your own risk. Any home console's model, regardless of it's baseline, has the potential to do worse compared to supposedly inferior models. Nothing is guaranteed. On this page, is a summary of the wiki's recommendations of which version of every home console is best to buy. When determining our decisions, we base it off of functionality and reliability, not price or cosmetics. Price fluctuates, cosmetics are subject… text/html 2022-01-14T23:08:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/snk_tommo_neo_geo_x?rev=1642201706&do=diff SNK/Tommo Neo Geo X SNK's botched attempt at creating a handheld to resurrect the Neo Geo branding, complete with games available for sale on a digital storefront. Releasing on December 18th, 2012, the Neo Geo X only lasted less than a year, before SNK became outraged with the mediocre production quality provided by Tommo, and promptly withdrew their contract to use the Neo Geo brand. Such manufacturing and legal controversy resulted in the Neo Geo X dropping off the map quite quickly, presumab… text/html 2023-08-12T02:07:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/e-ink_devices/e-book_readers?rev=1691806039&do=diff E-Book Readers Devices that are primarily meant to read digital books. These will mostly feature “E-Ink” screens, although this is not a guarantee for an E-Book reader. Despite that, they have been included under “E-Ink devices” due to this expectation. For architectures and OSes, E-Book readers typically feature some ARM chip that runs a variant of Linux or Android. text/html 2022-06-09T23:12:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/nintendo_virtual_boy?rev=1654816357&do=diff Nintendo Virtual Boy Nintendo's ill-informed attempt of staving off “unreleased console” tension by entering the 32 bit era and Virtual Reality at the same time. Releasing on August 14th, 1995 in North America, the Virtual Boy's NEC V810, 320 KB of RAM (across 3 purposes), and text/html 2024-05-18T03:51:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/miscellaneous_mobile_devices/calculators/texas_instruments_83p_and_84p?rev=1716004271&do=diff Texas Instruments 83+ and 84+ includes SE models Operating Systems (Zilog Z80) 83plus Windows 95 This one is very usual like the rest. <https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/138/13833.html> Aegis Operating System Has “36 parts” such as programs/apps and pictures. Newer than most of the OSes on this list, being made in 2012. text/html 2022-04-23T03:03:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/websites/parsed?rev=1650683010&do=diff Parsed These are all the websites that have been parsed for content to integrate in our wiki. Eventually, all of the websites in Not Parsed will be here. Computing Lower Level Depth PCjs An online IBM PC emulator that allows one to explore various operating systems of the time. text/html 2022-06-22T00:05:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/9th_generation/microsoft_xbox_series_x_and_s?rev=1655856308&do=diff Microsoft Xbox Series X and S Microsoft's 4th console, and their 2nd confusingly named console. With the two releasing on November 10th, 2020 for the world, the X and S have varying hardware, with the X coming as the “more powerful” system. Both run an x86-64 based AMD Zen 2 CPU, with the X having 16 text/html 2022-01-05T02:04:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/operating_systems/conventional/amigaos?rev=1641348278&do=diff AmigaOS Nest Listings Console emulation on AmigaOS (nest; potential) Whether these emulators support operating systems for these consoles is unknown; it must be looked into further. Consoles without meaningful OSes are not included. Atari 2600 – Virtual 2600 text/html 2022-06-21T21:37:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/8th_generation/microsoft_xbox_one?rev=1655847445&do=diff Microsoft Xbox One Microsoft's 3rd console, and their first confusingly named one. Releasing on November 22nd, 2013 for much of the world, the Xbox One's AMD-made x86 APU and 8 GB of RAM (12 on One X) was pretty capable, certainly holding a candle to the PS4's hardware. However, it's safe to say that this was not enough for the One to beat the PS4, as Microsoft refuses to release sales figures for their console; industry analyst's estimations range from 40 to 50 million units sold - significant… text/html 2022-05-14T18:50:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/3do_company_3do_interactive_multiplayer?rev=1652554226&do=diff 3DO Company 3DO Interactive Multiplayer A “game console specification” conceived by The 3DO Company, with actual systems being manufactured by a variety of vendors. With the first 3DO system releasing on October 4th, 1993 in North America, the 3DO was quite an advanced system for a short period of time around it's launch, but it quickly lost this status upon the release of the PlayStation and Saturn in 1995. Specifications-wise, the 3DO ran a custom 32-bit ARM60 CPU, with 2 text/html 2022-06-21T21:43:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/8th_generation/nintendo_classic_editions_nes-snes?rev=1655847808&do=diff Nintendo Classic Editions (NES/SNES) Nintendo's way of making bank off of nostalgia. With the NES Classic releasing on November 11th, 2016 for NA/EU (re-released on June 29th, 2018), and the SNES Classic releasing on September 29th, 2017, it comes as no surprise that the systems specifications are not particularly extreme. With both devices packing an Allwinner R16 SoC, 512 text/html 2025-02-05T05:43:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/8th_generation/nintendo_wii_u?rev=1738734221&do=diff Nintendo Wii U Nintendo's entry into the HD era. Releasing on November 18th, 2012 in North America, the Wii U's PowerPC-based Espresso CPU, 2 GB of RAM, and AMD Radeon “Latte” GPU outputting up to 1080p (with an 854×480 screen on the GamePad) wasn't particularly capable, compared to the Wii U's competitors. This, of course, was not all, as poor marketing and a less-than-ideal launch lineup resulted in the Wii U being one of Nintendo's biggest sales flops, with it selling only 13.56 million unit… text/html 2022-06-21T22:31:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/8th_generation/ouya_inc._ouya?rev=1655850717&do=diff Ouya Inc. OUYA The first “Kickstarter” console. Releasing on June 25th, 2013, the crowdfunded Ouya generated a lot of hype but failed tremendously at delivering it's promises. Coming with an ARM Cortex-A9 CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and a GeForce ULP GPU capable of outputting up to 1080p, the Ouya's specifications were essentially an early-2010s Android phone, which comes as no surprise as the Ouya ran Android 4.1. The Ouya sold extremely poorly, reaching only 200k sales - despite the tremendous hype cam… text/html 2022-06-21T22:51:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/8th_generation/sega_genesis_mini?rev=1655851896&do=diff Sega Genesis Mini Sega's take on the “classic” system. Releasing on September 19th, 2019 for much of the world, the Genesis Mini's ZUIKI Z7213 SoC (1080p maximum output) and 256 MB of RAM is surely capable of emulating the Genesis and it's games. Of course, it can emulate many other systems too, if you hack/homebrew it. Sales figures are unknown, but are presumed to be text/html 2022-05-11T00:02:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/1st_and_2nd_generation/summary?rev=1652227328&do=diff 1st and 2nd Generation The 1st and 2nd generation of portable game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 1977 or so with the release of junky LCD systems and the 1979 release of the Microvision. For the most part, these systems are utterly incapable of anything EOP related due to their technical gap compared to home consoles of the time. This is despite the presence of programmable cartridges on some devices, as they ended up dying out without much of a comeback until the late 1980s … text/html 2022-04-23T02:52:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/operating_systems/conventional/dos?rev=1650682341&do=diff DOS EOPs Low Level Depth SEAL “Graphical Environment similar to KDE; Multimedia Capabilities with the SFA API” A graphical desktop environment for “DOS”, presumably MS-DOS with support for other variants in some capacity. <http://sealsystem.sourceforge.net/link/index.shtml> Nest Listings text/html 2024-05-18T03:54:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/miscellaneous_mobile_devices/calculators/texas_instruments_nspire_cx?rev=1716004470&do=diff Texas Instruments nSpire CX includes CX II calculators. YMMV for all items listed here if attempted on a CX II calculator Operating Systems (ARM something) Android Donut 1.6 "After about 10 minutes or so (boot ups are shorter on subsequent launches) text/html 2022-04-23T01:55:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/miscellaneous_mobile_devices/calculators/texas_instruments_92_plus?rev=1650678901&do=diff Texas Instruments 92 Plus Operating Systems (Motorola MC68000) Console emulation (potential) Whether these emulators support operating systems for these consoles is unknown; it must be looked into further. Consoles without meaningful OSes are not included. text/html 2023-02-26T23:39:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/essays/cheap_devices_dichotomy?rev=1677454749&do=diff Cheap Devices Dichotomy This dictation is my interpretation of what ways cheap devices can commonly be created, in relation to the function and potential of EOPs. In essence, there are 3 ways in which manufacturers of “lower cost” electronics make their device. One is beneficial for EOP and open, one is harmful to EOP and protective, and one is mixed. text/html 2022-01-14T22:59:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/kevin_bates_arduboy?rev=1642201147&do=diff Kevin Bates’ Arduboy May be considered as the “ARDUBOY Inc. Arduboy” nowadays, rather than simply “Kevin Bates'” Arduboy. A game console counting more as a “tinker” project, the Arduboy is a sort of “DIY” game console based off the Arduino hardware. Seemingly releasing in 2014 as a text/html 2022-03-25T19:41:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/guides/home_console_buying_guide_for_eops?rev=1648237286&do=diff Home Console Buying Guide for EOPs Under Construction as of 03/25/2022. Coming soon... Buy at your own risk. This list does NOT cover the best versions of a home console based off of it's general functionality and reliability. Rather, it is a sort of text/html 2022-08-01T22:40:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/4th_generation/sega_game_gear?rev=1659393638&do=diff Sega Game Gear Sega's attempt to crush the Game Boy. Releasing on April 26th (15th in NY/LA), 1991 in the USA, it achieved moderate success but failed to make a significant dent in Nintendo's dominance, outside of Europe where it achieved something close to 45% market share. This was despite it's pretty powerful specifications, containing a Zilog Z80 clocked at 3.57 text/html 2022-03-25T19:41:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/guides/portable_console_buying_guide_for_eops?rev=1648237290&do=diff Portable Console Buying Guide for EOPs Under Construction as of 03/25/2022. Coming soon... Buy at your own risk. This list does NOT cover the best versions of a portable console based off of it's general functionality and reliability. Rather, it is a sort of text/html 2022-11-30T05:20:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/snk_neo_geo_aes?rev=1669785624&do=diff SNK Neo Geo AES SNK's home console conversion of their wildly popular arcade systems. Releasing on July 1st, 1991 in North America and Japan, the Neo Geo AES was a powerful system but limited in it's appeal and market dominance, mostly due to high prices and a genre-limited game library. Specifications-wise, the AES has a Motorola 68k CPU with Zilog Z80A co-processor, 64 KB of RAM + 84 KB of VRAM + 2KB sound memory, and an output resolution of text/html 2022-05-12T21:51:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/phillips_cd-i?rev=1652392307&do=diff Philips CD-i A “media format standard” created by Phillips in 1990, which was targeted by a variety of “players”. With the first CD-i compatible player releasing on December 3rd, 1991 in North America, the format's biggest claim to fame are it's notoriously bad Nintendo-licensed games - a rarity for the giant. Capable of outputting 384×280 to 768×560 depending on the model at 24-bit/16-bit color, with all models containing the Philips SCC68070 68k-based chip + Philips SCC66470 graphics chip, la… text/html 2022-04-13T22:39:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/3rd_generation/sega_master_system?rev=1649889559&do=diff Sega Master System Sega's entry into the newly formed (again) western games market. Releasing in September 1986 for the USA, the Master System was reasonably capable with it's Zilog Z80A, 256×192 output resolution, and 8 KB RAM. Despite not selling well in North America, it's European release was relatively successful at challenging the reign of Nintendo, while it's Brazilian release was an absolute blowout, taking over the video game market to the point where text/html 2023-02-26T20:32:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/3rd_generation/nintendo_entertainment_system?rev=1677443534&do=diff Nintendo Entertainment System includes Famicom Disk System Nintendo's big break into the video game market. Releasing on October 18th, 1985 in the USA, the NES' combination between smart marketing, enticing games, and capable hardware effectively forged the path for both it's success, and the success of the video games market as a whole. Specifications-wise, the NES features a Ricoh 2A03 CPU with a MOS 6502 base, 2 KB of RAM (expandable by game carts), and a resolution of text/html 2022-05-11T00:03:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/3rd_generation/summary?rev=1652227390&do=diff 3rd Generation The 3rd generation of portable game consoles, which barely even existed as our examples are basically “kids computers” and the Etch-a-Sketch crossover devices. Arguably the “dark ages” of portable gaming witnessed between 1982 and 1989. Let there be (green) light text/html 2022-04-13T22:35:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/1st_and_2nd_generation/magnavox_odyssey_2?rev=1649889352&do=diff Magnavox Odyssey 2 The true successor to the Magnavox Odyssey. Releasing in February 1979 for the US, the Odyssey 2 was one of the “major players” of the 2nd generation of consoles, although it may have been in last place for this realm. Specifications-wise, the Odyssey 2 has an Intel 8048 CPU, a text/html 2022-01-26T19:21:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/1st_and_2nd_generation/fairchild_channel_f?rev=1643224916&do=diff Fairchild Channel F Fairchild's only console, and the first console to feature interchangeable ROM cartridges. Releasing in November 1976 for the USA (1 year before the Atari 2600), the Channel F was quite revolutionary but not particularly successful in any sense. Specifications-wise, it contains a Fairchild F8 CPU, 2 KB of RAM, a resolution of text/html 2022-08-01T20:33:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/4th_generation/atari_lynx?rev=1659386021&do=diff Atari Lynx Released on September 1st, 1989 in the USA, the Lynx was Atari's only portable console. Coming in at $179.95 at launch, it sold at an acceptable rate throughout it's lifespan, but was unable to crush the monster that was the Game Boy. 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Because of this, it's specifications are mostly the same as this aforementioned system, barring the obvious text/html 2022-04-13T23:14:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/4th_generation/hartung_game_master?rev=1649891659&do=diff Hartung Game Master Released in 1990 primarily across Europe, the Game Master was one of those miserable attempts to beat the Game Boy in market success. Online specification information is poor, but it is known to have a 64×64 monochrome screen with the NEC upd7810 CPU. Since it was so weak, it probably had alright battery life and longevity, but the quality of it's games did it no favors.