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History of Consoles: Nintendo Game Boy (1989)

Handheld: Game Boy Manufacturer: Nintendo Availability:  1989 Original Cost: $89.99 ($169.73 including inflation) History: Nintendo released the Game Boy in Japan on April 21st, 1989, in North America in July 1989 and in Europe on September 28, 1990.  It is the second handheld system …

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History of Consoles: Telegames Personal Arcade System (1988)

Console: Telegames Personal Arcade Manufacturer: Telegames Availability:  1988 Original Cost: $40 ($89.93 including inflation) History:  On February 1986 Bit Corporation released the DINA 2 in 1 system, or often times known simply as DINA.  Bit Corporation was a Taiwanese company that had previously released …

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History of Consoles: TurboGrafx 16 (1989)

Console: TurboGrafx 16 Entertainment SuperSystem Manufacturer: NEC Corporation Availability:  August 19th, 1989 Original Cost: $199.99 ($376.60 including inflation) History: The TurboGrafx 16 Entertainment SuperSystem or better known as the TurboGrafx 16, or the TG-16, was developed by both Hudson Soft and …

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History of Consoles: Atari 7800 (1986)

Console: Atari 7800 ProSystem Manufacturer: Atari, Inc Availability: January 1986 Cost: $140 ($297.56 with inflation) History: Atari Inc first announced the Atari 7800 Pro System (also known as simply the Atari 7800) in 1984.  It was the first Atari system …

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History of Consoles: Atari 5200 (1982)

Console: Atari 5200 Manufacturer: Atari Availability: 1982 History: In the early 1980’s Atari was still successful with their Atari 2600 console, but soon there were many competitors including Mattel’s Intellivision (released 1979) that were taking some of the gaming marketshare …

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History of Consoles: Sega Master System (1986)

  Console: Master System Manufacturer: SEGA Availability: June 1986 (North America) Cost: $200 ($432.21 including inflation) History:  The Sega Master System (also known as simply the SMS) was released in North America in June of 1986, and was first available …

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History of Consoles: Nintendo Entertainment System (1985)

Console: Nintendo Entertainment System Manufacturer:  Nintendo Availability: October 18th, 1985 (North America) Price: $299 for the Deluxe Set ($646.16 including inflation) History: The Nintendo Entertainment System (also known as the NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8bit home video game …

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History of Consoles-Microvision (1979)

  Console/Handheld: Microvision Manufacturer: Milton Bradley Availability: November 1979 History: Milton Bradley (best known for their board games) released the Microvision handheld in November of 1979.  It was designed by Jay Smith, who later engineered and designed the Vectrex console. …

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History of Consoles: SEGA SG-1000 (1983)

Console: SG-1000 Manufacturer: SEGA Availability: July 15, 1983 Cost: ¥15,000 ($356.61 USD in today’s dollars)  History: When most people think about SEGA today they associate it with being a Japanese company, and having been a major player in the home …

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History of Consoles-Vectrex (1982)

  Console: Vectrex  Manufacturer: Smith Engineering Availability: November 1982  Cost: $199 ($460 with inflation) History:   The Vectrex was developed by Western Techonlogies/Smith Engineering and was released in North America in November 1982 at a retail price of $199.  It …

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History of Consoles: Nintendo Famicom Disk System (1986)

    Console: Famicom Disk System Manufacturer: Nintendo  Availability: February 21st, 1986 History:   The Famicom Disk System (FDS) was as an extra peripheral released for the Nintendo Famicom on February 21st, 1986. The Famicom Disk System was initially announced …

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History of Consoles: Nintendo Famicom (1983)

  Console: Famicon Manufacturer: Nintendo Availability: July 15th, 1983 Price: ¥14,800 ($186) $432.15 including inflation History:  In the early 1980’s Nintendo had a very successful arcade line of games including among others Popeye, Mario Bros and of course the Donkey Kong …

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History of Consoles: Arcadia 2001 (1982)

Console: Arcadia 2001 Manufacturer: Emerson Availability: May 1981 Consoles Sold: Unknown Original Retail Price: $199 ($475.08 with inflation) History:  Emerson Radio Corp. (known for their development of affordable electronic products) decided to enter the video game home console market in …

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History of Consoles: ColecoVision (1982)

Console: ColecoVision Manufacturer: Coleco Availability: 1982 Consoles Sold: 6 Million+ Original Retail Price: $175 ($415.47 including inflation) History: The company Coleco was founded in Connecticut in 1932 originally as a manufacturer of leather supplies and as a shoemaker.  Eventually Coleco …

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History of Consoles: Magnavox Odyssey 2 (1978)

Console: Odyssey 2 Manufacturer: Magnavox Availability: 1978 Consoles Sold: 2 Million Original Retail Price: $100 ($351.39 including inflation) History: Magnavox had been the first manufacturer to release the first home video game console to the market in 1972 with the …

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History of Consoles: Atari VCS/2600 (1977)

Console: Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) Manufactured By: Atari, Inc Retail Availability: October 14th, 1977 Original Retail Price: $199.99 Units Sold: 30+ Million History:  In the early to mid 1970’s Atari had experienced success with the home …

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History of Consoles-Atari Video Music (1976)

Atari Video Music History: In 1976 Atari released the Atari Video Music system.  Though technically the Atari Video Music system isn’t a gaming console, it was designed by Robert Brown, who was one of the guys who had worked on …

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