This list is for all hardware families.
Platform Name | Type(s) | Notes |
3D0 | Game console | Multimedia device. Easy to pirate its games. |
ABC 80 | Home computer | |
ABC 800 family | Home computer | |
Amiga | Home computer | amigappc is the PowerPC Amiga Amiga OCS, Amiga AGA, and Amiga ECS are used by gamers. |
Apple II | Home computer | This family of computers probably had the 2nd most clones, next to the PC. |
Apple III | Home computer | |
Arcadia 2001 | Game console | Popular in Europe, not so popular in North America or Japan. |
Astrocade | Game console | One or two models exist. Not too well known. |
Atari 8-bit family | Home computer | The computer version of the Atari 5200 |
Atari 2600 | Game console | First popular console |
Atari 7800 | Game console | |
Atari Lynx | Handheld game system | Not to be confused with the Camputers Lynx, please remember this is the first color handheld. |
Atari ST | Computer | As a platform, includes the Mega ST(e), TT, and Falcon. |
BBC Micro | Home computer | |
Blackberry | Smartphone | |
Commodore 16 | Home computer | A dismal failure of a platform ( when compared to Commodore's other platforms ) |
Commodore 128 | Home computer | |
Commodore 64 | Home computer and Game console | The most common model of computer ever made. The C64GS is the console. Suprisingly there doesn't seem to be many clones. |
Cassette Vision | Game console | Early Japanese console, competed with Famicom. |
CBM-II | Home computer | Replacement for the Commodore PETs |
Channel F | Game console | Early console |
CD-i | Game console | CD-i was an multimedia console, mostly known for its bad Nintendo licensed titles. |
ColecoVision | Game console | Most known for good arcade ports and a first-party device that allows people to play Atari 2600 games on the Coleco. |
CoCo | Home computer | Commonly called the CoCo. First platform to run OS-9. |
Commodore PET | Home computer | First successful Commodore platform. |
CPC | Home Computer | Includes the GX-4000 and KC-Compact. |
CPS-1 | Arcade system | |
CPS Changer | Game console | Basically CPS-1 with Street Fighter Zero? |
CPS 2 | Arcade system | Street Fighter 2 and Street Fighter Alpha-era Capcom games were mostly for this system. |
CPS 3 | Arcade system | |
CreatiVision | Game console | |
Cybiko | PDA | |
Dreamcast | Game console | Has an arcade variant |
Dreamcast VMU | Console addon | Requires Dreamcast |
Famicom Disk System | Console addon | requires Famicom |
FM-7 | Home computer | |
FM Towns | Computer | Also the FM Towns Marty line were game consoles. |
Game Boy | Handheld game system | The standard in handheld gaming until the DS came on to the market. |
Game Boy Advanced | Handheld game system | |
Game Cube | Game console | |
Game Gear | Handheld game system | Almost identical hardware to the Master System. |
Game.com | Handheld game system | |
Gamete | Handheld game system | Probably the most sexual name for a system. |
Gizmondo | Handheld game system | |
Genesis\Mega Drive | Game console | Has two subplatforms, 32x and Sega CD. |
Hartung Game Master | Handheld game system | Another cheap knockoff of the Game Boy. Not a clone in that the machines were not compatible. Also incompatible with the Watara Supervision. |
Intellivision | Game console | One of two Intel-based game systems. |
iPhone | Smartphone and OS | Platform includes OS, also the iPod Touch is part of this platform. Arguably the iPad as well. |
Jaguar | Home computer | Last Atari console. 64-bit pile of junk. |
Laser 100/200/300 and compatibles | Home computer | Are the Laser 100 and 200 in different platforms? |
Laser 350/500/700/750 | Home computer | |
LaserActive | Game console | Platform is based on laser discs. Very expensive consoles. |
Leapster | Handheld game system | Educational system. |
Lisa | Home computer | Early GUI system by Apple. 3 or 4 different models exist |
M05 | Home computer | Early French computer. |
Mac 68K | Computer | mac68k is used as a platform identifier |
Mac PPC | Computer | macppc is used as a platform identifier |
Intel Mac | Computer and OS | This platform includes the OS |
Master System | Game console | Nearly identical to the game gear, just a different type of hardware. |
Mega-CD\Sega-CD | Console addon | Requires a Mega Drive or Genesis |
Mega Duck | Handheld game system | |
MSX | Home computer\Game console | MSX is a hardware standard as well. The Zemmix consoles are either MSX or MSX2/2+ systems. |
MSX2 | Home computer | Advanced MSX |
N-Gage | Smartphone and Handheld game system | Looks like your talking to a taco when using this. |
Neo Geo | Game console Arcade |
The 16-bit version. The 64-bit platform only had a few titles for it. |
Neo Geo Pocket | Handheld game system | |
Newton | PDA | Early PDA family from Apple |
NES\Famicom | Game console | Known as the Fammicom in Japan, there is a fairly huge market of bootleg versions |
Nintendo 64 | Game console | |
Nintendo DS | Handheld game system | |
Odyssey²\G7000\G7200 | Game console | Quite popular in France, elsewhere this platform was overshadowed by the 2600. |
Oric line | Home computer | |
Palm Pilot | PDA | The first popular PDA platform. |
PC | Computer | |
PC-50X pong systems | Game console | This family of consoles used GI chips in a cartridge, not ROM cartridges. |
PC-8801 | Home computer | Japanese line of proprietary Z80-based computers |
PC-9801 | Home computer | Japanese line of proprietary x86 computers? |
PC-FX | Game console | The Successor of the Turbographix-16. |
PCW | Computer | Includes PCW-16? |
Pippin | Game console | A sort-of PowerMac compatible console. |
PlayStation | Game console | PSX usually refers to this platform. |
PlayStation 2 | Game console | PS2 usually refers to this family of machines. |
PlayStation 3 | Game console | PS3 is the common name |
PlayStation Portable | Handheld game system | PSP is the common name |
PocketStation | Console addon | requires Sony PS1 ( Japanese models). Released only in Japan, even though some other markets got the games. |
Psion series 3 | PDA | Early PDA platform. Palm is more known. |
Sinclair QL | Computer | First 16-bit home computer. |
R-Zone | Handheld game system | Another early 3D-system. Worse than the Virtual Boy. |
S-100 systems | Hardware standard \ computers | S-100 bus machines, mostly running CP/M derivatives, but other systems too. Old and rare platform. |
SS-50 systems | Hardware standard \ computers | SS-50 bus machines, mostly running CP/M derivatives, but other systems too. Old and rare platform. |
Sega 32x | Console addon | Requires Sega Genesis |
SG-1000 | Game console | Also includes Sega's first computer, the SC-3000 series. |
Saturn | Game console | Sega's answer to the PS1 and N64. |
Spectrum | Home computer | Includes all clones, even the Scorpion and Pentagon. |
Studio II | Game console | One of the first game console platforms to support ROMs. |
Super A'Can | Game console | A Taiwanese 16-bit console. Used dual Motorola and MOS CPUs. |
Super Nintendo | Game console | The eventual winner of the 16-bit console wars. |
SVI-318 | Home computer | This appears to the platform Microsoft derived the MSX standard from, but its not compatible with the MSX. |
TI Model 990/10 | Computer | |
TI-99/4A | Home computer | Also includes the TI-99/4. |
TO7 | Home computer | Includes the TO7/70 and T9000.. the best of the hardware is the 7/70. |
Tomy Tutor | Home computer | |
TRS-80 | Home computer | Note here each main model is a platform as well. (ie Model I, Model III and Model IV). |
TurboGraphix CD | Console addon | Requires Turbographix 16. |
TurboGraphix-16 | Game console | Includes the CD and handheld versions too. Also known as the PC-Engine in Japan. Has a few clones. |
Vax | Minicomputer | |
VC 4000 | Game console | Includes 1292 compatible systems. |
Vic 20 | Home computer | Early successful home computer |
Vectrex | Game console | Vector based games similar to those in the arcades at the time. |
Virtual Boy | Handheld game system | |
Watara Supervision | Handheld game system | Another game boy knockoff. Its a different platform from both the Game Master and the Mega Duck. |
Wii | Game console | Responsible for getting many people (back) into gaming. |
WonderSwan | Handheld game system | Decent Japanese-only platform. |
X1 series | Home computer | |
X68000 | Computer | This family of hardware was only available in Japan. |
XBOX | Game console | The 2nd Intel based console. |
XBOX 360 | Game console | |
Zeebo | Game console | Not sure if this platform will hit the US or mainstream markets, but its popular in Brazil. |
Zodiac | Handheld game system | |
ZX80 | Home computer | Early cheap platform. Cloned in USSR and South America a bit. |
PDP-11 | Minicomputer | |
System/360 | Mainframe | |
System/370 | Mainframe | |
ESA/390 | Mainframe | |
IBM AS/400 | Mainframe | |
DEC PDP-8 | Minicomputer | |
PC-140x | Pocket computer | The main platform of pocket computers. |
PB-100 and derivatives | Pocket computer | |
FX-700 series | Pocket computer | |
FX-720P | Pocket computer | |
TI-80 series calcuators | Graphing calculator |