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Fifth-generation video game consoles

  • PlayStation (console)On the morning of the 27th of January 1991, Howard Lincoln stepped onto a stage in Las Vegas and announced that Nintendo had abandoned its partnership with…
  • Sega SaturnIn 1992, Sega began developing the Saturn while its Model 1 arcade hardware was already proving that 3D polygonal graphics could captivate players.
  • PocketStationSony released the PocketStation in Japan on the 23rd of January 1999. The original ship date had been set for the 23rd of December 1998, but a full month…
  • Nintendo 64In 1993, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi met with Silicon Graphics founder Jim Clark to discuss a new console partnership.
  • Game Boy ColorIn the early 1990s, a team led by Satoru Okada experimented with color displays for Nintendo's handheld line. Their prototype carried the codename Project…
  • Amiga CD32Commodore announced the Amiga CD32 at the Science Museum in London on the 16th of July 1993. British media greeted the event with great fanfare despite the…
  • CP System IICapcom announced the development of the CP System II in 1990. The system arrived in arcades during 1993 with Super Street Fighter II.