Exploring the rich history of platforms video games have been presented on.
Consoles and Systems
Sega Dreamcast
The Sega Dreamcast is one of the most under-appreciated consoles of all time, and despite its short lifespan it produced a plethora of high quality and unique games. Retro-gaming collectors value this console and its library, and its games are not always easy to find depending on your location. The Dreamcast was introduced in North…
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System, known as the Family Computer (Famicom) in Japan, is one of the most well loved and enduring game consoles in history. It single handedly rescued the video game industry from the jaws of death after the infamous video game crash of 1983, and ushered in the modern video game era. Introduced…
Sony PlayStation
The Sony PlayStation ushered in the rise of optical based gaming media, and was the first foray of a company that wanted nothing to do with ‘toys’ into the video game market. While there ware several other CD-based systems that preceded the PlayStation, it facilitated the standard media change from cartridge to disk due to…
Nintendo GameCube
There is nothing quite like the Nintendo GameCube. Introduced off the relatively limited success of the Nintendo 64, this unique console is known for its quirky style, classic library of some of the finest games in Nintendo’s stable, and a pair of must have accessories…and, it had a carrying handle. While a distant third to…
Microsoft Xbox
The original Xbox from Microsoft entered the video game console marketplace at the turn of the millennium, bringing a software giant into the space occupied by the hardware giants of the time, with no one the wiser as to how successful they would actually become. What started as one man’s vision has to this day…
Sony PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) was a remarkable piece of hardware that was poised to topple the juggernaut of the Nintendo family of hand held gaming devices, in much the same way the original PlayStation and the PlayStation 2 toppled Nintendo’s console dominance in living rooms around the world. While the PSP featured remarkable graphics and…
Sega Genesis
The Sega Genesis has a fond place in the heart of gamers who evolved past the era of the NES in the mid-1980s and continued playing games. Fast on the heels of an older console that lost considerable market share to Nintendo, the Genesis would cement Sega’s initial dominance in the home console market. Although…
