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Microconsole Generation

1977–202117 platforms

VideoBrain

VideoBrain

Umtech · 1977

Tomy Tutor

Tomy Tutor

Tomy · 1982

Halcyon

RDI Video Systems · 1985

Action Max

Action Max

Worlds of Wonder · 1987

Microconsole

Atari XEGS

Atari XEGS

Atari · 1987

Amiga CDTV

Amiga CDTV

Commodore · 1991

Philips CD-i

Philips CD-i

Philips · 1991

Memorex VIS

Memorex VIS

Tandy/Memorex · 1992

LaserActive

LaserActive

Pioneer · 1993

Pioneer LaserActive

Pioneer LaserActive

Pioneer · 1993

Nuon

Nuon

VM Labs · 2000

Ouya

Ouya

Ouya Inc. · 2013

NVIDIA Shield TV

NVIDIA Shield TV

NVIDIA · 2015

Apple TV 4th Gen

Apple TV 4th Gen

Apple · 2015

NES Classic

NES Classic

Nintendo · 2016

SNES Classic

SNES Classic

Nintendo · 2017

Atari VCS

Atari VCS

Atari SA · 2021

Microconsole Generation | VGDB