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  1. 01Nintendo任天堂Founded in Kyoto in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, Nintendo entered home video games with the Color TV-Game series (1977–1979) and Game & Watch (1980). Its Famicom (1983) and Game Boy (1989) were followed by the Super Famicom, Nintendo 64, GameCube, DS, Wii, 3DS, Wii U, Switch and Switch 2.8 consoles in the archive
  2. 02SegaセガSega traces its founding to 1960 as Nihon Goraku Bussan. It produced home consoles including the SG-1000 (1983), Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis (1988), Saturn (1994) and Dreamcast (1998). In January 2001 it announced the discontinuation of the Dreamcast and restructured as a platform-agnostic third-party developer.6 consoles in the archive
  3. 03Sony Interactive Entertainment (formerly Sony Computer Entertainment)ソニー・インタラクティブエンタテインメント（旧ソニー・コンピュータエンタテインメント）Sony Computer Entertainment was established in 1993 by Sony and Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and launched the original PlayStation in Japan on December 3, 1994. It followed with PlayStation 2 (2000), PlayStation 3 (2006), PlayStation 4 (2013) and PlayStation 5 (2020). On April 1, 2016, it became Sony Interactive Entertainment.3 consoles in the archive
  4. 04NEC Home Electronics日本電気ホームエレクトロニクス（NECホームエレクトロニクス）NEC Home Electronics was a sister company of NEC, founded in 1953 as Shin Nippon Electric and renamed in 1983. It released the PC Engine, developed with Hudson Soft, in Japan on October 30, 1987; the system reached North America as the TurboGrafx-16 in 1989. Its successor, the Japan-only PC-FX, sold poorly, and the company ceased operations in 2000.3 consoles in the archive
  5. 05Hudson SoftハドソンFounded in Sapporo on May 18, 1973, by brothers Yuji and Hiroshi Kudo, Hudson Soft collaborated with NEC to develop the PC Engine console released in 1987. It was known for series such as Bomberman, Adventure Island and Star Soldier. Konami took majority control in 2005, and Hudson was merged into Konami Digital Entertainment on March 1, 2012.Related software in the archive
  6. 06SNKSNK（新日本企画）Established on July 22, 1978, as Shin Nihon Kikaku by Eikichi Kawasaki, SNK launched the Neo Geo system in both arcade (MVS) and home (AES) versions, later adding the Neo Geo CD and the Neo Geo Pocket handhelds. It created fighting game series including Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown and The King of Fighters. The original company was declared bankrupt in October 2001, and its intellectual property was acquired by Playmore.3 consoles in the archive
  7. 07BandaiバンダイFounded on July 5, 1950, by Naoharu Yamashina, Bandai grew from toy distribution into a major toy manufacturer. Its video game hardware included the Arcadia 2001 (1982), Playdia, the Apple Bandai Pippin (1996) and the WonderSwan handheld (1999). In September 2005 it merged with Namco to form Bandai Namco Holdings.1 consoles in the archive