The First Generation The first generation of video game consoles lasted from 1972 until 1979. It includes the Magnavox Odyssey, PONG, Coleco Telstar, and APF TV Fun.
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The Second Generation The second generation of video game consoles lasted from 1976 until 1984. It includes the Fairchild Channel F, RCA Studio II, 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System, Color TV Game, Atari 2600, Bally Astrocade, Magnavox Odyssey 2, APF Imagination Machine, Mattel Intellivision, Epoch Cassette Vision, Atari 5200, Milton Bradley Vectrex, Emerson Arcadia 2001, ColecoVision, Sega SG-1000, Microvision, Epoch Game Pocket Computer, and Nintendo Game & Watch.
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Video Game Crash Of 1983 The video game crash of 1983 lasted from 1983 to early 1984. It brought an end to what is considered the second era of console video gaming.
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The Third Generation In the history of video games, the 8-bit era was the third generation of video game consoles, but the first after the video game crash of 1983 and considered by some to be the first "modern" era of console gaming. It began in 1983 with the release of the Famicom in Japan and lasted until 1995. It includes the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Sega Master System (SMS), Atari 7800, Amstrad GX4000, Commodore 64 Games System, Nintendo Gameboy, Atari Lynx, and Sega Game Gear.
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The Fourth Generation The fourth generation of video game consoles lasted from 1988 until 1996. It includes the NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Neo Geo, Super NES/Fanicom, Philips CD-i, Game Boy Pocket, and Atari Lynx.
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The Fifth Generation The fifth generation of video game consoles lasted from 1993 until 1999. It includes the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Amiga CD-32, Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Virtual Boy, Neo Geo Pocket, Game.com, Wonderswan, Game Boy Light, and Game Boy Color.
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The Sixth Generation The sixth generation of video game consoles started in 1998. It includes the Sega Dreamcast, Neo Geo Pocket Color, GP32, Tapwave Zodiac, Nokia N-Gage, and Nokia N-Gage QD.
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