We’ve all heard about consoles like the Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox, and there’s a good chance you have one of these – or more – secreted beneath your television set right now.
A successful games system can sell hundreds of millions of units, generating an incredible amount of revenue for its manufacturer via raw sales and licensing fees on every game sold.
Console gaming has become so big that veteran consumer technology corporations like Sony are almost entirely reliant on it for profit these days, but not every single console finds a willing audience.
Ever since groundbreaking machines like the Magnavox Odyssey and Atari VCS introduced the concept to millions of homes in the 1970s, many challengers have come and gone – some markedly more successful than others – and we’ve selected some of the most notable also-rans below.
If you’ve owned all of the machine listed here then you can consider yourself to be a true console connoisseur – or perhaps glutton for punishment.
1. Amstrad GX4000 (1990)
Mention the name Amstrad to anyone under the age of 30 and you may well get some puzzled looks in return, but for UK gamers in the ’80s the company …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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