Talk:Third generation of video game consoles

8-bit era term description

Hi, I don't usually involve myself with the making and upholding of articles. However, looking over this article I was trying to learn what exactly the term "8-bit" refers to (Is it the color palette?) I did not read the whole article but there is no reference to etymology in the beginning or overview. If someone, who can edit and knows the answer, could add to this? Thanks AidanorAJ (talk) 00:38, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

@Aidanor aj Later in the lead, at the second mention of 8-bit, it links to 8-bit computing. This is a reference to the size of instructions that the processor (CPU) handles. -- ferret (talk) 01:42, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

@Ferret thank you, I appreciate it AidanorAJ (talk) 16:55, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Tomy Pyuta Jr is missing

The Tomy Pyuta Jr console is missing from the 3rd generation page. The Pyuta Jr, released in 1983 in Japan, is the console version of the Pyuta (Tutor) computer, just as the Sega SG-1000 is the console counterpart of the SC-3000 computer. Tomy Tutor 177.220.172.239 (talk) 22:48, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Who coined the term?

Who coined the term "Third generation of video game consoles"? There ought to be some etymology or history of the term.60.241.196.49 (talk) 17:52, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Opening sentence of article is incomplete

It reads "...began on July 15, 1983, with the Japanese release of two systems: Nintendo's Family Computer (commonly abbreviated to Famicom)[1]" then rolls right into the next sentence without mention of the second console (SG-1000) or a period. 2601:247:C982:5B90:0:0:0:5888 (talk) 18:36, 27 June 2025 (UTC)