Nintendo · 1985
Nintendo Entertainment System
The console that pulled the home video game industry out of the rubble of 1983 and made "Nintendo" a synonym for video games for a generation.
Consoles
Hardware profiles — what was inside, what it shipped with, what made each generation feel the way it did.
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Sony Computer Entertainment · 1994
Sony PlayStation
The console that brought 3D graphics, optical discs, and cinematic storytelling to the mass market, and ended Nintendo's two-decade run as the default home console.
Sega · 1998
Sega Dreamcast
Sega's last home console, ahead of its time on broadband and online play, and killed by a PlayStation 2 hype cycle it never quite escaped.
Nintendo · 1996
Nintendo 64
The console that made four-player split-screen the default, and the last great cartridge home console.
Sega · 1988
Sega Mega Drive
The 16-bit machine sold as the Genesis in North America, where Sega tried, briefly succeeded, and gave Nintendo the only real fight of its life.
Nintendo · 1991
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The 16-bit machine where Nintendo's first-party catalogue peaked, and a thousand JRPG enthusiasts found religion.