Top 25 Video Game Consoles of All Time

1. Nintendo Entertainment System (1985)

This is holy grail of video game consoles. The NES brought video games back to relevance after the industry took a tough hit in the mid-80s. Nintendo had serious pull in the arcade world with Donkey Kong as their big star, but after the company failed to partner up with Atari, they decided to take over the video game empire on their own. Nintendo’s legal team was first-class, and it paid off when they became bullet proof by installing licensing agreements that assured all NES games must be permitted by Nintendo themselves, allowing just a few third-party developers to create games for them. Nintendo and NES created and hosted the Legend of Zelda, Kirbys Adventures, Super Mario Bros 1 2 & 3, Blade Master, Duck Hunt, Final Fantasy, and a plethora more. About 62 million consoles were sold worldwide.