# Major Console & Handheld Timeline Since NES
*Years calculated from June 2025*

## Consoles
- **NES** - 1985 (40 years ago)
- **Sega Master System** - 1986 (39 years ago)
- **Sega Genesis** - 1988 (37 years ago)
- **SNES** - 1991 (34 years ago)
- **PlayStation** - 1995 (30 years ago)
- **Sega Saturn** - 1995 (30 years ago)
- **Nintendo 64** - 1996 (29 years ago)
- **Dreamcast** - 1998 (27 years ago)
- **PlayStation 2** - 2000 (25 years ago)
- **Xbox** - 2001 (24 years ago)
- **GameCube** - 2001 (24 years ago)
- **Xbox 360** - 2005 (20 years ago)
- **Wii** - 2006 (19 years ago)
- **PlayStation 3** - 2006 (19 years ago)
- **Wii U** - 2012 (13 years ago)
- **PlayStation 4** - 2013 (12 years ago)
- **Xbox One** - 2013 (12 years ago)
- **Nintendo Switch** - 2017 (8 years ago)
- **PlayStation 5** - 2020 (5 years ago)
- **Xbox Series X/S** - 2020 (5 years ago)

## Handhelds
- **Game Boy** - 1989 (36 years ago)
- **Atari Lynx** - 1989 (36 years ago)
- **Sega Game Gear** - 1990 (35 years ago)
- **Game Boy Color** - 1998 (27 years ago)
- **Game Boy Advance** - 2001 (24 years ago)
- **Nintendo DS** - 2004 (21 years ago)
- **PSP** - 2004 (21 years ago)
- **Nintendo 3DS** - 2011 (14 years ago)
- **PlayStation Vita** - 2011 (14 years ago)

**Total:** 29 major systems in 40 years

time only moves forward my dudes