So what is the golden age of gaming???

Game contents for the gen, console available those time, original series introduce that gen, sales, cultural impact, etc.

Some Highlights for each gen (I did not include game titles)

First Gen:

-Early Arcade Games

Second Gen:

- Atari 2600

-Atari 5200

-Nintendo Game and Watch

-Intellivision

-Arcade's Golden Age with games like pacman, galaga, etc

Third Gen:

-NES

-Sega Game 1000

-SMS

-Atari 7800

Fourth Gen:

-SNES

-Sega Genesis

-TurboGraf

-Gameboy

-Atari Lynx

-Game Gear

Fifth Gen:

-Play Station

- N64

-Sega Saturn

-Gameboy color, light, pocket

-3DO

Sixth Gen:

- Play Station 2

- Xbox

- GameCube

- DreamCast

- GB advance series

- Ngage

Seventh Gen:

- Wii

- PS3

- XBox360

- Nintendo DS

- PSP

Eight Gen:

- PS4

- WiiU

- XBO

- 3DS

- PSV

For me it was the from the start of the fifth to the end of the sixth generations.

damn you are fast

If I had to look at the "golden age" statement the way I do with comic books I would say the third gen. The first two generations got things going in the right direction, while the third generation really brought it all to the forefront and put it "on the map" as it were. From there things have continued to expand out.

If we are talking "peak" like some use the GA term, then I am not quite sure we are there yet. Though gen 6 or 7 may prove to be it.

6th Gen; Sony domination! And the born of God of War and Ratchet & Clank!

You could say gen 2 but I'd say gen 3. Gaming really became a part of pop culture and so many classic game series began.

Fifth Gen no doubt for me

The fourth gen was the golden age of gaming, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise, it's a fact.

PC gaiming before all consoles...ultima rpg 4-7.

Or early RTS games on PC

hard to ebat that.... not really born of GTA... but san andreas :O