The Sega Genesis Mini, called the Mega Drive Mini in areas outside North America, is a special console designed to resemble the original Sega Genesis. It copies the original console’s 16-bit hardware and includes 42 games provided through M2’s emulation software. It was released in North America and Japan in September 2019 and in Europe and the Middle East in October 2019.
The TurboGrafx-16 Mini, also called the PC Engine Mini in Japan and PC Engine CoreGrafx Mini in Europe, is a special home video game system based on NEC’s TurboGrafx-16. It was released in 2020 and made by Konami, which owns the rights to Hudson Soft, the company that created the original system. The Mini copies the original system’s 8-bit technology and includes 57 or 58 games that come with it.
The PlayStation Classic is a special video game console made by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It plays games that were first released on the original PlayStation from 1994. The console was announced in September 2018 at the Tokyo Game Show.
The NES Classic Edition is a special home video game system made by Nintendo. It copies the games from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Family Computer (Famicom). The console was first released on November 10, 2016.
The Atari Flashback is a series of specialized video game consoles first made in 2004. Today, AtGames designs, creates, and sells these consoles under a license from Atari SA. These consoles are easy to use, requiring no setup, and include built-in games instead of using separate cartridges.
Sega Ages is a series of video game versions, new editions, and collections made by Sega. It includes games from Sega’s arcade machines and home consoles, such as the Sega Genesis and Master System. The series began on the Sega Saturn in 1996.
Xbox Cloud Gaming, also called Xbox Cloud, is a cloud gaming service provided by Microsoft. It was first tested in beta in November 2019 and later became available to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers on September 15, 2020. The service is available without extra cost to subscribers.
GeForce Now (also called GeForce NOW) is the name Nvidia uses for its cloud gaming service. Nvidia Grid, Nvidia’s cloud gaming service for Nvidia Shield devices, started in 2013. On September 30, 2015, Nvidia changed the name of the service to GeForce Now and added a $7.99/month subscription plan.
Amazon Luna is a cloud gaming platform created and run by Amazon. It works with Twitch and is available on Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, Amazon Fire TV, iOS, iPadOS (as a web app that works on mobile devices), and Android. Users can play games and watch channels from companies like Ubisoft+ and Jackbox Games by paying for a Luna+ subscription.
Stadia was a cloud gaming service created and managed by Google. It was first tested in a limited trial in October 2018 and officially launched in November 2019. The service was available on devices such as Chromecast Ultra and Android TV, on personal computers using the Google Chrome web browser and other Chromium-based browsers, on Chromebooks and tablets running ChromeOS, and through the Stadia mobile app on supported Android phones.