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Attn: History of Videogames
2231 Cloverdale Avenue
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
| 1972: | 1975: | 1976: |
| Atari Pong C-100
Umtech Video Brain The Jimmy 8XL Polycon C 4010 Magnavox Odyssey 100 Magnavox Odyssey 200 Hanimex 7771 TV Sport XY Hanimex 666S-N Philips ES2201 Delta III Videogame ATOMIC TV-PLAYER 1 Klarvox Norda TV Game H-912 Markint 4 (Magnavox) Smash 4 Ronex Electronic TV Game Centre 15 |
Magnavox Odyssey 300
Magnavox Odyssey 400 Magnavox Odyssey 500 Fairchild Channel F Philips ES 2203 Mustang 9012 Hanimex HMG-7900 SHEEN Color TV Sports 406 Interton Video 2400 Sportron 101 U Sport 050 Hanimex TVG 070C Intel Super Tele-Sport Interstate Color Game SHEEN 100 Video Sport Tandy TV ScoreBoard 60-9005 Markint 4A SHEEN Video Game Prinztronic MICRO 5500 Video Action IV "Indy 500" (Universal Research Labs) National Semiconductor Adversary 370 DIGITEK 2001 Unisonic Tournament 2000 Visulex Super Pong 8000 Fountain Force PVS-1392 Orbit Elec Gimini Economy 8600 Binatone Superstar 01/4354 Adman Colour PVS Radofin Telesports III PVS SHEEN 104 Video Sport Radofin 1292 Radofin 1392 Sportel XY-4 Gamatic 7704 Intel TV-Sport 3006 SHG BlackPoint FS2000 Music Leader Multi-Play Mustang 9009 Video Game SHEEN 106C Color Video Sport Concept 2000 Spectrum 6 APF TV Fun (modell 401)
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| Magnavox Odyssey 1 | Radio Shack TV Scoreboard | |
| Ricochet, model MT1A Microelectric Systems 1976 | ||
| Ridgewood Gamatic 7706 | ||
| Ridgewood Gamatic 7600 (also by Olympos Electronic co,as the Gamatic 7600e) | ||
| Santron Gorilla Game TG-101 | ||
| Santron Gorilla Game TG-201 | ||
| Tele-Match Model 4400 | ||
| Tele-Match Model 6600 | ||
| Tele-Match Model 7700 | ||
| Unisonic Tournament (model 101) | ||
| Venture Electronics VIDEO SPORTS VSV-1 | ||
| Videomaster Superscore | ||
| Wonder Wizard Sharp Shooter(7702) General Home Products 1976 | ||
| 1977: | 1978: | 1979: |
| Magnavox Odyssey 2000
Magnavox Odyssey 3000 Magnavox Odyssey 4000 RCA Studio II Bally Astrocade c Atari VCS 2600 Hanimex SD-050 Hanimex SD-070 Hanimex TVG 8610 Nintendo Color TV Game 6 Indata DAI c MBO tele-ball cassette system I Philips Odyssey 2001 Magnavox Odyssey 2100 Atari Game Brain (C-700) Universum 4010 Universum 4014 Video 4000 EX Palladium Tele-Match Superlectron Atari Video Pinball C-380 Atari Tank (vaporware) Philips Videojeu N20 Philips Videojeu N30 Monarch Sensor-10 Interton Video 3000 TV Game 2600 Magnavox Palladium Rolley 4/303 Video Secam System Secam Système Secam Jeux Video Thomson JV-17 Interton Video 2501 Interton Video 2800 Sportsmaster SD-050F Hit-10 Fairchild Telematch Processor Prinztronic Videosport 800 Colour Winthronics D-5654 Videogame Sands 2200 Game Philips ES 2304 Hometronics Telecourt TV Game AER-8700 APF M-1000 Sportstronic ELECTRONIC TV SPORT Prinztronic VC 6000 Concord TVG 203 Concord TVG 205 Atari Stunt Cycle Alex 36211 Alex TG-621 Electronic TV Game 888G Unimex Mark IX Miragame GMC-802 Palladium 825/417 Tele-Multiplay-SR Palladium 825/444 Color Tele-Match Körtling 825/050 Tele Multiplay Palladium 775/002 Palladium 825/530 Coleco Combat Tele-Games Pong Sports IV Sears (made by Atari) 1977 Telstar Ranger, Model 6046 Coleco 1977 |
MBO tele-ball cassette system II
Telstar Marksman Coleco 1978 Philips Videopac G7000 = Magnavox Odyssey^2 Nintendo Color TV Game 15 Exidy Sorcerer c Bingo TVG-208 Luxor ABC80 c Universum Color Multispiel 4106 Palladium Tele Cassette Binatone Mk4 Game System Univox II Jeu Video Continental Edison JV 2705 Saft Leclanché TV8SPORTS ITMC SD-017F Interton Video 3001 VOLTMACE DataBase Entreprex Apollo 2001 Coleco Telstar Colortron APF Imagination Machine Audio Sonic Tele-Sports III Poppy TVG-4 TV Game Palladium 0474 ITMC SD-043 Coleco Telstar Arcade 3-in-1 SHEEN M1200 (Colour version of RCA Studio II) |
Milton Bradley MicroVision
Mattel Intellivision Binatone Mk6 Game System Atari 400 c Atari 800 c Acorn Atom c Personal Arcade Teleng Colorstars Bildschirm-Spiel 01 Acetronic MPU 1000 Acetronic MPU 2000 MBO TeleBall Cassette System III Mark 57253 |
| 1980: | 1981: | 1982: |
| Acetronics MPU 3000
Dynaco Dynavision I clone Atari VCS 2600 Societé Occitane OC 5000 Binatone Mk8 Game System BRANDVANCE Galactic Invaders Tandy TRS-80 CoCo I c Adman Model 1000 Sportsvision Philips Videopac G 7200 Radiola JET 27 (clone Videopac G7200) Seb Telescore |
Sinclair ZX 81
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Commodore VIC= 20 c Intel TV Sport 1004 Texas Instruments TI-99/4A c Atari 2700 Silver Star '64 Built-in Games' Creativision = Dick Smith Wizzard Entex Select-A-Game |
Milton Bradley Vectrex
CBS ColecoVision Atari 5200 Supersystem Interton VC 4000 Entex Adventure Vision Dragon 32 c Sinclair ZX Spectrum c Basis 108 c ORIC-1 c Commodore VIC= 64 c Acorn BBC (model B) c Thomson TO 7 c Apple IIe c Lambda 8300 c Atari CX-2000 (vaporware) VTech Laser 200 c Atari 3200 (vaporware) Fairchild Channel F II Philips Videojeu N60 Emerson Arcadia 2001 Intervision 2001 Home Video Centre rare clone Emerson Arcadia 2001 Advision Home Arcade = Emerson Arcadia 2001 (France) Leisure Dynamics LeisureVision = Emerson Arcadia 2001 (Canada) Akor TV Boy clone Atari VCS 2600 Tele-Fever = Emerson Arcadia 2001 Atari 1200XL c BIT Corporation BIT-60 c Dick Smith VZ-200 c Grandstand SCRAMBLE GCE SPACE-N-COUNTER Ideal Projector Atari 2900 Video Game System (vaporware) Atari CX-3000 (vaporware) Tomytronic Scramble Tomytronic TRON Invaders of the Mummy's Tomb Entex Spider Columbia Home Arcade clone Atari VCS 2600 = Coleco Gemini |
| 1983: | 1984: | 1985: |
| SORD M5
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Nintendo Game & Watch Matra & Hachette ALICE c (French computer) Philips Videopac + G7400 = Magnavox Odyssey^3 Nintendo Famicom (Japanese NES) Atari 600XL c TOMY Tutor c Ultravision Video Arcade System IBM PCjr c Comx-35 c Camputers LYNX 48 c Tandy TRS-80 CoCo II c EACA Colour Genie c Grundy New Brain c MicroProfessor II c Jupiter ACE c Brandt Jopac JO7400 clone Videopac + G7400 Atari VCS 2600 Junior Atari 2800 VCS = Sears TeleGames II Videoton TV Computer c Coleco ADAM c Salora Fellow c? BIT Corporation BIT-90 c Atari 1450XLD c Mattel Aquarius I c Bentley Compu-Vision Atari 5100 MSX:
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SEGA Mark III SEGA SC-3000H c Commodore Plus/4 c Sega SG-1000 Grandstand Star Force Mattel Intellivision II Epoch Super Cassette Vision Spectravideo SVI-318 c ORIC Atmos c Thomson TO 7/70 c Thomson MO5 c Thomson MO5NR c Camputers LYNX 128 c Mattel Aquarius II c (vaporware) RDI Halcyon MSX2:
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Nintendo NES Spectravideo SVI-728 c Enterprise 128 c Hanimex Pencil II c Matra & Hachette ALICE 90 c Atari 520 ST c Commodore C= 128 c Thomson MO6 c Thomson TO 8 c Atari 130XE c |
| 1986: | 1987: | 1988: |
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BIT Corporation GAMATE SEGA Master System Atari 7800 Prosystem Score-Zap ?clone Nintendo NES?? BAZ Home Computer 3600 clone Nintendo NES Shotaro 720 clone Nintendo NES Tandy TRS-80 CoCo III c Thomson TO 9 c Sharp Twin FAMICOM cooperation with Nintendo Videojet Game Master |
Atari XE Game System EndingMan S700 clone Nintendo NES LT-906t clone Nintendo NES MVC Family Computer clone Nintendo NES World of Wonder Action Max Mattel Captain Power SGT-6072A clone Nintendo NES LT-300 clone Nintendo NES LT-906 clone Nintendo NES LT-908 clone Nintendo NES LT-909 clone Nintendo NES Atari 1040 STe c Chaota YF-3000 Chinese clone Nintendo NES Tomytronic CaveMan Tomytronic Alien Attack MicroGenius IQ-1000 Clone Nintendo NES |
Scitex UFO A-500 II clone Nintendo NES VTech PreCOMPUTER1000 c Hasbro Control-Vision NEC PC-Engine |
| 1989: | 1990: | 1991: |
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Nintendo Game Boy Atari LYNX SEGA Mega Drive = SEGA Genesis NEC TurboGrafx-16 Commodore AMIGA CDTV Miles Gordon Tech SAM Coupé c ViewMaster Interactive Vision Commodore VIC 64GS Acorn Archimedes 400 c Atari Portfolio c Konix Multi-System |
Amstrad GX 4000 SEGA Game Gear SNK Neo-Geo SEGA Master System II SGT-7202A clone Nintendo NES Nintendo SNES (American) NEC TurboExpress NEC SuperGrafx NEC CoreGrafx II NEC PC-Engine GT NEC ShuttleGrafx Hall of Fame Games PowerPro (vaporware) |
Atari LYNX II JVC Wondermega = JVC X'Eye FM Towns Marty |
| 1992:
Watara SuperVision NEC PC-Engine DUO-RX Commodore AMIGA CD32 NEC PC-Engine LCD TV Tandy Video Information System NEC TurboDuo SEGA Master System III Compact Gentry VGT 3300 clone Nintendo SNES SEGA Mega-CD Atari Falcon 030 c Philips CD-i 220 Dendy Russian Nintendo SNES Nintendo SNES (European) |
1993:
Pioneer LaserActive CLD-A100 SEGA Mega Drive II = SEGA Genesis II PSION Series 3a c British pocket computer Philips CD-i 200 Philips CD-i 210 Panasonic 3DO Multiplayer FZ-1 |
1994:
Panasonic M2-CD (vaporware) Atari Jaguar 64 Bandai Playdia QIS NEC PC-FX SEGA MultiMega Lion King BS-900 ES clone Nintendo NES SEGA Mega Drive 32X Philips CD-i 450 Philips CD-i 550 Panasonic/3DO FZ-10 Goldstar GDO 202P Nintendo New NES |
| 1995:
Nintendo Virtual Boy SNK Neo-Geo CDZ (double-spin CD) SEGA Nomad SEGA Saturn Sony PlayStation SNK Neo-Geo CD (single-spin CD) Philips CD-i 470 Tiger R-Zone |
1996:
SONY Net Yaroze SEGA Pico Nintendo Game Boy Pocket Philips CD-i 615 Philips CD-i 370 Pro Portable Tiger Super Screen related to R-Zone Tiger Data Zone related to R-Zone |
1997:
Nintendo 64 Tiger Game.com PSION Series 5 c JVL Concorde 2 Counter-Top |
| 1998:
SEGA Dreamcast VMS SNK Neo-Geo Pocket Nintendo Game Boy Color Bandai WonderSwan Majesco SEGA Genesis 3 Apple iMac c Franklin REX PRO5-DS c Tiger Game.com Pocket Pro |
1999:
SEGA Dreamcast Motorola BlackBird (VM Labs Nuon system) SONY PocketStation SONY PlayStation Plus (rumour) SEGA Game Gear II (rumour) Apple Power Macintosh G3/400 c SNK Neo-Geo Pocket Color New Flash Nintendo NES/SNES clone shaped like a N64 Family Gold Leopard King (Looks like a keyboard, 16 bit Nintendo clone?) |
Future systems
Nintendo Dolphin = Nintendo 2000 Nintendo Game Boy Advance Microsoft X-Box SONY PlayStation 2 SEGA Dreamcast 2 |
NORTH AM Systems (U.S. & CANADA) Company
YEAR
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JAPANESE Systems
Company
YEAR
CT-7600C
???
1977
TVcolor model 7600
???
1977
TV-FAN model 1301
???
1977
TV-FAN model 1401
???
1977
TV-FAN model 1501
???
1977
TV-FAN model 1601
???
1977
TV-FAN model 1602
???
1977
TV-FAN model 1701
???
1977
TV-FAN model 1801
???
1977
TV-FAN model 1901
???
1977
TV-FAN model 1902
???
1977
TVGAME
???
1977
TV-JACK 1000
???
1977
TV-JACK 1200
???
1977
TV-JACK 1500
???
1977
TV-JACK 2500
???
1977
TV-JACK 3000
???
1977
TVmate BARON
???
1977
TVmate CHAMPION
???
1977
TVmate DUKE
???
1977
TVmate KING
???
1977
TVmate QUEEN (TVG8000)
???
1977
TVmate SUPER CAR
???
1977
TY-TG40
???
1977
Video Attack
???
1977
Video Attack 7 (TG-7800)
???
1977
TV-JACK 5000
???
1978
TV-JACK 8000
???
1978
EUROPEAN Systems
Company
YEAR
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6000 Colour TV Game
Grandstand
Blackpoint
?????
Kahrlich Telegame
?????
Model 1000
Tandy
Superscore
SEB
Telespiel-Philetta 915
Philips (built into TV set)
TEMCO 8000
?????
Tournament Ten Pong System
Prinztronic
TRQ
Talleres Radioelectricos
TV Spiel 1004
Universum
TV Sports
Soundic
VC 3000
Interton
Video Stellar 5 Jeux
?????
?? pong ??
Univox
?? pong ??
ReEL
Not dated
Rollet Video Color
Univox Tele Jeux 41N
Prestige MPT-03
Hanimex MPT-02
ITMC MPT-05
Markint TV Sport 6002
Paris Video Sport TY-707
Starex 502 (six games built-in)
Commodore TV Game 2000K
Videomaster Model VM 577 (by The Sales Team)
Mark III
Binatone 01/4974 TV Master MK IV
BMC TVG-8000 Video Game
Conic 406 Color TV-sports
HGS Telesport
Intel Universal Tele Play
Jostykit HF344 Multi TV-game
Mustang 9008
Super Pong IV Tele Games
Universum Tele Multi Spiel
Universum 2004 TV Multi-Spiel
TV Challenger
NEC PC-Engine Duo
NEC TurbuGrafx-CD
Daktar 007 Briefcase System
clone Atari 2600
Atari XLE Videogame System (?)
(Magnavox) BST
TANDY Scoreboard (Model 1000?)
Mattel Intellivision III
Mega Boy
APF MP-1000
INTV System III
(related to Intellivision)
Interton 2000
Hanimex HMG2650 = Emerson Arcadia
2001 (Germany)
Leonardo
= Emerson Arcadia 2001 (Italy)
Schmid TVG2000 = Emerson
Arcadia 2001 (Germany)
Quickshot Supervision
Systema TV Boy I
Systema TV Boy II
Super Com (very light Nintendo SNES clone)
Duo Computers Duo FC (computer with a NES inside)
Duo Computers Duo FC Plus (computer with a NES inside)
LJN Video Art (not a true video game)
EPOCH TV Game
OMNI Entertainment System
Socrates
SpectraVision
Great Game Machine
Quiz Wiz (not a true video game)
Video Technology Whiz Kid (not a true video game)
Atari Ultra Pong Doubles
Coleco Telstar Arcade
triangular unit
Luxor Sportsman 2001
Atari Super Pong
Sears Super Pong
Radofin Tele-Sports
Coleco Telstar Arcade
Coleco Telstar Alpha Remote
Coleco Telstar Ranger
Coleco Combat
Radio Shack TV Scoreboard
DMS Mini Tele-Sports
Soundic TV Sports
Radofin TV Game
Unimex MK V-C Telespiel
TVG-2002 TV-Sport
Ultrasound Tele-Sport
Universum TV Multi-Spiel
Sanwa Console 9015 = Mustang 9012
Soundic Programmable Console
Ideal Computer Tele-Match CB PAL MT (built in to TV?)
Color Exclusive C PAL FR
Alex Tennis, Hockey, Squash, Hand Ball
Parat Hockey, Squash, Handball, Tennis
ACADEMY D5996
ACADEMY APOLLO
AMELTONE STADIUM 4002
AMELTONE STADIUM C4003
AMELTONE STADIUM Mark II
BINATONE Mark 4
BINATONE Mark 5
BINATONE Mark 8
BINATONE Mark 10
GRANDSTAND Match of the Day 2000
GRANDSTAND 2600
GRANDSTAND 3600 Colour
GRANDSTAND 4600 Colour
GRANDSTAND 5000 Colour
GRANDSTAND 6000 Colour
GRANDSTAND Colour Programmable
GRANDSTAND Video Entertainment Computer = Fairchild Channel
F
INGERSOLL STRIKE COMMAND
INGERSOLL XK600B
INGERSOLL XK500C
INGERSOLL XK410C
INGERSOLL XK1001 BATTLE COMMAND
Radofin 962
Radofin 1082
SuperSport SA
SuperSport S2
SuperSport S3
SuperSport TUG
SuperSport TVG
Videomaster STAR CHESS
Videomaster ALL STAR
Videomaster COLOURSCORE II
Videomaster SPORTSWORLD
Videomaster COLOUR CARTRIDGE
Videomaster DATABASE = Voltmace DATABASE
Voltmace MERCURY COMMANDER
Voltmace MERCURY COMMANDER Mk II
American systems without release years
APF TV FUN Model 401
APF TV FUN Model 402
APF TV FUN Model 405
APF TV FUN Model 442
APF TV FUN Model 444
APF TV FUN Model 500
Colorgame
Intercon Marketing Corp.
Conic model TVG 102-4
Face-Off Hockey/Soccer
Executive Games
First Dimension Video System
Four-Way Video Game, model 1004 Concept 2000
Gameroom Tele-Pong
Entex
Glorytone
Granada Electronics
Gorilla Game model TG-101
Santron
Gorilla Game model TG-102
Santron
Heathkit model GD-1999
Heath Co.
Hockey-Pong
Atari
Name of the Game (??)
Allied Leisure Industries
Odyssey ???, model 4305
Magnavox
OLYMPIAN 2600
Unisonic
Paddle IV
Roberts
Quadtronics model Q376
Quadtronics model Q476
Rally IV
Dyn Electronics
Rally IV
Roberts
SC 4000
K-Mart
SC 8000
Radolin
SuperColor Volley X
Roberts
Super Pong, Model C-140
Atari
Super Pong Ten, Model C-180
Atari
Superscore
Videomaster
Tele-Action Mini
DMS
Tele-Games 80007
Sears (made by Atari)
Tele-Games IV
Sears (made by Atari)
Tele-Games Jokari
Sears (made by APF)
Tele-Games Pinball Breakaway
Sears (made by Atari)
Tele-Games Speedway IV
Sears (made by Atari)
Tele-Games Super Pong IV
Sears (made by Atari)
Tele-Games Tennis-Hockey
Sears (made by APF)
Tele-Match 4, model 7700
Magnavox
Tele-Match, model 3300r
Tele-Match
Tele-Match, model 4400
Tele-Match
Tele-Match, model 6600
Tele-Match
Tele-Match, model 7700
Tele-Match
Tele-Pong, model 3047
Entex
Tele-Sports Mini
DMS
Telstar, model 6040(deluxe cabinet) Coleco
Telstar Alpha, model 6030
Coleco
Telstar Classic
Coleco
Telstar Colormatic
Coleco
Telstar Combat
Coleco
Telstar Galaxy
Coleco
Telstar Gemini
Coleco
Telstar Ranger Colormatic
Coleco
Telstar Regent
Coleco
Tournament model 101
Unisonic
Tournament 2000
Lafayette
Tournament-1000 TV game
Unisonic
TV PLUS 4 Four-Way Video Game Concept
2000
TV Pong Model EP-500
Nobility
TV Sports 77
Olympus Electronics
TV Sports 812
Lloyd's
TV Sports 813 Color
Lloyd's
TV Sports 825
Monteverdi (made by Lloyd's)
TV Scoreboard #60-3055
Radio Shack
TV Scoreboard #60-3056
Radio Shack
TV Scoreboard #60-3057
Radio Shack
TV Scoreboard #60-3061
Radio Shack
Video Sport, model TCR-104
TCR
Video-Pro
Unitrex
?? pong ??
Radofin
Atari Super Pong Pro-Am
Atari Super Pong Pro-Am 10
Atari Ultra Pong (C-402)
Atari Video Music
Atari Touch Me
| Atari Space Invaders (Handheld, never released)
Atari Breakout (Handheld, never released) Atari Cosmos (Tabletop, never released) Atari Spector Tabletop, concept case only, no electronics) Atari Stadium Football (Tabletop, never released) Vaporware (never released): Nintendo Neo (Atlantis) SNK Neostar Sega Neptune Sega Gigadrive Samsung 3DO Nintendo Super NES CD (Became SONY's PlayStation) AT&T 3DO Atari Panther Atari Jaguar CD Konami MSX NEC PC-9801 Nintendo Famicom Disk Drive Nintendo Super Famicom/Jr Samsung Gameboy = SEGA Master System Sega CDx Sega Kids Gear Sega Mega Jet Sega super 32x Supervision |