just for the sake of correctness the "golden age" of gaming in considered to be the late 70's and early 80's right before the video game crash:
http://www.thocp.net/software/games/golden_age.htm
then the NES ushered in thr "modern age":
http://www.thocp.net/software/games/modern_age.htm
and now we are in an era, that hasn't been named yet:
http://www.thocp.net/software/games/next_generation.htm









