Game Consoles

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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 ? 1993
Bally Bally Astrocade 4 Digital + Spinner 1 ? 1978
Bandai Bandai Atmark (Apple Pippin) 2 Digital + Trackball 6 ? ?
Coleco Colecovision 2 Digital + Keypad 1 MESS ?
Commodore Commodore 64 GS 2 Digital4 1 ? ?
Commodore CDTV 1 Digital + Keypad 2 ? ?
Commodore CD32 2 Digital 6 ? ?
Emerson Hanimex HMG 2650 (Arcadia) ? ? ? MESS ?
Epoch Cassettevision 2 ? ? ? ?
Fairchild Fairchild Channel F ? ? ? MESS ?
Interton Inverton VC4000 ? ? ? ? ?
Magnavox Magnavox Odyssey 2 Spinner ? ? ?
Magnavox Odyssey 2 2 Digital 1 ? ?
Mattel Intellivision 2 16-direction disc + Keypad 3 Nostalgia ?
Microsoft Xbox 4 Digital + 2xAnalog 6 (4d + 2a) ? ?
Xbox 360 ? ? ? NO ?
NEC PC Engine/Turbografx 16 ? ? ? ? ?
Nec PC-FX ? ? ? ? ?
Nintendo Nintendo NES/Famicom ? Digital 2 FCE Ultra ?
Super Nintendo (Super Famicom) ? Digital 6 Zsnes Snes9x ?
Nintendo 64 4 Digital + Analog 9 Project 64 ?
Nintendo Gamecube ? ? ? ? ?
Nintendo Revolution ? ? ? NO ?
Nuon Nuon ? ? ? Nuance ?
Philips Philips CD-i ? ? ? ? ?
Philips G7000 ? ? ? ? ?
Sega Sega Master System 2 Digital4 2 Kega Fusion ?
Sega Megadrive/Genesis/32X 2 Digital4 3 Kega Fusion ?
Sega Saturn ? ? ? SSF ?
Sega Dreamcast ? Digital Analog 6 Chanka ?
SNK SNK NeoGeo 2 Digital 4 ? ?
Sony Sony Playstation 2 Digital 8 ? ?
Playstation 2 2 3xAnalog 8a ? ?
Playstation 3 ? ? ? NO ?
Vectrex Vectrex ? ? ? MESS ?

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.

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.