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video game console

video game console (a machine built solely for playing video games)

class, type of hardware platform

Class: type of hardware platform
Examples: ▶
Playstation 3, xbox 360, Playstation Portable, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo DS, …
playstation 2, iPod Touch, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS Lite, Dreamcast, PlayStation Portable Slim and Lite, Game Boy, Sega Saturn, Atari 2600, Pong, Sega Master System, Neo Geo, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Game Boy Color, Atari Jaguar, Game Boy line, N-Gage, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance SP, TurboGrafx-16, Intellivision, GP2X, CD-i, Zeebo, Atari 5200, Virtual Boy, GP2X Wiz, Atari 7800, Atari Lynx, Game.com, Vectrex, Vii, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Official Xbox Magazine, Satellaview, Fairchild Channel F, WonderSwan, FC Twin Video Game System, iQue Player, Variations of the Sega Mega Drive, HyperScan, Mega Drive, PSP Go, Arcadia 2001, Dingoo, N-Gage QD, PlayStation, Family Computer Disk System, Twin Famicom, Mega-CD, Retro Duo, Mi2 console, PS One, BBC Bridge Companion, Bandai Super Vision 8000, PlayStation Portable successor, PlayStation Portable Successor, PlayStation Portable 2, Uzebox, Leapster Explorer, Leapster2, Jungle, Mi2, FC Twin, GP2X Caanoo, Atari XEGS, Wii, Supergame VG 3000, Magnavox Odyssey Series, Famicom Titler, C1 NES TV, SF-1 SNES TV, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DSi XL, SwanCrystal, Videosmarts, ComputerSmarts
Parent Class: electronic device, electrical device, gaming platform
Types: ▶
Playstation 3, xbox 360, Playstation Portable, Nintendo DS, playstation 2, …
XBOX, NES, Playstation, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS Lite, SNES, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Virtual Console, PlayStation Portable Slim and Lite, Game Boy Advance Network Boot, Game Boy, Sega Saturn, Atari 2600, Sega Mega Drive, Pong, Sega Master System, Neo Geo, Line Rider, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Game Boy Color, Atari Jaguar, Tamagotchi, PSX, Game Boy line, N-Gage, PlayStation Portable, Magnavox Odyssey, Game Boy Advance SP, Game Boy Micro, portable video game console, Xbox 360 hardware, Sega Game Gear, TurboGrafx-16, Intellivision, PlayStation 3 hardware, PocketStation, GP2X, CD-i, Zeebo, ColecoVision, Gizmondo, Atari 5200, Virtual Boy, Sega 32X, First video game, GP2X Wiz, Color TV Game, Atari 7800, Nintendo video game consoles, Nintendo games console, Sega Nomad, N+, The Phantom, Atari Lynx, PlayStation Portable Go, Game.com, mylo, Alien Hominid, Apple Pippin, Sega Mega-CD, Vectrex, VMU, Vii, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Fairchild Channel F, Amiga CD32, N-Gage, Magnavox Odyssey², Panasonic Q, PlayStation, WonderSwan, FC Twin Video Game System, iQue Player, Sega SC-3000, Sega SG-1000, GP32, Atari Flashback, WonderSwan Color, Timeline of PlayStation 3 SKUs, PC-FX, Tapwave Zodiac, Neo Geo CD, Flow, Microvision, Sega Pico, C64 Direct-to-TV, Neo Geo Pocket, HyperScan, FM Towns Marty, TurboExpress, Mega Drive, Atari Jaguar CD, Philips Odyssey, Panasonic M2, PSP Go, Casio Loopy, Telstar, Amstrad GX4000, Arcadia 2001, Comparison of handheld game consoles, Evo: Phase One, Gizmondo 2, Playdia, Barcode Battler, Bally Astrocade, GameKing, handheld video game, RCA Studio II, Pioneer LaserActive, Super A'Can, Atari Jaguar II, Commodore 64 Games System, Watara Supervision, Cybiko, Game Wave Family Entertainment System, XGP, calculator gaming, Action Max, iriver clix, PlayStation Portable Slim and Lite, Nuon, Pepper Pad, Dingoo, TurboDuo, R-Zone, Atari Panther, N-Gage QD, SuperGrafx, Yetisports, VC 4000, Atari 2800, Gamate, Coleco Gemini, V.Smile, Indrema, Advanced Pico Beena, Neo Double Games, Atari Cosmos, TV Boy, Halcyon, Terminator, PlayCable, PlayStation, Entex Adventure Vision, Video Pinball, Tristar 64, Sega VR, Atari 2700, Atari 2000, Coleco Sonic, Virtual Light Machine, Action Gamemaster, Gameline, Pocket Dream Console, CP System, Bookworm, Commodore CDTV, VTech Socrates, Super 8, Mega-CD, L600, Auditorium, XaviXPort gaming console, Atari Flashback Portable, Retro Duo, Ez MINI, ApeXtreme, iRiver G10, Tandy Video Information System, VG Pocket Caplet, Epoch Cassette Vision, 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System, APF Imagination Machine, PocketFami, Dina, APF TV Fun, Net Jet, VTech CreatiVision, Game king-II, APF-M1000, VG Pocket Max, Family game, Atari 2500, Pelican VG Pocket, Telegames Personal Arcade, POP Station, Coleco Telstar Marksman, Telstar Combat!, SpongeBob SquarePants TV Game, Zemmix, Hartung Game Master, MoMA Eve, iQuest, Game system clone
Games: DinoPark Tycoon, Frontier 1859
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console
Providers: ▶
Zavvi; SNK Playmore; Virgin Megastores; Intelligent Systems; GameFly; …
Head Entertainment; Retro Studios; HMV Group plc; 989 Studios; Brownie Brown; Toaplan; Iguana Entertainment; Genius Sonority; Play N Trade; Ambrella; feelplus Inc.; Console Classix; Noise; Freeverse; Nd Cube; ADK; Aksys Games; SuperVillain Studios; Entertainment UK; Marigul Management; Interchannel; Saru Brunei; feelplus; Aspect; Krisalis Software; Shin'en Multimedia; Zoo Entertainment; SIMS Co., Ltd.; Bolt Creative; Polygon Magic; Astragon; ColdWood Interactive; Fishlabs; Blaze Europe; Firemint; game; Backflip Studios; Haunted Games; Game Freak; Valcon Games
Inventor: Ralph H. Baer
Sold by: John Lewis, electrical equipment retail outlet, video game retail outlet
Sold By Every: video game retail outlet
Principle Class of, Principal Class: video game console
Related Products: Playstation 3, copy of a Wii Game, copy of a video game, Nintendo Wii console, Xbox game
Common-sense Distinct From: person, attribute
Related Organisations: Sony Computer Entertainment, Tengen, Phantom Entertainment, Microsoft India PL
Names: "games consoles"
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000003ff2a"
OpenCyc ID: "Mx4rvbT2xZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Video_game_console
Universal Attributes: electric
Freebase Primary MID: "/m/07_tb"
Related Websites: http://www.thegameconsole.com/
Distinct From: ▶
person, telephone, remote control, electronic component, answering machine, …
light bulb, geographical area of significant size, attribute, geographical area, telescope

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