This is a list of retro style video game consoles in chronological order. Only officially licensed consoles are listed. Starting in the 2000s, the trend of

retrogaming Retrogaming, also known as classic gaming and old school gaming, is the current playing and collection of obsolete personal computers, consoles, and video games. Usually, retrogaming is based upon systems that are outmoded or discontinued, alt ...

spawned the launch of several new consoles that usually imitate the styling of pre-2000s

home consoles A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source as to play video games. Home consoles are generally less powerful and customizable than ...

and only play games that released on those consoles. Most

retro style Retro style is imitative or consciously derivative of lifestyles, trends, or art forms from history, including in music, modes, fashions, or attitudes. In popular culture, the "nostalgia cycle" is typically for the two decades that begin 20–30 ...

consoles are

dedicated console A dedicated console is a video game console that is limited to one or more built-in video game or games, and is not equipped for additional games that are distributed via ROM cartridges, discs, downloads or other digital media. Dedicated consol ...

s, but many have an

SD Card Secure Digital, officially abbreviated as SD, is a proprietary non-volatile flash memory card format developed by the SD Association (SDA) for use in portable devices. The standard was introduced in August 1999 by joint efforts between SanDis ...

slot that allows the user to add additional games, an internet connection that allows users to download games, or even support the cartridges of older video game systems such as the

Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit third-generation home video game console produced by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan in 1983 as the commonly known as the The NES, a redesigned version, was released in America ...

. Most of these consoles don't sport the original hardware and are thus equipped with a modern microprocessor, prominently an

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CPU and supporting chips running an emulator to allow the rendering of the particular system.

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Retro style home consoles (2001–present)

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Atari Flashback The Atari Flashback series are a line of dedicated video game consoles designed, produced, published and marketed by AtGames under license from Atari SA. The Flashback consoles are "plug-and-play" versions of the Atari 2600 console. They conta ...

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Atari Flashback 2 The Atari Flashback series are a line of dedicated video game consoles designed, produced, published and marketed by AtGames under license from Atari SA. The Flashback consoles are "plug-and-play" versions of the Atari 2600 console. They conta ...

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ZX Spectrum Vega The ZX Spectrum Vega is a modern redesign of the ZX Spectrum in the form of a miniaturized TV game, that comes preloaded with several games from the platform, created with the involvement of Sir Clive Sinclair. Hardware The Vega mimics the lo ...

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Dedicated retro style home consoles (2001–present)

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PlayStation Classic The PlayStation Classic is a Dedicated console, dedicated video game console by Sony Interactive Entertainment that emulates games originally released on its 1994 PlayStation (console), PlayStation console. It was announced in September 2018 at ...

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Sega Genesis Mini The Sega Genesis Mini, known as the Mega Drive Mini in regions outside of North America, is a dedicated console modeled on the Sega Genesis. The Mini emulates the original console's 16-bit hardware, and includes 42 games ported by M2. It was r ...

(2019)

Non-dedicated retro style home consoles (2008–present)

Retro style handhelds (2001–present)

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ZX Spectrum Vega+ The ZX Spectrum Vega+ is a handheld game console based on the ZX Spectrum and designed by Rick Dickinson as a follow-up to the ZX Spectrum Vega handheld TV game which was released in 2015. Only a small number of Vega+ machines were released, bef ...

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Analogue Pocket The Analogue Pocket is an FPGA-based handheld game console designed and manufactured by Analogue, Inc.; it was announced on October 16, 2019 and released on December 13, 2021. It is designed to play games designed for handhelds of the fourth ge ...

(2021)

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