Notes : All dates for the Japanese release unless otherwised stated. :nod: (Japan) normally means this console was not released first in Japan. h: All dates correct as far as I can check them but I might have made a balls up somewhere. :shrug: Not all releases shown, as I can't be arsed with finding all the PAL release dates and can't be arsed with most the American ones either. OH: You might notice a lack of Atari dates, this is because most of their consoles in most books, websites and flyers only have the month down as release. Sega for some reason can't remember when they released half their early consoles / computers, I have it on good authority that the SG-1000 was release the same day as the Nintendo Famicom and I can see why Sega would keep quiet about that... :lol: Highlighted all the anniversaries in bold and underlined any really important ones. If anyone has any more to add or corrections then post them and I'll update this list. May 11th - Sega Saturn (US) - 13th Birthday June 23rd - Nintendo 64 - 12th Birthday July 1st - SNK Neo Geo AES - 17th Birthday July 12th - Bandai Wonderswan Crystal - 6th Birthday July 15th - Nintendo Famicom - 25th Birthday also Sega SG-1000(*) - 25th Birthday July 17th - Epoch Super Cassette Vision - 24th Birthday July 19th - Epoch Cassette Vision Jr - 25th Birthday July 21st - Nintendo Gameboy Pocket - 12th Birthday also Nintendo Virtual Boy - 13th Birthday August 13th - Nintendo SNES (US) - 17th Birthday August 29th - NEC TurboGrafx-16 - 19th Birthday September 1st - Apple Pippin - 12th Birthday September 9th - SNK Neo Geo CD - 14th Birthday also Sega Dreamcast (US) - 9th Birthday September 13th - Nintendo Game Boy Micro - 3rd Birthday September 14th - Nintendo Gamecube - 7th Birthday September 21st - NEC PC Engine Duo - 17th Birhtday September 23rd - Bandai Playdia - 14th Birthday October 6th - Sega Game Gear - 18th Birthday October 18th - Nintendon NES (US) - 23rd Birthday October 20th - Sega Mark III - 23rd Birthday October 21st - Nintendo Game Boy Color - 10th Birthday October 28th - SNK Neo Geo Pocket - 10th Birthday October 29th - Sega Megadrive - 20th Birthday October 30th - NEC PC Engine - 21st Birthday November 11th - Sony Playstation 3 - 2nd Birthday November 15th - Microsoft Xbox (US) - 7th Birthday November 19th - Nintendo Wii (US) - 2nd Birthday November 21st - Nintendo Super Famicom - 18th Birthday also Nintendo DS (US) - 4th Birthday November 22nd - Sega Saturn - 14th Birthday also Microsoft Xbox 360 (US) - 3rd Birthday November 27th - Sega Dreamcast - 10th Birthday December 1st - NEC PC Engine GT - 18th Birthday December 2nd - Nintendo Wii (Japan) - 2nd Birthday also Nintendo DS - 4th Birthday December 3rd - Sony Playstation - 14th Birthday also Sega Super 32X - 14th Birthday December 4th - NEC PC Engine CD-ROM2 Unit - 20th Birthday December 8th - NEC Super Grafx - 19th Birthday December 9th - Bandai Wonderswan Color - 8th Birthday December 12th - Sega Mega CD - 17th Birthday also Sony PSP - 4th Birthday December 14th - Nintendo Pokemon Mini - 7th Birthday December 23rd - NEC PC-FX - 14th Birthday February 14th - Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP - 6th Birthday February 21st - Nintendo Famicom Disc System - 23rd Birthday February 22nd - Microsoft Xbox (Japan) - 7th Birthday March 2nd - Nintendo DS Lite - 3rd Birthday March 4th - Sony Playstation 2 - 8th Birthday also Bandai Wonderswan - 10th Birthday March 16th - SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color - 10th Birthday March 20th - Panasonic 3DO Real FZ-1 - 15th Birthday March 21st - Nintendo Game Boy Advance - 8th Birthday March 28th - Bandai Atmark - 13th Birthday April 1st (seriously) - Victor Wondermega - 17th Birthday April 14th - Nintendo Game Boy Light - 11th Birthday April 21st - Nintendo Game Boy - 20th Birthday April 24th - Sega Wondermega - 17th Birthday
h: I envy you... all I get for my birthdays are itunes and amazon gift certificates (not very useful for buying retro game systems >_<)
Awww, Super Famicom... becoming so old. & Even with no publicity or releases, you are still beating everyone to the ground. :dance:
February 21st - Nintendo Famicom Disc System - 23rd Birthday It's also 23rd bithday of The Legend Of Zelda series on that date. Really huge title for a new system release
Thank you jamtex for making us feel older than we areOH::-( J/k, nice list, maybe we should make it automatic (like user's birthdays) so we all get an email during those dates. After all this forum is all about old consoles, where else should we do this if not here?:nod:
Hehe, well it makes me feel old as the PC Engine CD-ROM unit and Megadrive will be 20 this year and it doesn't seem like yesterday that the SNK Neo Geo Pocket (monochrome) decided to be born a week after the Game Boy Color and then release the Neo Geo Pocket Color nearly 2 weeks after the reasonable successful launch of the Bandai Wonderswan. I do have a database of a lot of Consoles and Games release dates (for research purposes honestly....) and I will put it to good use later this year. I should be in Japan on the 20th birthday of the Megadrive so I hope there is something to celebrate it. Hopefully that won't get some geeky looking europeans arrested for defacing public property. Apart from the Atari consoles just coming out in a month, the only other consoles I can't get a exact date of release is the Nintendo 64DD as it seems there are multiple dates depending on who you believe and Nintendo seemed to have brushed this under the table in terms of it ever existing... If there is interest I will add the Major European release dates in as well as the rest of the US dates.
Yes, I knew someone was going to rant about me not putting up the 64DD but given that I can find dates of the 1st, 9th, 14th, 15th (and probably others if I looked) of the release of the N64 it's hard to give it an exact birthday. Hoping a quick email to Nintendo Japan might give me an answer.
what about making a special post for each significant birthday? something like a review, pics, some story and best games/ best unreleased/ games for the system?
Excellent! We should press for a World Wide recognised annual 'Fallen Consoles day' where we honor those who have given us enjoyment and saved us from the tedium of rainy days everywhere! Anyone want to select a particular day in question, for example the day Sega pulled out of gaming hardware altogether or perhaps when Atari folded? Loving this post! :clap:
