Xbox
Microsoft’s 2001 Xbox debuted as the first mainstream console with a built-in hard drive, soon joined by Xbox Live’s broadband-only online service in 2002.
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PlayStation 2
Sony’s 2000 PlayStation 2 reinvented the home console by pairing gaming with DVD playback, transforming a single device into the era’s premier multimedia hub.
GameCube
Nintendo’s first disc-based home console, codenamed Dolphin, debuted in 2001 by swapping cartridges for proprietary miniDVDs—yielding one of the company’s fondest-remembered libraries.
Game Boy Advance
In 2001, Nintendo tapped French designer Gwénaël Nicolas to reimagine the Game Boy as a horizontal handheld—the 32-bit GBA’s most distinctive break from Nintendo’s classic vertical shape.
Dreamcast
Sega’s 1998 Dreamcast launched with a built-in modem, beating Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft to online play by years, and ultimately became Sega’s final console.
Tapwave Zodiac
Tapwave’s 2003 Zodiac was a Palm OS gaming handheld built by ex-Palm executives, but only 50,000 units sold before its assets were sold to an Asian corporation in 2005.
Cybiko
Cybiko by Cybiko Inc.: release date, specs, launch price, top games, and current eBay/Amazon values. Everything collectors need to know.
GP32
GP32 by Game Park: release date, specs, launch price, top games, and current eBay/Amazon values. Everything collectors need to know.
Advanced Pico Beena
Sega Toys’ Advanced Pico Beena launched in Japan on August 6, 2005, and is often called Sega’s last true console—never officially discontinued, it quietly gave way to the ePico.
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Nuon
Nuon by VM Labs: release date, specs, launch price, top games, and current eBay/Amazon values. Everything collectors need to know.