Little known tidbit of information on ColecoVision and Nintendo:

Nintendo and Coleco engaged in negotiations regarding the distribution of the ColecoVision console in Japan, but they ultimately couldn't reach an agreement. According to Bert Reiner, Coleco's former Vice President of Product Development, the discussions centered on Nintendo's desire to handle manufacturing and marketing independently, offering Coleco only 10% of the selling price per unit sold in Japan. Coleco found this arrangement less favorable compared to their proposal to sell the console at 10% below their wholesale price, allowing retailers like Toys 'R' Us to purchase it for $9 instead of $10. After extensive discussions, the deal fell through. This led Nintendo's President, Hiroshi Yamauchi, to announce that Nintendo would develop its own game console, resulting in the release of the Famicom in 1983.

This was already after Coleco struck a deal with them for Donkey Kong port (it was bundled with ColecoVision).

It would be interested to see what console market would look like in alternate history where Nintendo is distributing ColecoVision in Japan and Coleco is not stupid enough to kill it for ADAM.

While we're at it, how about the Panasonic Q? It's a Gamecube, but with a full-size DVD player instead of just MiniDVD-sized NOD (Nintendo Optical Discs. Yes, Nintendo made their own standard to not have to pay royalties to the DVD and later Blu-Ray consortiums) and also comes with a remote, but was too expensive to last (49990 Yen launch price)

I really wish they would have released this one worldwide and not just in Japan, as it looks really cool and is much more versatile.

Edit: Here's a western review of the console modded to be region free (DVDs) and Japan/NTSC (GameCube games)

My understanding is the PanaSonic Q wasn't very reliable.

But it was a tank next to this pile of out of the box broken pile of shit that looked cool. The PSX. It's a PS2/Media box and the very first appearance of the XMB. It was a DVR.DVD Player. Connect a PSP for Videos and photos. And more. However, these things were manufactured broken. They break down so easy, and finding one is rare, but finding a working one is much more difficult.

The Sharp X68000, which like the MSX was more like a gaming computer. Notable for being along with the Neo Geo (which used almost the same board and cartridges as the arcades) the console with the most "arcade perfect" titles, as in, as close to the arcade originals as possible.

(The Nerd is playing "Batman Forever" on the R-Zone)

The Nerd: GOOD LORD! You thought I was kidding, but it's true. This actually happened. Unlike the Virtual Boy, which causes eye strain and headaches within minutes, this thing does it immediately.

The R-Zone seems like a medieval torture device.

Channel F; the first console to have a microprocessor and to have games on changeable ROM carts instead of built in to the hardware.

TurboExpress; essentially a handheld Turbografx-16, and quite advanced for its time (1990) with a backlit colour screen 

Fun fact: the Nintendo TV Color Game was the best selling video game hardware of the 1970s and of the first console generation.

Nintendo “won” the first generation. 

Coleco Gemini. I had this growing up. It was basically an Atari 2600. Played every 2600 game. But every controller came with a paddle.

And you can use Genesis controllers on an Atari and Master System. I wish I could seamlessly use a Xbox controller on PS5 and a PS5 controller for PS2 lol

Tiger's game.com, from the company known for those cheesy LCD games. It did have a 14.4K modem for email and internet functions, and a touch screen. It came with Solitaire pre-loaded onto it an a cartridge version of Tiger's handheld game, Lights Out. It had a Sonic game and even its own version of Resident Evil 2.