Game Consoles
Revision as of 01:43, 20 May 2006 by HowardCasto (talk)
This page contains brief descriptions of all game consoles (new and classics). Some users may prefer to use a game console as a base.
Note:
- If a game consoles is bold, it still in the market
- If a game consoles is italic, it still on the way to the market
Company | Console | Players | Controls1 | Game Buttons2 | Cabfriendly Emulators3 | Year |
3DO Company | 3DO Interactive Multiplayer | 1? | Digital | 5 | ? | 1993 |
Atari | Atari 2600 | 2 | Digital4 | 1 | Stella | 1977 |
Atari 5200 | 4 | Analog + Keypad | 2 | MESS | 1982 | |
Atari 7800 | 2 | Digital4 | ? | MESS | 1986 | |
Atari Jaguar | 2 | Digital + Keypad | 3 | Virtual Jaguar | 1993 | |
Bally | Bally Astrocade | 4 | Digital + Spinner | 1 | ? | 1978 |
Bandai | Bandai Atmark (Apple Pippin) | 2 | Digital + Trackball | 6 | ? | 1995 |
Coleco | Colecovision | 2 | Digital + Keypad | 1 | MESS | 1982 |
Commodore | Commodore 64 GS | 2 | Digital4 | 1 | ? | 1982 |
Commodore CDTV | 1 | Digital + Keypad | 2 | ? | 1991 | |
Commodore CD32 | 2 | Digital | 6 | ? | 1993 | |
Emerson | Hanimex HMG 2650 (Arcadia) | ? | ? | ? | MESS | 198? |
Epoch | Cassettevision | 2 | ? | ? | ? | 1981 |
Fairchild | Fairchild Channel F | ? | ? | ? | MESS | 1976 |
Interton | Interton VC4000 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1978 |
Magnavox | Magnavox Odyssey | 2 | Spinner | ? | ? | 1972 |
Magnavox Odyssey 2 | 2 | Digital | 1 | ? | 1978 | |
Mattel | Intellivision | 2 | 16-direction disc + Keypad | 3 | Nostalgia | 1980 |
Microsoft | Xbox | 4 | Digital + 2xAnalog + 2xAnalog(L+R Triggers) | 6 (6a) | ? | 2001 |
Xbox 360 | ? | ? | ? | NO | 2005 | |
NEC | PC Engine/Turbografx 16 | ? | ? | ? | MagicEngine | 1987 |
Nec PC-FX | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1994 | |
Nintendo | Nintendo NES/Famicom | 2 (4 with adaptor) | Digital | 2 | FCE Ultra VirtuaNES | 1983 |
Super Nintendo (Super Famicom) | 2 (5 with adaptor) | Digital | 6 | Zsnes Snes9x | 1990 | |
Nintendo 64 | 4 | Digital + Analog | 9 | Project 64 | 1996 | |
Nintendo Gamecube | 4 | Digital + 2xAnalog + 2xAnalog(L + R Triggers) | 5d | Dolphin | 2001 | |
Nintendo Revolution | ? | ? | ? | NO | 2006(exp) | |
Nuon | Nuon | ? | ? | ? | Nuance | ? |
Philips | Philips CD-i | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1991 |
Philips G7000 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1978 | |
Sega | Sega Master System | 2 | Digital4 | 2 | Kega Fusion | 1985 |
Sega Megadrive/Genesis/32X | 2 | Digital4 | 3 | Kega Fusion | 1988 | |
Sega Saturn | ? | ? | ? | SSF | 1995 | |
Sega Dreamcast | ? | Digital Analog | 6 | Chankast | 1998 | |
SNK | SNK NeoGeo | 2 | Digital | 4 | ? | 1990 |
Sony | Sony Playstation | 2 | Digital | 8 | ePSXe | 1994 |
Playstation 2 | 2 | 3xAnalog | 8a | PCSX2 | 2000 | |
Playstation 3 | ? | ? | ? | NO | 2006(exp) | |
Vectrex | Vectrex | ? | ? | ? | MESS | 1982 |
1) Controls:
- Some consoles had Digital and/or Analog controls, both are listed.
- If the console used a keypad (some older consoles had one!), it is mentioned in the list.
- Only the standard control that came with the machine are "listed"
- Any addons like Dual Shock (PSX) and Pro Controllers (Genesis, Jaguar etc) are explained in the indepth page. These may require more buttons.
2) Buttons:
- This list count only fire/action buttons on their control that are used to play games. Note that the buttons are listed for one player.
- Some systems may have start/select and/or other system buttons/swiches, but these are not counted (most emulators have special keys for those).
- Buttons are marked digital or analog. Default is digital.
- Note: While both the PS2 and Xbox have fully analog buttons, they were never really used except as digital inputs, except for the shoulder buttons.
3) Cabfriendly:
- Only the most commonly used cabinet friendly emulator(s) is(are) listed. The console's page might have a more comprehensive list of emulators.
4) Hacking:
- These Atari controllers are very easy to interface to your arcade controls. It's even compatible with other systems too.