List of video game console launch games

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This is an incomplete list of launch games for various video game consoles. Although most launch titles were released synchronously with the system they were released for, some games were released prior to the actual system release, for example, Dragon Quest Monsters was released on the Game Boy Color on September 25, 1998, however the Game Boy Color itself was not released until October 1998, and although the Wii officially launched on November 19, 2006, games were released as early as November 13, 2006.

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[edit] Home game consoles

[edit] Second generation

[edit] Atari 2600

U.S. launch: October 1977

[edit] Intellivision

U.S. launch: 1980

[edit] ColecoVision

U.S. launch: August 1982

[edit] Atari 5200

U.S. launch: November 1982

[edit] Third generation

[edit] Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System

Japanese launch: July 15, 1983

U.S. launch: October 18, 1985

[edit] Famicom Disk System

Japanese launch: February 21, 1986

[edit] Sega Mark III/Sega Master System

[1] Japanese launch: October 20, 1985

U.S. launch: June 1986

U.K. launch: late 1986

[edit] Fourth generation

[edit] NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/TurboGrafx

Japanese launch: October 30, 1987

U.S. launch: August 19, 1989

[edit] NEC TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM

Japanese launch: December 4, 1988

U.S. launch: August 1, 1990

[edit] Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Japanese launch: October 29, 1988

U.S. launch: August 14, 1989

European launch: November 30, 1990

[edit] Mega-CD

Japanese launch: December 1, 1991

U.S. launch: October 15, 1992

European launch: April, 1993

[edit] Sega 32X

European launch: November 14, 1994

U.S. launch: November 21, 1994

Japanese launch: December 3, 1994

[edit] Super Famicom/SNES

Japanese launch: November 21, 1990

U.S. launch: August 23, 1991

European launch

[edit] Fifth generation

[edit] Sega Saturn

Japanese launch: November 22, 1994

U.S. launch: May 1995

[edit] PlayStation

Japan launch: December 3, 1994

U.S. launch: September 9, 1995

European launch: September 29, 1995

[edit] Nintendo 64

Japanese launch: June 23, 1996

U.S. launch: September 29, 1996

European launch: March 1, 1997

[edit] Atari Jaguar

U.S. launch: November 1993

[edit] CD-i

International release: December 3, 1991

[edit] Sixth generation

[edit] Sega Dreamcast

[2] [3] Japanese launch: November 27, 1998

U.S. launch: September 9, 1999

European launch: October, 1999

[edit] PlayStation 2

U.S. launch: October 26, 2000

[edit] Nintendo GameCube

Japanese launch: September 14, 2001

U.S. launch: November 18, 2001

European launch: May 3, 2002

[edit] Microsoft Xbox

U.S. launch: November 15, 2001

European launch: March 14, 2002

[edit] Seventh generation

[edit] Xbox 360

U.S. launch: November 22, 2005

European launch: December 2, 2005

Japanese launch: December 10, 2005

[edit] Xbox Live Arcade

[edit] PlayStation 3

Japanese launch: November 11, 2006

U.S. launch: November 17, 2006

European and Australian launch: March 23, 2007

[edit] PlayStation Network

U.S. launch: November 17, 2006

European and Australian launch: March 23, 2007

[edit] Wii

U.S. launch: November 19, 2006

Japanese launch: December 2, 2006

European launch: December 8, 2006

[edit] Wii Virtual Console

U.S. launch: November 19, 2006

European launch: December 8, 2006

[edit] Handheld game consoles

[edit] Atari Lynx

U.S. launch: October 1989

[edit] Game Boy

Japanese launch: April 21, 1989

U.S. launch: August 1989

[edit] Sega Game Gear

Japanese launch: October 6, 1990

U.S. launch: April 26, 1991

[edit] Virtual Boy

U.S. launch: August 14, 1995

[edit] Game Boy Color

Japanese launch: October 21, 1998

U.S. launch: November 1998

[edit] Neo Geo Pocket Color

Japanese launch: March 16, 1999

UK launch: 1999

[edit] Game Boy Advance

U.S. launch: June 11, 2001

[edit] N-Gage

U.S. launch: October 7, 2003

[edit] Nintendo DS

U.S. launch: November 21, 2004

Japanese launch: December 2, 2004

European launch: March 11, 2005

[edit] PlayStation Portable

Main article: PlayStation Portable launch

Japanese launch: December 12, 2004

U.S./Canada launch: March 24, 2005

European launch: September 1, 2005

[edit] Nintendo 3DS

Japanese launch: February 26, 2011.[4]

UK Launch: March 25, 2011

US Launch: March 27, 2011

[edit] 3DS Virtual Console

US launch: June 6, 2011

[edit] PlayStation Vita

Japanese launch: December 17, 2011

European launch: February 22, 2012

U.S. launch: February 22, 2012

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Computer and Video Games magazine, December 1986
  2. ^ http://sega.jp/cgi-bin/csALL.cgi?rpp=20&sr=640&tt=&sy=&gr=&hw=10&fw=&sort=2
  3. ^ http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ドリームキャストのゲームタイトル一覧
  4. ^ Tom Bramwell (1-10-2011). "Nintendo 3DS Japanese launch line-up 3DS News - Page 1". Eurogamer. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-01-10-nintendo-3ds-japanese-launch-line-up. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
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