Game Consoles
Revision as of 17:57, 21 May 2006 by Spacefractal (talk) (bold some text under Buttons destription.)
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 | Game Sticks1 | 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 | 6d 2t | ? | 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 | 5d 2t | Dolphin | 2001 | |
Nintendo Wii | ? | Unique Motion Control | ? | 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 | 4d 2t | Chankast | 1998 | |
SNK | SNK NeoGeo | 2 | Digital | 4 | ? | 1990 |
Sony | Sony Playstation | 2 | Digital | 8 | ePSXe | 1994 |
Playstation 2 | 2 | Digital/Analog + 2xAnalog | 8a | PCSX2 | 2000 | |
Playstation 3 | ? | Digital/Analog + 2xAnalog + Tilt | 6a 2t | NO | 2006(exp) | |
Vectrex | Vectrex | ? | ? | ? | MESS | 1982 |
1) Game Sticks:
- Some consoles had Digital and/or Analog controls, both are listed.
- Some consoles may have digital/Analog hybrid pad. They feel like a normally digital pad, but is technical analog (not all games take advance of this).
- Some older conrolse may use a keypad, wich is mentioned under the sticks.
- 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:
- Digital buttons is marked as d. If only digital buttons is used, there would been none letters.
- Analog buttons (that feel like as digital) is marked as a. Only some games may take advance of these, hince they can been used as a digital button.
- Analog trigges is markedas t. These feel really like a analog button. These are typical placed as a L/R shoulder buttons.
Notes:
- This list count only fire/triggers buttons on their control that are used to play the games. Note that the buttons are listed for one player only.
- Some systems may have start/select and/or other system buttons/swiches, but these are not counted (most emulators have special keys for those).
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.
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