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v t e Video game consoles
Form factor	Home video game console Microconsole Handheld game console Hybrid video game console
Functionality	Dedicated console Retro style console
Generations	First (1972–1980) Second (1976–1992) Third (1983–2003) Fourth (1987–2004) Fifth (1993–2006) Sixth (1998–2013) Seventh (2005–2017) Eighth (2012–present) Ninth (2020–present)
Lists	Dedicated video game consoles Handheld game consoles Home video game consoles Microconsoles Retro style video game consoles
Emulator Game Services History List Manufacturer

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This template can be used to list video game console types and generation, and alternative to list all generations of a specific generation of consoles.

Usage

{{Video game consoles|Generation=which generation}}

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Video game consoles in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Video game consoles

Displays video game console information.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Generation	`Generation`	One of All, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, or Other.	String	optional

Examples

{{Video game consoles}} gives:

v t e Video game consoles
Form factor	Home video game console Microconsole Handheld game console Hybrid video game console
Functionality	Dedicated console Retro style console
Generations	First (1972–1980) Second (1976–1992) Third (1983–2003) Fourth (1987–2004) Fifth (1993–2006) Sixth (1998–2013) Seventh (2005–2017) Eighth (2012–present) Ninth (2020–present)
Lists	Dedicated video game consoles Handheld game consoles Home video game consoles Microconsoles Retro style video game consoles
Emulator Game Services History List Manufacturer

{{Video game consoles|Generation=All}} gives:

Video game consoles

Form factor

Functionality

Generations

First
generation

Home	Magnavox Odyssey
Dedicated	APF TV Fun series Coleco Telstar series Arcade Marksman Color TV-Game Gameroom Tele-Pong Magnavox Odyssey series PC-50x Family Pong TV Scoreboard TV Tennis Electrotennis Unisonic series Video Pinball

Second
generation

Home	APF-MP1000 Arcadia 2001 Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Bally Astrocade ColecoVision Epoch Cassette Vision Fairchild Channel F Gakken Compact Vision TV Boy Interton VC 4000/1292 Advanced Programmable Video System Intellivision Odyssey 2 RCA Studio II Vectrex Super Vision 8000 VTech CreatiVision
Handheld	Milton Bradley Microvision Children's Discovery System Entex Select-A-Game Entex Adventure Vision 3D Gamate Variety Palmtex Portable Videogame System / Super Micro Digi Casse Romtec Colorvision Epoch Game Pocket Computer
Dedicated	Nintendo Game & Watch

Third
generation

Home	Action Max Amstrad GX4000 Atari 7800 Atari XE Games System Casio PV-1000 Commodore 64 Games System Nintendo Entertainment System NES-101 RDI Halcyon Master System SG-1000 Super Cassette Vision VTech Socrates

Fourth
generation

Home	CD-i Commodore CDTV Neo Geo Neo Geo CD LaserActive Sega Genesis Super A'Can Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNS-101 TurboGrafx-16
Handheld	Game Boy Atari Lynx Game Gear TurboExpress Gamate Watara Supervision Mega Duck/Cougar Boy Game Master

Fifth
generation

Home	3DO Amiga CD32 Atari Jaguar Casio Loopy FM Towns Marty Neo Geo CD Nintendo 64 NEC PC-FX Pippin Playdia PlayStation Sega Saturn
Handheld	Design Master Senshi Game Boy Color Game.com Neo Geo Pocket Color PocketStation R-Zone Genesis Nomad Virtual Boy

Sixth
generation

Home	DISCover Dreamcast GameCube Nuon PlayStation 2 PSX V.Smile Xavix Xbox
Handheld	WonderSwan Game Boy Advance Advance SP Micro GP32 N-Gage QD Tapwave Zodiac VMU

Seventh
generation

Home	EVO Smart Console PlayStation 3 V.Flash Wii Xbox 360 Zeebo
Handheld	GP2X Wiz Caanoo Dingoo Gizmondo Mi2 Nintendo DS DS Lite DSi Pandora PlayStation Portable
Micro	OnLive

Eighth
generation

Home	PlayStation 4 Wii U Xbox One
Handheld	Nintendo 3DS 2DS New 3DS New 2DS XL Nvidia Shield Portable PlayStation Vita Xperia Play
Micro	Amazon Fire TV Apple TV GameStick MOJO Nexus Player OnLive Game System Ouya Nvidia Shield TV PlayStation TV Razer Forge TV
Hybrid	Nintendo Switch

Ninth
generation

Home	PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S
Micro	Atari VCS
Hybrid	Nintendo Switch 2

Other
generation

Home	Sega Pico Game Wave HyperScan Swinxs
Handheld	GameKing consoles Leapster LeapFrog Didj Neo Geo X Pokémon Mini
Micro	iQue Player Tovertafel
Dedicated	Atari Flashback Barcode Battler C64 Direct-to-TV Coleco Sonic Plug It in & Play TV Games NES Classic Edition PlayStation Classic Stunt Cycle Super NES Classic Edition VG Pocket Pocket Dream Console

Lists

{{Video game consoles|Generation=First}} gives:

Video game consoles (first generation)

Form factor

Functionality

Generations

First
generation

Home	Magnavox Odyssey
Dedicated	APF TV Fun series Coleco Telstar series Arcade Marksman Color TV-Game Gameroom Tele-Pong Magnavox Odyssey series PC-50x Family Pong TV Scoreboard TV Tennis Electrotennis Unisonic series Video Pinball

Lists

Second generation →

{{Video game consoles|Generation=Second}} gives:

Video game consoles (second generation)

Form factor

Functionality

Generations

Second
generation

Home	APF-MP1000 Arcadia 2001 Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Bally Astrocade ColecoVision Epoch Cassette Vision Fairchild Channel F Gakken Compact Vision TV Boy Interton VC 4000/1292 Advanced Programmable Video System Intellivision Odyssey 2 RCA Studio II Vectrex Super Vision 8000 VTech CreatiVision
Handheld	Milton Bradley Microvision Children's Discovery System Entex Select-A-Game Entex Adventure Vision 3D Gamate Variety Palmtex Portable Videogame System / Super Micro Digi Casse Romtec Colorvision Epoch Game Pocket Computer
Dedicated	Nintendo Game & Watch

Lists

← First generation Third generation →

{{Video game consoles|Generation=Third}} gives:

Video game consoles (third generation)

Form factor

Functionality

Generations

Third
generation

Home	Action Max Amstrad GX4000 Atari 7800 Atari XE Games System Casio PV-1000 Commodore 64 Games System Nintendo Entertainment System NES-101 RDI Halcyon Master System SG-1000 Super Cassette Vision VTech Socrates

Lists

← Second generation Fourth generation →

{{Video game consoles|Generation=Fourth}} gives:

Video game consoles (fourth generation)

Form factor

Functionality

Generations

Fourth
generation

Home	CD-i Commodore CDTV Neo Geo Neo Geo CD LaserActive Sega Genesis Super A'Can Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNS-101 TurboGrafx-16
Handheld	Game Boy Atari Lynx Game Gear TurboExpress Gamate Watara Supervision Mega Duck/Cougar Boy Game Master

Lists

← Third generation Fifth generation →

{{Video game consoles|Generation=Fifth}} gives:

Video game consoles (fifth generation)

Form factor

Functionality

Generations

Fifth
generation

Home	3DO Amiga CD32 Atari Jaguar Casio Loopy FM Towns Marty Neo Geo CD Nintendo 64 NEC PC-FX Pippin Playdia PlayStation Sega Saturn
Handheld	Design Master Senshi Game Boy Color Game.com Neo Geo Pocket Color PocketStation R-Zone Genesis Nomad Virtual Boy

Lists

← Fourth generation Sixth generation →

{{Video game consoles|Generation=Sixth}} gives:

Video game consoles (sixth generation)

Form factor

Functionality

Generations

Sixth
generation

Home	DISCover Dreamcast GameCube Nuon PlayStation 2 PSX V.Smile Xavix Xbox
Handheld	WonderSwan Game Boy Advance Advance SP Micro GP32 N-Gage QD Tapwave Zodiac VMU

Lists

← Fifth generation Seventh generation →

{{Video game consoles|Generation=Seventh}} gives:

Video game consoles (seventh generation)

Form factor

Functionality

Generations

Seventh
generation

Home	EVO Smart Console PlayStation 3 V.Flash Wii Xbox 360 Zeebo
Handheld	GP2X Wiz Caanoo Dingoo Gizmondo Mi2 Nintendo DS DS Lite DSi Pandora PlayStation Portable
Micro	OnLive

Lists

← Sixth generation Eighth generation →

{{Video game consoles|Generation=Eighth}} gives:

Video game consoles (eighth generation)

Form factor

Functionality

Generations

Eighth
generation

Home	PlayStation 4 Wii U Xbox One
Handheld	Nintendo 3DS 2DS New 3DS New 2DS XL Nvidia Shield Portable PlayStation Vita Xperia Play
Micro	Amazon Fire TV Apple TV GameStick MOJO Nexus Player OnLive Game System Ouya Nvidia Shield TV PlayStation TV Razer Forge TV
Hybrid	Nintendo Switch

Lists

← Seventh generation Ninth generation →

{{Video game consoles|Generation=Ninth}} gives:

Video game consoles (ninth generation)

Form factor

Functionality

Generations

Ninth
generation

Home	PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S
Micro	Atari VCS
Hybrid	Nintendo Switch 2

Lists

← Eighth generation

{{Video game consoles|Generation=Other}} gives:

Video game consoles

Form factor

Functionality

Generations

Other
generation

Home	Sega Pico Game Wave HyperScan Swinxs
Handheld	GameKing consoles Leapster LeapFrog Didj Neo Geo X Pokémon Mini
Micro	iQue Player Tovertafel
Dedicated	Atari Flashback Barcode Battler C64 Direct-to-TV Coleco Sonic Plug It in & Play TV Games NES Classic Edition PlayStation Classic Stunt Cycle Super NES Classic Edition VG Pocket Pocket Dream Console

Lists

← Ninth generation

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