The following table lists all the gaming platforms on this site and their acronyms.
Not listed below among the possible gaming platforms is Steam. There are a wide variety of games available for download, and are changing frequently.
| 3DO : 3DO Interactive Multiplayer |
| 3DS : Nintendo 3DS |
| A : Arcade - arcade system board - several companies |
| AA : Acorn Archimedes |
| ACPC : Amstrad CPC |
| AE : Acorn Electron |
| AFT : Amazon Fire TV |
| AJAG : Atari Jaguar |
| ALX : Atari Lynx |
| Amiga : Amiga |
| AmigaOS : Amiga operating system |
| AOS : Android operating system |
| APCW : Amstrad PCW |
| ApII : Apple II |
| ApIIe : Apple IIe ( Apple //e) |
| ApIIgs : Apple IIgs (Apple IIGS) |
| ApM : Apple Macintosh (Macintosh 128k) |
| ApTV : Apple TV |
| AST : Atari ST |
| Atari : Atari |
| AVR : Arcade - arcade system board - several companies, modified for virtual reality |
| Bada : Bada- Korean discontinued operating system for mobile devices |
| BB10 : BlackBerry 10 |
| BBCM : BBC Micro (British Broadcasting Corporation Microcomputer System) |
| BBOS : BlackBerry operating system |
| BBTOS : BlackBerry Tablet operating system |
| browser : browser |
| C64 : Commodore 64 |
| C6416 : Commodore 64/16 |
| CD32 : Amiga CD32 (codenamed "Spellbound") |
| CDi : Philips CD-i (Philips Compact Disc Interactive) |
| CDROM : CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory) |
| CDTV : CDTV (Commodore Dynamic Total Vision) |
| ClMacOS : Classic Mac OS (Macintosh Operating System) - 1984 to 2001: System 1 - Mac OS 9 |
| CoCo : TRS-80 Color Computer-CoCo |
| CV20 : Commodore VIC-20 |
| DC : Dreamcast - by Sega |
| Doja : Doja - DoCoMo's i-mode mobile phone in Japan |
| DOS : DOS (Disk Operating System) |
| DSiW : DSiWare - via Dsi Shop for Nintendo 2DS/3DS |
| E60 : Electronika 60 |
| ezW : EZweb - mobile internet service for phones in Japan |
| Famicon : "NES" in Japan |
| floppy disk : floppy disk |
| FM7 : Fujitsu Micro 7 |
| FMT : FM Towns |
| Foma : FOMA 903i / 703i - phone from Japan |
| FOS : Fire operating system |
| GB : Game Boy |
| GBA : Game Boy Advance |
| GBC : Game Boy Color |
| GG : Game Gear - by Sega |
| IBMPC : IBM PC |
| IBMPCC : IBM PC Compatible |
| imode : i-mode - mobile internet service in Japan |
| iOS : Apple's mobile operating system |
| iQ : iQue Player |
| J2ME : J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) |
| Java : Java - software platform |
| LX : Linux operating system |
| MacOS : Mac OS (Macintosh Operating System) |
| MacOSX : Mac OS X (Macintosh Operating System-X ("10")) |
| Maemo : Maemo - software for mobile platforms |
| MegaD : Mega Drive ("Sega Genesis" for N. America) |
| Micro : Microsoft Windows operating system |
| MSDOS : MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) |
| MSX : MSX |
| MSX2 : MSX2 |
| N64 : Nintendo 64 |
| NDS : Nintendo DS |
| NES : Nintendo Entertainment System |
| NGC : Nintendo Game Cube |
| NGPC : Neo-Geo Pocket Color |
| NS : Nintendo Switch |
| NSTV : Nvidia Shield TV - AOS/Nvidia "microconsole" |
| OSX : updated, shortened version of Macintosh Operating System-X ("10") |
| PC : personal computer |
| PC10 : PlayChoice-10 |
| PC88 : PC-8800 series |
| PC98 : PC-9800 series |
| PS : PlayStation |
| PS2 : PlayStation 2 |
| PS3 : PlayStation 3 |
| PS4 : PlayStation 4 |
| PS4 : PlayStation 5 |
| PSN : PlayStation Network |
| PSP : PlayStation Portable |
| PSTV : PlayStation Television |
| PSV : PlayStation Vita |
| PSVR : PlayStation virtual reality (codenamed "Project Morpheus") |
| RZ : R-Zone |
| S32X : Sega 32X (codenamed "Project Mars" ) - a hardware add-on to the Sega Mega Drive |
| SAM : SAM Coupé |
| SAT : Sega Saturn |
| SCD : Sega CD ("Mega-CD" in most regions outside N. America) A CD-ROM accessory for the Sega Genesis video game console |
| SCOW : Super Cowboy ("Super Nintendo Entertainment System" outside of Korea, "Super Famicom" in Japan) |
| SFC : Super Famicom ("SNES" outside of Japan, "Super Comboy" in S. Korea) |
| SG : Sega Genesis ("Mega Drive" outside N. America) |
| SGB : Super Game Boy |
| SMS : Sega Master System |
| SNES : Super Nintendo Entertainment System ("Super Famicon" in Japan, "Super Comboy" in S. Korea) |
| SNESCl : SNES Classic- release of a smaller version of the original SNES |
| SPARCSol : SPARC Solaris operating system |
| TGX16 : TurboGrafx-16 ("PC Engine" in Japan and France) |
| VC : Virtual Console - downloadable games on the Wii via the Wii Shop Channel and through Nintendo eShop on the Wii U and 3DS |
| VR : virtual reality |
| Wii : Wii |
| WiiU : Wii U |
| WiiW : WiiWare - downloadable games designed for the Wii, and playable on the Wii U, available via the Wii Shop Channel |
| WP : Windows Phone |
| WS : WonderSwan |
| WSC : WonderSwan Color |
| X1 : Xbox One |
| X360 : Xbox 360 |
| X68 : X68000 |
| Xbox : Xbox |
| XLA : Xbox Live Arcade |
| Y : Yahoo! |
| Z : Zeebo |
| ZXS : ZX Spectrum |
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