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What was the world's first commercially available home video game console?

console

[kuhn-sohl] / kənˈsoʊl /


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At Wednesday's awards ceremony, it scooped ultimate game of the year, console game of the year, best game trailer, and best lead performer for the game's star Angela Sant'Albano, who plays protagonist Grace Ashcroft.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

The video game that launched 1,000 controversies and made billions of dollars for its studio is back -- "Grand Theft Auto VI" will hit a console near you on November 19.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

To explain to colleagues why Walmart should buy a TV brand in pursuit of shopper data and ad revenue, he often used the analogy of his grandparents’ 1950s-style wooden TV console cabinet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Nintendo earlier this year raised Switch 2 console prices in Japan, the U.S. and some other regions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

He had a special console built to hold the televisions.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

Nvidia was first and best known for developing video cards that helped the burgeoning gaming industry incorporate increasingly lifelike, sophisticated graphics that once rudimentary consoles and PCs couldn’t otherwise handle.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Surveys suggested almost one-third of the 49 million people who use PS5 and Xbox Series consoles in the United States intended to buy the game.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Remakes enable this sharing of experiences because getting old computer hardware or video games consoles to work, while a pastime loved by some, is not possible for everyone.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

A row of industrial blue historic launch consoles that were once used by NASA’s launch control at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida were given to the Oschin to display near Endeavour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Mitch said as alerts beeped and lights flashed across all the consoles.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

“It has been subject to increasingly aggressive change. When I was younger, it was sad for me to witness. I was consoled because Vlore was not the center, but then they started attacking here too.”

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

The defining image of Arsenal's Champions League final defeat was Gabriel standing with his head in his hands as he was consoled by Paris St-Germain captain and Brazil team-mate Marquinhos.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

"What a horrible night for the young keeper. The Atleti fans actually gave him sympathetic applause but not sure how he can be consoled after that."

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

They actively consoled him, cast him as a victim and in some cases offered advice on how to rehabilitate his image.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

“I hardly think they’d be so hard on you,” he consoled her.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

In the aftermath of that score, Japan flanker Ben Gunter put a consoling arm around full-back Kazuma Ueda, who had been comprehensively burned in a race to the corner.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

Reddington, looking upset, could be seen consoling his client, holding her in a side hug and rubbing her back as journalists left court.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Days after Kirk’s death, Marx posted photos of himself consoling Kirk’s widow, Erika; he announced he was considering a run for governor at a memorial service for Kirk.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

“I can tell you there is no consoling that family at this point,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

He himself had, although he had always had the consoling spirit of his father, idealized, frozen in joyful childhood memories.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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