List of dedicated video game consoles

This is an incomplete list of dedicated video game consoles in chronological order. Only officially licensed dedicated consoles are listed in the retro style sections.

Dedicated consoles are video game consoles that have a single game or a limited list of games built into the console itself, and are not equipped for additional games that are distributed via ROM cartridges, discs, downloads, or other media. All first-generation video game consoles are dedicated consoles. Starting in the 2000s, there has been a new wave of dedicated consoles focused primarily on retrogaming.

Early dedicated home consoles (1972–1984)

There are 963 home video game consoles known to have been released in the first generation of video game consoles. They can be found in the List of first generation home video game consoles.

Early handheld electronic games (1976–present)

Retro style dedicated home consoles and handhelds (2001–present)

Retro styled dedicated video game consoles and handhelds are listed within the main article.

See also

• List of best-selling game consoles
• List of video game console emulators

References

1. Lists of video game consoles
2. List of retro style video game consoles
3. Dedicated console
4. Home video game console
5. List of handheld game consoles
6. List of best-selling game consoles
7. Ninth generation of video game consoles
8. List of Sega video game consoles
9. Eighth generation of video game consoles
10. Home video game console generations
11. Nintendo video game consoles
12. Lists of video games
13. First generation of video game consoles
14. History of video game consoles
15. Second generation of video game consoles
16. Video game console
17. Seventh generation of video game consoles
18. Sixth generation of video game consoles
19. Third generation of video game consoles
20. History of video games