In your view, which is the most influential home console of all time?

[dunno001]

I think there's 2 answers to this, one of which (NES) has been echoed by many people already as being responsible for reviving the market. But a revival indicates a prior market. Thus, I also nominate: Pong.

The home version of Pong showed that there was a market for these outside of the arcade. It was the success of home Pong that allowed the second gen (Atari 2600, Colecovision, etc) to create. While the ability to change the game was introduced here, it would never have happened if said market hadn't been born. And without either Pong or the NES, we wouldn't have gaming where it is today.