Many consoles from the 1990s did not last as long as other famous systems, such as the Sega Nomad, Philips CD-I, and the ...

True to its name, the Family Computer was designed to function more as an 8-bit home computer than a traditional video game console. Initially, Nintendo intended to market the NES explicitly as a ...

Video games are still a young medium ... blocks of light around the screen. The second console generation is where we start to see some names that still exist today. The Atari 2600 and 5200 ...

Just because a video game console is filled with successful games and touts impressive sales numbers doesn't mean it's a standout system. Some video game consoles are overrated for a variety of ...

Lewis Packwood’s book Curious Video Game Machines was written to fill in some of those gaps. Structured around game consoles and hardware ... documentary The Name of the Game, and below we ...

In 2008, the "New Xbox Experience" delivered an entirely new interface, customizable player Avatars, eight-player party chat and Netflix streaming, a first for video game consoles. In 2010 ...