Where they came from.
Computing's centre of gravity moved across the four decades. The fleet by geography — the deeper regional stories live in the Vault, when someone writes them.
United Kingdom
Bedroom coders · BASIC · Crash · Acorn 8United States
Microcomputers · the crash · 16-bit 301975 · MITSUS
Altair 8800
1975 · IMSAIUS
IMSAI 8080
1976 · FairchildUS
Channel F
1977 · AppleUS
Apple II
1977 · AtariUS
Atari 2600
1977 · CommodoreUS
PET
1977 · TandyUS
TRS-80
1977 · RCAUS
Studio II
1978 · MagnavoxUS
Odyssey²
1979 · AtariUS
Atari 800
1979 · MattelUS
Intellivision
1980 · CommodoreUS
VIC-20
1980 · TandyUS
CoCo
1981 · TIUS
TI-99/4A
1981 · IBMUS
IBM PC
NEXT 1982 · CommodoreUS
C64
1982 · ColecoUS
ColecoVision
1982 · GCEUS
Vectrex
1982 · AtariUS
Atari 5200
1983 · ColecoUS
Adam
1984 · CommodoreUS
Plus/4
1984 · AppleUS
Mac
1984 · TandyUS
Tandy 1000
NEXT 1985 · CommodoreUS
Amiga
1985 · AtariUS
Atari ST
1986 · AtariUS
Atari 7800
1986 · AppleUS
IIGS
1989 · AtariUS
Lynx
1993 · PanasonicUS
3DO
1993 · AtariUS
Jaguar
Japan
Famicom era · consoles · handhelds 26 NEXT
1983 · NintendoJP
NES
1983 · MicrosoftJP
MSX
1985 · SegaJP
Master System
1987 · SharpJP
X68000
1987 · NECJP
PC Engine
1988 · SegaJP
Mega Drive
1989 · NintendoJP
Game Boy
1989 · FujitsuJP
FM Towns
1990 · SegaJP
Game Gear
1990 · SNKJP
Neo Geo
1990 · NintendoJP
SNES
1991 · SegaJP
Mega CD
1994 · SegaJP
32X
1994 · SegaJP
Saturn
1994 · SonyJP
PlayStation
1994 · NECJP
PC-FX
1995 · NintendoJP
Virtual Boy
1996 · NintendoJP
N64
1998 · NintendoJP
Game Boy Color
1998 · SegaJP
Dreamcast
1998 · SNKJP
Neo Geo Pocket
1999 · SNKJP
NGPC
1999 · BandaiJP
WonderSwan
2000 · SonyJP
PS2
2000 · BandaiJP
WonderSwan Color
2001 · NintendoJP
GBA