4th generation and it is not even close. It was the apex of grand 2D game design and is home to some of the greatest games of all time, and they have aged well.
The 5th generation was a dark age of largely ugly polygonal games and figuring out controls. Successive generations show major technical improvements making this the worst aged generation since the Atari 2600.
Simply put I am content to replay Chrono Trigger or Mega Man X anytime, while I really want remakes of PS1 games to update graphics, cameras and controls as find it hard to play even games I did enjoy back then such as Metal Gear Solid.








