www.worldofconsoles.com On World of Consoles you will find basic information about all generations of video game consoles as well as the persons and the brands/companies behind the systems.    Consoles   Companies   VIPs   History   Forum   Profile   Search   About   Contact   Credits  www.worldofconsoles.com Site Index Console categories Currently there is a total of 517 consoles listed on this website. Further consoles are constantly added. The newest console was added 02.10.2007 07:08. The video game consoles are divided into the categories and subcategories.  (Sub-)Category   Consoles  Home Systems 426 Pongs First generation of consoles with a small number of built-in games and poor graphic abilities 148 Card-/cartridge-based Consoles with exchangeable games stored on cards or cartridges 138 Disc-based Consoles with exchangeable games stored on any kind of disc like cd\'s, laser disc, dvd\'s or hard disk drive 83 Clones Inofficial cheaply made copies of successful video game consoles. They usually come in a different design and with a great number of either built-in games or multi-game cartridges 42 Other Home Systems Any console that does not properly fit into one of the above four sections, e.g. consoles using both cartridges and cd's or consoles that use other media for game storage like videotapes 15 Handhelds 81 Handhelds 81 Others 10 Others 10 WorldOfConsoles © 2006 Felix Eckardt, Robert Hagemann