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history of video game consoles (fifth generation)
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Fifth generation of video game consoles
The
fifth-generation era
(also known as the
32-bit era
, the
64-bit era
and the
3D era
) refers to
computer and video games
,
video game consoles
and
video game handhelds
from approximately 1993 to 2001. For
home consoles
, the
best-selling console
was the
PlayStation
by a wide margin, followed by the
Nintendo 64
and then the
Sega Saturn
. For handhelds, this era was characterized by significant fragmentation, because the first handheld of the generation, the
Sega Nomad
, had a lifespan of just two years, and the
Virtual Boy
had a lifespan of less than one. Both were discontinued before the other handhelds made their debut.
Nintendo
's
Game Boy Color
was the winner in handhelds by a large margin. There were also two updated versions of the original
Game Boy
:
Game Boy Light
(Japan only) and
Game Boy Pocket
.
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