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The is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27, 1998 in Japan, September 9, 1999 in North America, and October 14, 1999 in Europe.

It was the first in the sixth generation of video game consoles, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, Nintendo's GameCube and Microsoft's Xbox.

The Dreamcast was Sega's final home console, marking the end of the company's 18 years in the console market.

The is a Sony digital video recorder with a fully integrated PlayStation 2 video game console.

It was released in Japan on December 13, 2003.

Since it was designed to be a general-purpose consumer video device, it was marketed by the main Sony Corporation instead of Sony Computer Entertainment and does not carry the usual PlayStation branding.

Its high cost resulted in poor sales, meaning that the PSX was never released outside of Japan.

This made it a commercial failure.

MAME (an acronym of Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is a free and open source emulator designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software on modern personal computers and other platforms.

The intention is to preserve gaming history by preventing vintage games from being lost or forgotten.

The aim of MAME is to be a reference to the inner workings of the emulated arcade machines; the ability to actually play the games is considered "a nice side effect".

Joystiq has listed MAME as an application that every gamer should have.

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed by Sony.

Development of the handheld was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on, 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004.

The system was released in Japan on, 2004, in North America on, 2005, and in the PAL region on, 2005.

It primarily competed with the Nintendo DS, as part of the seventh generation of video games.

The Sega Genesis, known as the in most regions outside of North America, is a 16-bit home video game console which was developed and sold by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. The Genesis was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System.

Sega first released the console as the Mega Drive in Japan in 1988, followed by a North American debut under the Genesis moniker in 1989.

In 1990, the console was distributed as the Mega Drive by Virgin Mastertronic in Europe, by Ozisoft in Australasia, and by Tectoy in Brazil.

In South Korea, the systems were distributed by Samsung and were known as the Super Gam*Boy, and later the Super Aladdin Boy.