Game Consoles

This page contains brief descriptions of all game consoles (new and classics). Some users may prefer to use a game console as a base.

Note:

• If a game consoles is bold, it still in the market
• If a game consoles is italic, it still on the way to the market

Company	Console	Players	Controls1	Game Buttons2	Cabfriendly Emulators3	Year
3DO Company	3DO Interactive Multiplayer	1?	Digital	5	?	1993
Atari	Atari 2600	2	Digital4	1	Stella	1977
	Atari 5200	4	Analog + Keypad	2	MESS	1982
	Atari 7800	2	Digital4	?	MESS	1986
	Atari Jaguar	2	Digital + Keypad	3	Virtual Jaguar	1993
Bally	Bally Astrocade	4	Digital + Spinner	1	?	1978
Bandai	Bandai Atmark (Apple Pippin)	2	Digital + Trackball	6	?	1995
Coleco	Colecovision	2	Digital + Keypad	1	MESS	1982
Commodore	Commodore 64 GS	2	Digital4	1	?	1982
	Commodore CDTV	1	Digital + Keypad	2	?	1991
	Commodore CD32	2	Digital	6	?	1993
Emerson	Hanimex HMG 2650 (Arcadia)	?	?	?	MESS	198?
Epoch	Cassettevision	2	?	?	?	1981
Fairchild	Fairchild Channel F	?	?	?	MESS	1976
Interton	Interton VC4000	?	?	?	?	1978
Magnavox	Magnavox Odyssey	2	Spinner	?	?	1972
	Magnavox Odyssey 2	2	Digital	1	?	1978
Mattel	Intellivision	2	16-direction disc + Keypad	3	Nostalgia	1980
Microsoft	Xbox	4	Digital + 2xAnalog	6d 2t	?	2001
	Xbox 360	?	?	?	NO	2005
NEC	PC Engine/Turbografx 16	?	?	?	MagicEngine	1987
	Nec PC-FX	?	?	?	?	1994
Nintendo	Nintendo NES/Famicom	2 (4 with adaptor)	Digital	2	FCE Ultra VirtuaNES	1983
	Super Nintendo (Super Famicom)	2 (5 with adaptor)	Digital	6	Zsnes Snes9x	1990
	Nintendo 64	4	Digital + Analog	9	Project 64	1996
	Nintendo Gamecube	4	Digital + 2xAnalog	5d 2t	Dolphin	2001
	Nintendo Revolution	?	?	?	NO	2006(exp)
Nuon	Nuon	?	?	?	Nuance	?
Philips	Philips CD-i	?	?	?	?	1991
	Philips G7000	?	?	?	?	1978
Sega	Sega Master System	2	Digital4	2	Kega Fusion	1985
	Sega Megadrive/Genesis/32X	2	Digital4	3	Kega Fusion	1988
	Sega Saturn	?	?	?	SSF	1995
	Sega Dreamcast	?	Digital + Analog	4d 2t	Chankast	1998
SNK	SNK NeoGeo	2	Digital	4	?	1990
Sony	Sony Playstation	2	Digital	8	ePSXe	1994
	Playstation 2	2	3xAnalog	8a	PCSX2	2000
	Playstation 3	?	3xAnalog + Tilt	6a 2t	NO	2006(exp)
Vectrex	Vectrex	?	?	?	MESS	1982

1) Controls:

• Some consoles had Digital and/or Analog controls, both are listed.
• If the console used a keypad (some older consoles had one!), it is mentioned in the list.
• Only the standard control that came with the machine are "listed"
• Any addons like Dual Shock (PSX) and Pro Controllers (Genesis, Jaguar etc) are explained in the indepth page. These may require more buttons.

2) Buttons:

• This list count only fire/action buttons on their control that are used to play games. Note that the buttons are listed for one player.
• Some systems may have start/select and/or other system buttons/swiches, but these are not counted (most emulators have special keys for those).
• Buttons are marked digital, analog or analog triggers. Default is digital.
• Note: While both the PS2 and Xbox have fully analog buttons, they were never really used except as digital inputs, except for the shoulder buttons.

3) Cabfriendly:

• Only the most commonly used cabinet friendly emulator(s) is(are) listed. The console's page might have a more comprehensive list of emulators.

4) Hacking:

• These Atari controllers are very easy to interface to your arcade controls. It's even compatible with other systems too.