This is an incomplete list of launch games for various video game consoles. Although most launch titles were released synchronously with the system they were released for, some games were released prior to the actual system release: for example, Dragon Quest Monsters was released on the Game Boy Color on September 25, 1998; however, the Game Boy Color itself was not released until October 1998, and although the Wii officially launched on November 19, 2006, games were released as early as November 13, 2006. Home game consoles[]Second generation[]Atari 2600[]U.S. launch: September 11, 1977
Bally Astrocade[]U.S. launch: 1977
Intellivision[]U.S. launch: 1979
ColecoVision[]U.S. launch: August 1982
Atari 5200[]U.S. launch: November 1982
Third generation[]SG-1000[]Japanese launch: July 15, 1983
Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System[]Japanese launch: July 15, 1983
U.S. launch: October 18, 1985Template:Cref
European launch: September 1, 1986
Famicom Disk System[]Japanese launch: February 21, 1986
Sega Mark III/Sega Master System[][1] Japanese launch: October 20, 1985
U.S. launch: June 1986
U.K. launch: late 1986
Atari 7800[]Second[2] U.S. launch: January 1986[3]
Fourth generation[]NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/TurboGrafx[]Japanese launch: October 30, 1987
U.S. launch: August 19, 1989
NEC PC-Engine Super CD-ROM² / TurboGrafx-CD[]Japanese launch: December 4, 1988
U.S. launch: August 1, 1990
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis[]Japanese launch: October 29, 1988
U.S. launch: August 14, 1989
European launch: November 30, 1990
Sega Mega-CD[]Japanese launch: December 12, 1991
U.S. launch: October 15, 1992
European launch: April 19, 1993
Sega 32X[]European launch: November 14, 1994
U.S. launch: November 21, 1994
Japanese launch: December 3, 1994
Super Famicom/SNES[]Japanese launch: November 21, 1990
U.S. launch: August 23, 1991
European launch: April 11, 1992
Neo Geo AES[]U.S launch: June 18, 1991
Philips CD-i[]International release: December 3, 1991
Fifth generation[]3DO Interactive Multiplayer[]U.S. launch: October 4, 1993[4][5]
Japanese launch: March 1994[6]
Playdia[]Japanese launch: September 23, 1994
Sega Saturn[]Japanese launch: November 22, 1994[7]
U.S. launch: May 11, 1995[8]
European launch: July 8, 1995
Sony PlayStation[]Japanese launch: December 3, 1994
U.S. launch: September 9, 1995 [9]
European launch: September 29, 1995
Nintendo 64[]Japanese launch: June 23, 1996
U.S. launch: September 29, 1996
European launch: March 1, 1997
Nintendo 64DD[]Japanese launch: December 11, 1999
Atari Jaguar[]U.S. launch: November 15, 1993
European launch: 1994
Japanese launch: November 21, 1994
Atari Jaguar CD[]U.S. launch: September 21, 1995
Sixth generation[]Sega Dreamcast[][10] Japanese launch: November 27, 1998
U.S. launch: September 9, 1999[11]
European launch: October 14, 1999
Sony PlayStation 2[]Japanese launch: March 4, 2000
U.S. launch: October 26, 2000
European launch: November 24, 2000
Nintendo GameCube[]Japanese launch: September 14, 2001
U.S. launch: November 18, 2001
European launch: May 3, 2002
Microsoft Xbox[]U.S. launch: November 15, 2001
Japanese launch: February 22, 2002
European launch: March 14, 2002
Seventh generation[]Xbox 360[]U.S. launch: November 22, 2005
European launch: December 2, 2005
Japanese & Asian launch: December 10, 2005
Xbox Live Arcade[]
PlayStation 3[]Japanese launch: November 11, 2006
U.S. launch: November 17, 2006
European and Australian launch: March 23, 2007
PlayStation Network[]U.S. launch: November 17, 2006
European and Australian launch: March 23, 2007
Wii[]U.S. launch: November 19, 2006
Japanese launch: December 2, 2006
European launch: December 8, 2006
Wii Virtual Console[]U.S. launch: November 19, 2006
European launch: December 8, 2006
Japanese launch: December 2, 2006
Eighth generation[]Wii U[]U.S. launch: November 18, 2012
European launch: November 30, 2012
Japanese launch: December 8, 2012
PlayStation 4[]U.S. launch: November 15, 2013 [2]
European launch: November 29, 2013 [3]
Japanese launch: February 22, 2014 [4]
Xbox One[]U.S. launch: November 22, 2013[12]
European launch: November 22, 2013 [5]
Japanese launch: September 4, 2014 [6]
Ninth generation[]Xbox Series X and S[]U.S. and European launch: November 10, 2020
Handheld game consoles[]Second generation[]Microvision[]U.S. Launch: 1979
Fourth generation[]Atari Lynx[]U.S. launch: October 1989
Game Boy[]Japanese launch: April 21, 1989
U.S. launch: July 31, 1989
European launch: September 28, 1990
Sega Game Gear[]Japanese launch: October 6, 1990
European launch: April 26, 1991
U.S. launch: April 26, 1991
Fifth generation[]Virtual Boy[]Japanese launch: July 21, 1995
U.S. launch: August 14, 1995
Game com[]U.S. launch: 1997
Game Boy Color[]Japanese launch: October 21, 1998
U.S. launch: November 18, 1998
European launch: November 23, 1998
WonderSwan[]Japanese launch: March 4, 1999
Neo Geo Pocket Color[]Japanese launch: March 16, 1999
U.S. launch: August 6, 1999
European launch: October 1, 1999
WonderSwan Color[]Japanese launch: December 9, 2000
Sixth generation[]Game Boy Advance[]Japanese launch: March 21, 2001
U.S. launch: June 11, 2001
European launch: June 22, 2001
N-Gage[]European launch: October 7, 2003
U.S. launch: October 7, 2003
Seventh generation[]Nintendo DS[]U.S. launch: November 21, 2004
Japanese launch: December 2, 2004
European launch: March 11, 2005
PlayStation Portable[]Main article: PlayStation Portable launch Japanese launch: December 12, 2004
U.S./Canada launch: March 24, 2005
European launch: September 1, 2005
Gizmondo[]UK launch: March 19, 2005
U.S. launch: October 22, 2005
Eighth generation[]Nintendo 3DS[]Japanese launch: February 26, 2011.[13]
European launch: March 25, 2011
U.S. launch: March 27, 2011
3DS Virtual Console[]U.S. launch: June 6, 2011
PlayStation Vita[]Japanese launch: December 17, 2011
European launch: February 22, 2012
U.S. launch: February 22, 2012
Hybrid game consoles[]Nintendo Switch[]North American launch, March 3, 2017
European launch, March 3, 2017
Japanese launch, March 3, 2017
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