Looking for an old thread that had release dates for every system

[Anthony1]

I remember a thread back a year or two ago, where somebody had listed like virtually every video game system, and the USA release date. I've done many searches, but can't seem to find that thread. Anybody remember that thread? Anyone know where there is an accurate list of the chronological releases of video game systems in the USA? I know I can check Wikipedia for each system, but their release dates are often kinda sketchy.

[cheshire191]

not sure about the thread. But here is a web page that seems to do the job.

http://www.gooddealgames.com/articles/Home%20Video%20Game%20History.html

let me know if that helps.

[rolenta]

I'm also looking for such a list as I intend to include it in the next edition of Phoenix. Here's what I have so far. Please let me know of any errors or additions.:

System ------------------- US Release ------- Price --- Japanese Release
Magnavox Odyssey -------- May, 1972 ------- $100 --- 1975
Fairchild Channel F --------- August, 1976 ---- $170
RCA Studio II -------------- January, 1977 --- $150
Atari 2600 ----------------- October, 1977 --- $200 --- 1983
Bally Arcade --------------- 1978 ------------ $299
Magnavox Odyssey 2 ------- 1978 ----------- $200
Mattel Intellivision ---------- January 1980 -- $300
Coleco Colecovision --------- August, 1982 -- $175
Atari 5200 ------------------ October 1982 -- $269
Sega SG-1000 -------------- N/A ----------- $123 ---- July 1983
Nintendo NES (Famicom) ---- 10/18/85 ------ $200 ---- July 15, 1983
Casio PV1000 ---------------------------------------- October 1983
Sega Master System (Mark III) -- June, 1986 - $200 --- October 20, 1985
Atari 7800 ------------------ June 1986 ----- $149
Atari XEGS ----------------- 1987 ----------- $199
Sega Genesis -------------- 8/14/89 ------- $200 ---- October 29, 1988
NEC TurboGrafx-16 (PC-Engine) - 8/29/89 ---- $199 --- October 30, 1987
SNK Neo Geo --------------- 1990 ---------- $600 ---- 1990
Philips CD-i ----------------- 1991 ---------- $400
Commodore CDTV ----------- March 1991 --- $274
FM Towns Marty ------------ N/A ----------- $700 ---- 1991
Nintendo SNES (Super Famicom) - 8/13/91 -- $200 ---- November 21, 1990
NEC TurboDuo (PC-Engine Duo) -- 10/10/92 -- $300 ---- 1991
Sega CD -------------------- 10/15/92 ------ $299 ---- December 1, 1991
Commodore Amiga CD32 ----- September 1993 -$261
3DO ------------------------ 10/4/93 -------- $700
Atari Jaguar ----------------- 11/18/93 ------ $250
Sega 32X ------------------- November 1994 -$150 --- December 3, 1994
Sega Saturn ---------------- May 11, 1995 -- $400 --- November 22, 1994
Sony Playstation ------------- 9/1/1995 ------ $299 --- December 3, 1994
Bandai Pippin ----------------- 9/1/96 -------- $599 --- March 28, 1995
Nintendo N64 ----------------- 9/2996 ------- $200 --- June 23, 1996
Sega Dreamcast -------------- 9/9/99 -------- $300 --- November 27, 1998
Sony Playstation 2 ----------- 10/26/00 ------ $300 --- March 4, 2000
Microsoft Xbox ---------------- 11/15/01 ---- $299 --- February 22, 2002
Nintendo Gamecube ----------- 11/18/01 ---- $200 --- September 14, 2001
Microsoft Xbox 360 ------------ 11/22/05 ---- $300 --- December 10, 2005
Sony Playstation 3 ------------ 11/17/06 ---- $499 --- November 11, 2006
Nintendo Wii ------------------- 11/19/06 ---- $250 --- December 2, 2006

[kjmontana]

Dreamcast launch price was $200($199.99) in US. N64 date missing "/" between "29" and "96".

[Mayhem]

Vectrex was Nov 82 in the US at $199.99. I believe the Japanese launch was June 83.

[Anthony1]

The Super Nintendo didn't launch in the USA on August 13th. Unfortunately, somehow that August 13th date got reported somewhere, and everybody just copied it, and assumed it was correct. I actually had a really long thread about this. Many arguments were made back and forth, but I was able to trace the release of the SNES in the USA back to a particular week in August. It didn't have a concrete launch date, where every retailer had it on a specific day. It was a bit more sporadic, but it all started on a particular week.

I did a search for that old thread, but can't find it now. But basically, we had deteremined that the very first SNES systems started showing up for sale on Tuesday, August 20th, 1991, but that most stores didn't start selling them till Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Egm had the official launch day as August 23rd. This was in a magazine that came out at that time. I had pictures of the magazine in the thread, and all kinds of crap like that. Somebody found an article from a newspaper where the store manager of a Babbages was talking about how they sold out of the SNES on the first day. I think that store was selling them on Wednesday August 21st. But again, it was very sporadic. The majority of the stores weren't selling them until Friday, August 23rd.

The August 13th date, is actually a date in which certain members of the media were sent one, and then somehow that got misconstrued as the USA release date, but it wasn't even close.