Nintendo released the successor to their popular NES in 1991, two years after Sega entered the “Next Generation” with their Genesis. Even though Sega had a head start when the 16-Bit days came to an end Nintendo had all but caught up and... 

The Sega Master System (S.M.S.) was released in 1986 just after Nintendo released the N.E.S. and it’s hardware was actually superior to that of the N.E.S. What kept Sega from overtaking them was Nintendo’s aggressive 3rd party contracting... 

The TurboGrafx-16 was release in 1989 about 6 months before the Sega Genesis and was a good upgrade to the aging Nintendo. They marketed it as a 16-Bit system but only the graphics chip was 16-Bit, the CPU was an 8-Bit chip so that was misleading. Unfortunately... 

The Neo Geo AES was released in 1990 and was much more powerful than it’s competitors the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. At the time of it’s launch it was marketed as “The First 24-Bit System” but in reality it was just a 16-Bit... 

Coleco (COnneticut LEather COmpany) released the ColecoVision in 1982 and had their sights set on taking some of the video game pie that was currently owned by the Atari 2600. Their technology was heads and tails above the Atari and Intellivision in... 

The Atari Jaguar was released in 1993 and was proclaimed the “First 64-Bit System.” Interesting enough this system started out as a 32-Bit system code named “Panther” but that was scrapped as Atari wanted to leap-frog the competition.... 

Released in 1980 when the Atari 2600 was king, the Intellivision (Intelligent Television) became their first real competitor. It’s specs were heads and tails above the 2600 and with an adapter you were actually able to play your Atari collection... 

The Atari 7800 was released in 1986 just after the Nintendo brought their Famicom system to America. The system was actually more powerful graphically then the NES and Sega Master System but it still utilized the same sound chip that was in the Atari... 

In 1977 Atari released their Atari VCS (2600) and initially had nine games available. Atari sold over thirty million of the consoles, and together with other companies sold hundreds of millions of games. Cartridges for the system were produced across... 

Following the Video Game Crash of 1983 no U.S. company felt there was money to be made in video games anymore. It wasn’t until a Japanese company named Nintendo brought stateside their popular Famicom (FAMily COMputer) re-named the Nintendo Entertainment...