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The fifth generation era (also known as the 32-bit era, the 64-bit era, or the 3D era) refers to computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld gaming consoles dating from approximately October 4, 1993, to March 23, 2006. [ note 1] The best-selling home console was the Sony PlayStation, followed by the Nintendo 64 and Sega Saturn.
The history of video game consoles, both home and handheld, began in the 1970s. The first console that played games on a television set was the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey, first conceived by Ralph H. Baer in 1966. Handheld consoles originated from electro-mechanical games that used mechanical controls and light-emitting diodes (LED) as visual ...
The Virtual Boy[ a] is a 32-bit tabletop portable video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. Released in 1995, it was marketed as the first console capable of displaying stereoscopic 3D graphics. The player uses the console like a head-mounted display, placing the head against the eyepiece to see a red monochrome display.
Steam Deck ( Valve Corporation ) A handheld console that plays most games in the Steam library. [86] Ability to run games from other game stores as well - ( Epic Games Store, uPlay, etc.) [86] Comes in 3 models; one LCD and two OLED models, all with different storage capacities. [87] Has 7 inch, 800p touchscreen.
The first major handheld video game consoles appeared in the 1990s, led by Nintendo's Game Boy platform. In the early 1990s, advancements in microprocessor technology gave rise to real-time 3D polygonal graphic rendering in game consoles, as well as in PCs by way of graphics cards.
Dreamcast. The Sega Saturn [a] [b] is a home video game console developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994, in Japan, May 11, 1995, in North America, and July 8, 1995, in Europe. Part of the fifth generation of video game consoles, it is the successor to the successful Genesis. The Saturn has a dual- CPU architecture and eight ...
PlayStation (console) The PlayStation[ a] (abbreviated as PS, commonly known as the PS1/PS one or its codename PSX) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released in Japan on 3 December 1994, in North America on 9 September 1995, in Europe on 29 September 1995, and in Australia on 15 November ...
Blood is a 3D first-person shooter video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by GT Interactive and developed using Ken Silverman’s Build engine.The shareware version was released for MS-DOS on March 7, 1997, [1] while the full version was later released on May 21 in North America, [2] and June 20 in Europe.