Retro game console timeline

Retro Video Game Console Timeline

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Retro Video Game
Console Timeline
How Old Is Your Favorite
Video Game Console?*
DATE CONSOLE AGE
First Generation
5-1972 Odyssey 51.8 years
11-1975 Pong (TG) 48.3 years
?-1976 Telstar 48.2 years
Second Generation
8-1976 Fairchild Ch. F 47.6 years
1-1977 Studio II 47.2 years
?-1977 Astrocade 47 years
10-1977 Atari 2600 46.4 years
?-1978 Odyssey2 46.2 years
?-1978 Merlin 46.2 years
11-1979 Atari 800 44.3 years
12-1979 Intellivision 43.2 years
4-1982 ZX Spectrum 41.9 years
8-1982 Commodore 64 41.6 years
8-1982 Colecovision 41.6 years
?-1982 Arcadia 2001 41.4 years
11-1982 Atari 5200 41.3 years
11-1982 Vectrex 41.3 years
6-1983 Atari 600XL 40.7 years
10-1983 Atari 800XL 40.4 years
11-1983 Intellivision II 40.3 years
Third Generation
10-1985 NES 38.4 years
1-1986 Atari 7800 38.2 years
6-1986 Master System 37.7 years
?-1987 Atari XEGS 37.2 years
Fourth Generation
4-1989 Game Boy 34.9 years
6-1989 Atari Portfolio 34.7 years
8-1989 Genesis 34.5 years
9-1989 TurboGrafx-16 34.5 years
9-1989 Atari Lynx 34.5 years
8-1990 TurboGrafx-CD 33.6 years
10-1990 Game Gear 33.4 years
?-1991 Neo Geo AES 33.1 years
8-1991 SNES 32.5 years
?-1991 TurboExpress 32.4 years
Fifth Generation
9-1993 CD 32 30.5 years
10-1993 NES 101 TL 30.4 years
10-1993 3DO 30.4 years
11-1993 Atari Jaguar 30.3 years
5-1995 Sega Saturn 28.8 years
8-1995 Virtual Boy 28.6 years
9-1995 Pipin 28.5 years
9-1995 PlayStation 28.5 years
9-1996 Nintendo N64 27.4 years
Sixth Generation
11-1998 GB Color 25.3 years
3-1999 Nuon 25 years
8-1999 NG Pocket Color 24.6 years
9-1999 Dreamcast 24.5 years
7-2000 PS One 23.6 years
10-2000 Sony PS2 23.3 years
6-2001 GB Advance 22.7 years
11-2001 Xbox 22.3 years
11-2001 GameCube 22.3 years
— 20 Year Mark —
Seventh Generation
11-2004 Nintendo DS 19.3 years
3-2005 Sony PSP 18.9 years
12-2005 Xbox 360 18.2 years
6-2006 DS Lite 17.7 years
11-2006 PS3 17.3 years
11-2006 Wii 17.3 years
8-2010 Caanoo 13.6 years
Eighth Generation
3-2011 Nintendo 3DS 12.9 years
10-2011 Wii Family Ed. 12.4 years
2-2012 Vita 12 years
11-2012 Wii U 11.3 years
12-2012 NeoGeo X 11.2 years
6-2013 Ouya 10.7 years
10-2013 2DS 10.4 years
11-2013 PS4 10.3 years
11-2013 Wii Mini 10.3 years
11-2013 Xbox One 10.3 years
10-2014 PlayStation TV 9.4 years
1-2015 Analogue Nt 9.2 years
10-2016 PlayStation VR 7.4 years
11-2016 PS4 Pro 7.3 years
11-2016 NES CE 7.3 years
1-2017 Analogue Nt Mini 7.1 years
Ninth Generation
3-2017 Switch 7 years
7-2017 2DS XL 6.6 years
9-2017 SNES CE 6.4 years
2-2018 Super Nt 6 years
3-2019 Mega SG 4.9 years
9-2019 Switch Lite 4.4 years
5-2020 Evercade 3.8 years
11-2020 Xbox Series X/S 3.3 years
11-2020 PS5 3.3 years
12-2020 New Atari VCS 3.2 years
11-2021 Evercade VS 2.3 years
11-2023 Atari 2600+ 0.3 years
*Based on North American release dates. This list is a work-in-progress and is not meant to be comprehensive.

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