Gamers special.

Steam machine

Release date January 2014

Max. Memory 512GB

Cost $750-$1000 (£445-600)

Pre-order value N/A

Dimensions 12 x 12.4 x 2.9 in high

Generation 8th

Connectivity Yes

Processor capabilities

Intel Core i7-4770, i5-4570, and i3

Display Capabilities Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan, GTX 780, GTX 760, and GTX 660

Release date June 1978

Max. Memory N/A

Cost £200

Pre-order value N/A

Dimensions 1600mm 580mm540mm 45KG

Generation 1st

Connectivity None

Processor capabilities

Intel 8080 central processing unit

Display Capabilities Mochronome raster, vertical orientation

Space invaders

Release date October 29, 1988NA 1999 (Majesco)

Max. Memory 8mb

Cost $200 (£120)Pre-order value Estimated from 37.4

to over 41.4 million[

Dimensions 28 cm×21.2 cm×7 cm.

Generation 4th generation

Connectivity None

Processor capabilities

ZAX ERX 308P, Zilog Z80

Display Capabilities 320x224, 256x224, 320x240 256x240

Sega mega drive

Release date 1977

Max. Memory 128 bytes RAM, 4 kB ROM

Cost $199 (£118)Pre-order value $10 (£5.80)

Dimensions 3.5 inches (h)13.5 inches (w)9 inches (d)

Generation 2nd

Connectivity N/A

Processor capabilities

4 kb maximum capacity

Display Capabilities 160 x 192 pixels (NTSC).

Atari 2600

Release date November 21, 2004

Max. Memory 4 MB RAM Cartridge save

Cost $110-$120s (£65-£71)

Pre-order value Cant pre-order because were in high demand

Dimensions 148.7 mm wide × 84.7 mm deep × 28.9 mm high (5.85 in. × 3.33 in. × 1.13 in.)

Generation 1st Connectivity YesProcessor capabilities

4 MB

Display Capabilities (256 × 192 px (approx. 0.05 megapixels)

Nintendo DS

Release date 1972

Max. Memory 64 bytes

Cost $100 (£58)

Pre-order value N/A

Dimensions 6 in x 17 1/2 in x 17 1/2 in

Generation 1st

Connectivity No

Processor capabilities

Intel 8244 (NTSC) or 8245 (PAL)

Display Capabilities 160×200 resolution (NTSC)

Magnavox Odyssey

Release date December 3, 1994

Max. Memory Memory card

Cost $299 (£177)

Pre-order value N/A

Dimensions N/A

Generation 5th

Connectivity No

Processor capabilities

MIPS R3000A-family R3051 33.8688 MHz

Display Capabilities Plug into tv

Ps1

Release date November 22, 2005

Max. Memory 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM clocked at 700 MHz

Cost $399.99 (£237)

Pre-order value N/A

Dimensions 11.5 x 7.3 x 12.5 inches

Generation 7th

Connectivity 2.4 GHz wireless, 3 × USB 2.0, IR receiver, 100 Mbit/s Ethernet

Processor capabilities

Microsoft

Display Capabilities 500 MHz ATI Xenos

Xbox 360

Gameboy Advance

Release date March 21, 2001

Max. Memory 2mb

Cost £100Pre-order value N/A

Dimensions 3.31 x 3.23 x 2.4

Generation 2nd Connectivity Yes but through

double ended wire.

Processor capabilities

16.78 MHz ARM7TDMI 8 or 4 MHz Z80 coprocessor

Display Capabilities Custom 2D core

Release date 15 November 2013Max. Memory 8 GB GDDR5

(unified) 256 MB DDR3 RAM

Cost $399.99 (£237)Pre-order value $100 (£58)

Dimensions 275 x 53 x 305mm

Generation 8th Connectivity 802.11 b/g/n

Wireless

Processor capabilities

Single-chip custom processor

Display Capabilities 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, and 4K)[16]

Ps4

Release date November 22, 2013Max. Memory 8 GB DDR3

Cost $499 (£296)Pre-order value $150 (£100)

Dimensions

Generation 8th Connectivity Ethernet, three

different 802.11n radios, WiFi Direct

Processor capabilities

8 CORE CBT

Display Capabilities HDMI input and output, 1080p and 4K support, Optical output

Xbox One

Release date November 27, 1998Max. Memory RAM 16 MB, GPU 8

MBCost $199 (£118)Pre-order value N/ADimensions 7.48" x 7.68" x 3.07"

Generation 6th Connectivity No but included

multiplayer

Processor capabilities

SH-4 RISC CPU with 128 Bit FPU functions for 3D graphics computations

Display Capabilities 100 MHz PowerVR2 CLX2

Sega Dreamcast

Release date May 22, 1980

Max. Memory N/A

Cost $1000 (£580)

Pre-order value N/A

Dimensions 24.5"W x 33.25"D x 68"H

Generation 1st

Connectivity no

Processor capabilities

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Display Capabilities Vertically oriented, 224 × 288, 16 palette colours

Pacman machine

Release date November 15, 1993

Max. Memory 128 K EEPROM

Cost $150 (£90)

Pre-order value N/A

Dimensions 10.5" x 12" x 3.5"

Generation 5th

Connectivity NO

Processor capabilities

“tom”

Display Capabilities 32-bit RISC architecture, 4 KB internal cache

Atari Jaguar

Release date October 4, 1993

Max. Memory 2 MB of main RAM

Cost $399.99

Pre-order value N/A

Dimensions

Generation 5th

Connectivity No

Processor capabilities

32-bit 12.5 MHz RISC CPU ARM60

Display Capabilities 640×480 (interpolated), 320×240 (actual)

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