What we have here is a quick reference list of all the videogame consoles that have been released over time and a list of all the Retrospective articles that have been written so far. This guide has been broken up into decades and you can skip to certain decade if you wish to do so by pressing one of the below links.
The 70s
Magnavox Odyssey
- Released:1972
- Units sold:330,000
Atari PONG
- Released:1975
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 100
- Released:1975
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 200
- Released:1975
- Units sold:?
Atari Super PONG
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar Classic
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Fairchild Channel F
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 300
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 400
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 500
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
RCA Studio II
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Wonder Wizard 7702
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Nintendo Colour TV Game
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Atari Stunt Cycle
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Atari VCS 2600
- Released:1977
- Units sold:30 million (Includes all variants)
Atari Video Pinball
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar Alpha
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar Combat
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 2000
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 3000
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 4000
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Bally Professional Arcade
- Released:1978
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar Arcade
- Released:1978
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar Colortron
- Released:1978
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar Gemini
- Released:1978
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey²
- Released:1978
- Units sold:?
Atari 400
- Released:1979
- Units sold:?
Zircon Channel F System II
- Released:1979
- Units sold:?
The 80s
Mattel Intellivision
- Released:1980
- Units sold:3 million (Includes both version)
Epoch Cassette Vision
- Released:1981
- Units sold:?
Atari 5200
- Released:1982
- Units sold:?
Coleco Gemini
- Released:1982
- Units sold:?
Colecovision
- Released:1982
- Units sold:6 million
Emerson Arcadia 2001
- Released:1982
- Units sold:?
Mattel Intellivision II
- Released:1982
- Units sold:3 million (Includes both version)
Vectrex
- Released:1982
- Units sold:?
Sega SG-1000
- Released:1983
- Units sold:?
Atari 2600 Junior
- Released:1986
- Units sold:30 million (Includes all variants)
Atari 7800
- Released:1986
- Units sold:?
NEC Turbo Grafx 16
- Released:1989
- Units sold:10 million
Nintendo Entertainment System
- Released:1985
- Units sold:61.9 million (includes both variants)
Sega Master System
- Released:1986
- Units sold:13 million (Includes both variants)
Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
- Released:1989
- Units sold:29 million (Includes all variants)
The 90s
Sega Master System II
- Released:1990
- Units sold:13 million (Includes both variants)
SNK NEO-GEO (AES)
- Released:1990
- Units sold:?
CD-i
- Released:1991
- Units sold:570,000
Commodore CDTV
- Released:1991
- Units sold:?
Super Nintendo
- Released:1991
- Units sold:49.1 million (Include all variants)
NEC TurboDuo
- Released:1992
- Units sold:?
Sega Mega CD Mega Drive/Genesis
- Released:1992
- Units sold:6 million (Includes both variants)
Amiga CD32
- Released:1993
- Units sold:?
Atari Jaguar
- Released:1993
- Units sold:500,000
Nintendo Entertainment System 2
- Released:1993
- Units sold:61.9 million (includes both variants)
Panasonic 3DO Interactive
- Released:1993
- Units sold:2 million (including all variants and Sanyo and Goldstar versions)
NEC PC-FX
- Released:1994
- Units sold:?
Atari Jaguar CD
- Released:1994
- Units sold:20,000
Sega Mega CD for Mega Drive/Genesis 2
- Released:1994
- Units sold:6 million (Includes both variants)
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 2
- Released:1994
- Units sold:29 million (Includes all variants)
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 32x
- Released:1994
- Units sold:200,000
Sega CDX/Sega Multi-Mega
- Released:1994
- Units sold:?
SNK NEO-GEO CD
- Released:1994
- Units sold:?
Apple Pippin
- Released:1995
- Units sold:42,000
Panasonic 3DO FZ-10
- Released:1995
- Units sold:2 million (including all variants and Sanyo and Goldstar versions)
Sega Saturn
- Released:1995
- Units sold:17 million
Sony PlayStation
- Released:1995
- Units sold:102.49 million (includes all PS variants)
Discussions about the PSone & PS2 can be found here.
Nintendo 64
- Released:1996
- Units sold:32.9 million
Super Nintendo 2
- Released:1997
- Units sold:49.1 million (Include all variants)
Sega Genesis 3
- Released:1998
- Units sold:29 million (Includes all variants)
Nintendo 64DD
- Released:1999
- Units sold:15 000
Sega Dreamcast
- Released:1999
- Units sold:10.6 million
Year 2000
Sony PlayStation 2
- Released:2000
- Units sold:Over 127 million and counting(includes all PS2 variants)
Discussions about the PSone & PS2 can be found here.
Sony PlayStation PSone
- Released:2000
- Units sold:102.49 million (includes all PS variants)
Discussions about the PSone & PS2 can be found here.
Microsoft X-Box
- Released:2001
- Units sold:24 million
Discussions about the Microsoft X-Box can be found here.
Nintendo Game Cube
- Released:2001
- Units sold:21.74 million
Discussions about the Nintendo Game Cube can be found here here.
Atari Flashback
- Released:2004
- Units sold:?
Sony PlayStation 2 Slim
- Released:2004
- Units sold:Over 127 million and counting(includes all PS2 variants)
Discussions about the PSone & PS2 can be found here.
XaviXPORT
- Released:2004
- Units sold:?
Microsoft X-Box 360
- Released:2005
- Units sold:Over 19 million and still counting
For all the Microsoft X-Box 360 information that you could possibly need check out My360.com.au
Atari Flashback 2
- Released:2005
- Units sold:?
Game Wave Family Entertainment System
- Released:2006
- Units sold:?
Mattel HyperScan
- Released:2006
- Units sold:?
Nintendo Wii
- Released:2006
- Units sold:Over 21.56 million and counting
For all the Nintendo Wii information that you could possibly need check out MyWii.com.au
Sony PlayStation 3
- Released:2006
- Units sold:Over 12 million and counting
For all the Sony Playstation 3 information that you could possibly need check out MyPS3.com.au and if Blu-ray movies interest you then take a look at MyBluRay.com.au