Much of the technology in the Atari 8-bit family of home computer systems were originally developed as a second-generation games console intended to replace the 2600.

At the time, a key driver for success with a home console was the number of home conversions it had of popular arcade games.

Beginning with a Nintendo Entertainment System port of 1942 published in December 1985, the company started to venture into the market of home console video games, which became its main business segment a few years later.

The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries ' second generation home video game console which was released in August 1982.

In 2009, IGN named the ColecoVision their 12th best video game console out of their list of 25, citing " its incredible accuracy in bringing current-generation arcade hits home.

After several on-again / off-again talks with Atari in May and June 1984, Tramiel had secured his funding and bought Atari's Consumer Division ( which included the console and home computer departments ) in July.

There have been dozens of arcade-based releases across several countries and hundreds of home video game console releases, promoting a music library of original songs produced by Konami's in-house artists and an eclectic set of licensed music from many different genres.

For example, the six button layout of the arcade games Street Fighter II or Mortal Kombat cannot be comfortably emulated on a console joypad, so licensed home arcade sticks for these games have been manufactured for home consoles and PCs.

By the late 1980s, the 68000 was inexpensive enough to power home game consoles, such as Sega's Mega Drive ( Genesis ) console.

The 6809 was used in Commodore's dual-CPU SuperPET computer, and, in its 68A09 incarnation, in the unique vector graphics based Vectrex home video game console with built-in screen display.

The 6809 was used in the Milton Bradley Expansion ( MBX ) system, which was an arcade console which was used with the Texas Instruments TI-99 / 4A home computer.

* Nemesis, some releases of the Gradius series of arcade, home console and handheld video games

While slightly less expensive than a home console, this was considerably more costly than the Game Boy handheld.

The is a cartridge-based arcade system board and home video game console released on January 31, 1990 by Japanese game company SNK.

The Neo Geo system was also marketed as a very costly home console, commonly referred to today as the AES ( Advanced Entertainment System ).

In 2012, SNK Playmore announced the release of the Neo Geo X, a handheld and home console based on the original AES.

When customer response indicated that some gamers were willing to buy a $ 650 console, SNK expanded sales and marketing into the home console market.

Measured from the introduction of the arcade hardware in 1990 to the release of the last official home cartridge in 2004, the Neo Geo enjoyed a market lifespan of fourteen years, making it the second longest-lived arcade or home console system ever produced ( after Atari 2600 ).

The arcade machines have a memory card system by which a player could save a game to return to at a later time and could also be used to continue play on the SNK home console of the same name.

By this time home phonographs had become much more common, though it wasn't until the 1940s that console radio / phono set-ups with automatic record changers became more common.

The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series.

In some later versions Clytemnestra herself does the killing, or they do it together, in his own home.

When Agamemnon came home he was slain by either Aegisthus ( in the oldest versions of the story ) or Clytemnestra.

Other versions depict a different death for Ajax, showing him dying when on his voyage home.

Previous game consoles sometimes had a difficult time replicating the arcade experience in home versions of popular arcade games.

In particular, home versions of arcade games sometimes had problems with flickering and slow down when more than a few moving objects appeared on the screen at once.

Peter Clarke, Tim Follin and David Whittaker converted the music for the home computer ports ( some versions feature the ending sequence track for the title screen music, such as on the Commodore Amiga version by David Whittaker ).

Mature versions of the Commodore, SWTPC, Atari and Apple home computer systems all featured a disk operating system ( actually called ' DOS ' in the case of the Commodore 64 ( CBM DOS ), Atari 800 ( Atari DOS ), and Apple II machines ( Apple DOS )), as did ( at the other end of the hardware spectrum, and much earlier ) IBM's System / 360, 370 and ( later ) 390 series of mainframes ( e. g., DOS / 360: Disk Operating System / 360 and DOS / VSE: Disk Operating System / Virtual Storage Extended ).

Both versions of the film end the same way: Kong and Godzilla crash into the ocean, and Kong is the only monster to emerge and swims home.

In addition, the theatrical release ( and most home video versions ) was accompanied by Marv Newland's short cartoon, Bambi Meets Godzilla.

New, albeit censored, editions of all three manga volumes remain in print from Kodansha in the United States ; home video versions of the various films and anime series are available in English as well.

Since taking over the franchise, Attanasio has worked hard to build bridges with Milwaukee baseball fans, including giving away every seat to the final home game of 2005 free of charge and bringing back the classic " ball and glove " logo of the club's glory days on " Retro Friday " home games, during which they also wear versions of the team's old pinstriped uniforms.

* In one of Robert A. Heinlein's last novels, The Number of the Beast ( 1980 ), the heroes flee Earth in a car capable of flight in six dimensions and find several alternate versions of Mars, one which had been colonised by the British and another which is an improbable combination of Burroughs ' fabulous Barsoom with the home planet of the vicious Martians whose invasion of Earth was described by Wells.

In 1969, the team wore two helmet versions: Kelly green with white wings in road games, and white with kelly green wings at home.

The band initially rehearsed cover versions at the home of the guitarists, brothers John and Damian O ' Neill, and in the shed of a neighbour.

Although the 8 mm format was originally intended for creating amateur films, condensed versions of popular cinema releases were available up until the mid 1980s, for projection at home.

In the French and Hungarian versions of the tale, the travellers are soldiers: three returning home from the Napoleonic Wars play the role in the former, and a single, starving one, who encounters several hardships on his journey back to his homeland, is depicted in the latter.

In the Windows Vista and Windows 7 versions, if the user hits ' Select Game ' and types-3 or-4 in the dialog box, then, when the game loads, drags an ace to the suit home pile, the other cards will automatically follow onto the suit home pile, winning the game.

Shortly after Sesame Street debuted in the US, the CTW was approached independently by producers from several countries to produce versions of the show at home.

Several home game versions based on the 1960s and 1970s American television version were published by Milton Bradley from 1963 through 1978, in multiple editions.

Films are often released with different versions and different ratings, as versions that may be unprofitable in theaters may have better success in the home entertainment market ( see " Commercial viability of the NC-17 rating " below ).

He sent word home for her to come ( in some versions of the story on the pretense that she was to be married to Achilles ).