1N-Gage
Nokia made a handheld game console in 2003, the N-Gage. In the first two weeks, Nokia claimed to have sold 400,000 units, but researchers later found they had only actually sold approximately 5,800 units in total.
2Nintendo PlayStation/Super Disc
There is a prototype console called the Nintendo PlayStation/Super Disc made by Nintendo and Sony from a partnership gone bad.
3Nintendo 64
Nintendo 64 software rarely took advantage of 64-bit data precision operations. N64 game-titles generally used faster (and more compact) 32-bit data-operations. 32-bit code executed faster and required less storage space (which was at a premium on the N64's cartridges).
4Pippin
Apple produced a video game console called the Pippin that failed catastrophically.
5PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 only had 32MB of RAM.
6Sega NetLink
There was a dial-up online gaming service for Sega Saturn that you accessed through a 28.8 modem cartridge that plugged into a phone line. There were no servers. To play against another user, your Sega just called their Sega.
7SNES and Genesis
In the mid-90s you could get a network adapter for the SNES and Genesis that allowed you to play online multiplayer in games like MarioKart, Mortal Kombat 3, and NBA Jam.
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8PlayStation Controller buttons
The PlayStation Controller buttons ◯, ✖, ▲ and ◼ means, respectively "Yes", "No", "a viewpoint (one's head or direction)" and " a piece of paper (menus or documents)."
9PC-FX
In 1994, NEC released a PC-shaped 32-bit successor to the TurboGrafx-16 called the PC-FX, but it was available only in Japan.
10Gameboy
The NES, SNES, and Gameboy were all discontinued in the same year: 2003.
