Best Consoles of 1989
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
Sega GenesisThe console that made Sega a rival, with a chip fast enough to be arrogant about it.Read the review
Game BoyIt lost the spec war on purpose and won the market anyway, on four AA batteries and a cartridge called Tetris.
TurboGrafx-16A superb little console that won its home market outright and was marketed into oblivion everywhere else.
Atari LynxThe most advanced handheld of its generation and the one with the least worth playing on it.