Today's Most Popular Platforms
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Sega Genesis
The Sega Genesis (Mega Drive in Europe and Japan) is a fourth-generation home video game console released by Sega on October 29, 1988. The Sega Genesis is Sega's third console and the successor to the Sega Master System with which it has backward compatibility when the separately sold Power Base Converter is installed. -
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Android
Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Initially developed by Android, Inc., which Google backed financially and later bought in 2005, Android was unveiled in 2007. The first Android-powered phone was sold in October 2008. -
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Nintendo 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS is Nintendo's successor to the Nintendo DS, and is the company's fifth generation handheld console. The system was announced in March of 2010, with it being officially unveiled at E3 2010. The system is able to project stereoscopic 3D effects without the need of 3D glasses. The 3DS is in direct competition with Sony's Playstation Vita. -
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Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 (commonly abbreviated to C64 or C=64) is an 8-bit home computer system launched in January 1982 by Commodore. The platform took its name from the 64 kilobytes of RAM that it boasted and at a launch price of $595 was well below that of competitor the Apple II. -
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Magnavox Odyssey
The Magnavox Odyssey is the world's first home video game console. It was designed by Ralph Baer, who in 1968 produced a video game console prototype known as the Brown Box which was presented to Magnavox in 1972 and production began in August of that year. -
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Windows Phone
Windows Phone is Microsoft's mobile smart phone operating system. The latest iteration, Windows Phone 8, will release later this year in conjunction with the launch of Windows 8 and Windows 8 RT. -
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PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3, officially abbreviated as PS3, is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. -
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Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console developed by and produced for Microsoft, and is the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. -
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Xbox One
The Xbox One is a video game console from Microsoft Studios. The successor to the Xbox 360, it is an eighth generation console along with Wii U and PlayStation 4. In addition to competiting as a games console, Microsoft has classified the device as an "all-in-one entertainment system", making it a competitor to other home media devices such as the Apple TV and the Google TV platforms. -
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Wii U
The Wii U is a video game console from Nintendo. The successor to the Wii, it is an eigth generation console along with Xbox One and PlayStation 4.The first Nintendo console to support high-definition graphics, it is capable of producing video output up to 1080p, and has 2 GB of RAM with half dedicated to the console's operating system. -
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Linux
Linux (GNU/Linux) is a Unix-like and POSIX-compliant computer operating system designed to be a free and open source software for development and distribution. The defining component is its Linux kernel, first released on 5 October 1991, by Linus Torvalds. -
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Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a video game platform released in September 1977 by Atari. It is credited with popularizing the use a cartridge-based system (although the Fairchild Channel F was actually the first console to do this) which could play multiple games rather than having games built-in as previous systems had. -
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Nintendo Entertainment System
The Family Computer (ファミリーコンピュータ or Famicom) in Japan or Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) outside of Japan is an 8-bit video game console that was first released by Nintendo in 1983 in Japan and 1985 in North America. -
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PlayStation 4
The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a video game console from Sony Computer Entertainment. The successor to the PlayStation 3, it is an eigth generation console along with Wii U and Xbox One. Designed to attact a broader range of developers, the PS4 dropped the complicated Cell architecture for a simpler AMD processor. -
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Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe. -
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Mac OS
OS X is the operating system that powers every Mac. Built on a rock-solid UNIX foundation, it’s engineered to take full advantage of what the hardware is capable of. And it’s designed to deliver the most intuitive and integrated computer experience in the world. -
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES or SNES) is a 16-bit home video game console that was released in 1990 by Nintendo as a follow up to the extremely popular Nintendo Entertainment System. In Japan, the system is called the Super Famicom (SFC). -
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Sega Master System
The Master System (Sega Master System or SMS) is a third-generation home video game console that was manufactured and released by Sega in 1985. The Master System was released as a direct competitor to the Nintendo Entertainment System and was technically superior to the NES but failed to overturn Nintendo's significant market share advantage in Japan and North America. -
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3DO
The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer (often called simply 3DO) is a video game console originally produced by Panasonic in 1993. Further renditions of the hardware were released in 1994 by Sanyo and Goldstar. The consoles were manufactured according to specifications created by The 3DO Company, and were originally designed by Dave Needle and R. J. Mical of New Technology Group. The system was conceived by entrepreneur and Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins. -
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Atari 7800
The Atari 7800 is a video game console re-released by Atari in January 1986. The original release had occurred two years earlier - the 7800 had originally been designed to replace the Atari 5200 in 1984, but was temporarily shelved due to the sale of the company after the video game crash of 1983. -
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Jaguar
The Atari Jaguar was released by Atari corporation in 1993. It was the first 64-bit console ever created. -
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Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch (codenamed NX) is the successor of the Wii U, and will be Nintendo's next console. It is a hybrid home console and portable system, sporting a custom Nvidia Tegra processor. It is due to launch worldwide on March 3, 2017. -
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GameCube
The Nintendo Gamecube is Nintendo's fourth home console. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and has sold over 21 million units world wide. The system launched in NA on November 18th 2001 and was discontinued February 22nd 2007. It's top selling games was Super Smash Bros. Melee which sold over 7 Million units. The Gamecube competed with Microsoft's Xbox, Sony's PlayStation and Sega's Dreamcast (Which had been discontinued before the Gamecubes launch). -
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Dreamcast
The Dreamcast is a console by Sega. It was Sega's successor to the Sega Saturn, as well as being Sega's fifth and final console. Sega was hoping to recapture the video game market with the Dreamcast and after its release, it was considered ahead of its time. The Dreamcast went on to sell around 10 million world wide and Sega discontinued it aliitle more than a year after its release. -
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Web Browser
A Web Browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web through a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI/URL). Although primarily intended to use the World Wide Web, they can also be used to access information provided by web servers in private networks or files in file systems. -
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Nintendo 2DS
The Nintendo 2DS is a handheld game console developed by Nintendo. Designed as an entry-level version, it can play both original Nintendo DS games, as well as Nintendo 3DS games without the 3D ability. The handheld if extremely identifiable due to its new "slate"-like design, but was also criticized for this very reason. -
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Amstrad CPC
The Amstrad CPC (short for Colour Personal Computer) is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. -
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ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal computer released in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. -
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Intellivision
The Intellivision (Intelligent Television) is a video game console released by Mattel in 1979 two years after the introduction of its main competitor, the Atari 2600. A total of 125 games were released for the console. -
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Nintendo 64
Nintendo 64 is a home console by Nintendo. It was Nintendo's third home console, being the successor to the SNES. It competed with Sega's Saturn and Sony's Playstation as part of the fifth generation of consoles. It finished second for the generation, selling 34 million units in it's lifetime. -
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Ouya
OUYA is an upcoming video game home console that runs on the Android operating system. It is being developed by Boxer8, an American company based in Los Angeles, California, and was funded through a Kickstarter project. The system will have its own OUYA store for games and applications specially designed for it, and access to the OnLive online gaming service.
