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First generation console
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(first_generation)The first generation of video game consoles began in 1972 with the Magnavox Odyssey. -
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History of game consoles
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Second generation console
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(second_generation)The second generation of computer and video games began in 1976 with the release of the Fairchild Channel F and Radofin Electronics' 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System. -
Third generation console
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(third_generation)In the history of computer and video games, the third generation (sometimes referred to as the 8-bit era) began on July 15, 1983, with the Japanese release of both the Family Computer (referred to in Japan in the abbreviated form "Famicom", and later known as the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, in the rest of the world) -
fourth gen console
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(fourth_generation)In the history of computer and video games, the fourth generation (more commonly referred to as the 16-bit era) of games consoles began on October 30, 1987 with the Japanese release of Nippon Electric Company's (NEC) PC Engine (known as the TurboGrafx-16 in North America). -
fifth gen console
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(fifth_generation)The fifth-generation era (also known as the 32-bit era, the 64-bit era or the 3D era) refers to the computer and video games, video game consoles and video game handhelds from approximately 1993 to 2001. -
Sixth gen console
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(sixth_generation)In the history of video games, the sixth-generation era (sometimes referred to as the 128-bit era; see "Bits and system power" below) refers to the computer and video games, video game consoles, and video game handhelds available at the turn of the 21st century which was from 1998 to 2012. -
Seventh gen console
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(seventh_generation)In the history of video games, the seventh generation includes consoles released since late 2005 by Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony Computer Entertainment. For home consoles, the seventh generation began on 22 November 2005 with the release of Xbox 360 and continued with the release of PlayStation 3 on 17 November 2006, and -
8th gen console
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(eighth_generation)The eighth generation of video game consoles includes Nintendo's Wii U, released on November 18, 2012; Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 4 released on November 15, 2013;[1] and Microsoft's Xbox One, released on November 22, 2013.