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Twitami
10-31-2005, 11:24 PM
So I am finally at the point in my basement that I am organizing my systems. I decided it would be cool to put them in chronological order of release dates. Wow, it has turned out to be MUCH harder than I expected. Every list I have found has a lot of systems missing--either overseas systems, or uncommon ones, and in some cases just weird mistakes. I can see not having a Zemmix or a Tomy Pyuuta Jr or something missing, but some missed Intellivision and other common stuff. When I am done collecting info and have them all in order, I am gonna type up a timeline with ALL of them on it.

Interestingly, a number of systems have different dates. The NES I found claims that it launched anywhere from '82 to '85 (the US version). I thought it was 1984 myself, so I am using that year myself. Anyway, back to the research!

Perkar
10-31-2005, 11:35 PM
good luck on this herculean task... this old thread here should help you out a bit...

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15107&highlight=launch

retroman
10-31-2005, 11:46 PM
the Nes was 85 in some citys..

diskoboy
11-01-2005, 01:10 AM
The NES was test marketed in New York and Los Angeles over the 1985 holidays. It went nationwide early/mid '86. I bought mine in August of '86.

The Famicom was introduced in '83.

njiska
11-01-2005, 01:45 AM
Here ya are boy. If this doesn't help you i don't know what will.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_consoles

Sylentwulf
11-01-2005, 11:51 AM
Here ya are boy. If this doesn't help you i don't know what will.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_consoles

The Phantom Console (2006 release)

hahaha!