What is the GOLDEN AGE of Gaming?

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

Sixteenvolt420 said:
For me it was second gen, so many great memories with the Atari 2600.

Oh good, I'm not the only old guy on here!

Euphoria14 said:

LOL! I remember those days. I had the Genesis and my buddy had the SNES. His Mortal Kombat had no blood and gore and mine did.

Oh God!  Remember all the hysteria about Mortal Kombat?  "This is going to turn our sweet, innocent babies into murderous deviants!  Won't somebody think of the children?"  Funny thing is, despite that generation growing up and turning out fine, the hysteria still hasn't stopped. :-/

Anyway... oh yeah, the topic!

For me, it was the fourth generation, and to a lesser extent the fifth.  I was a Sega kid.  Yes, that's right!  I'm one of THOSE people!  Sega does what Nintendon't, bitches!  Ok, ok... relax... put down the pitchforks - I'm just kidding!

In all honesty, I never got into the whole rivalry thing - I just happened to have a Mega Drive (Genesis), but Nintendo was awesome too.  In fact, the N64 is one of my all time favourites.

But my personal golden age was definitely the fourth gen.  Back when they couldn't just rely on visuals and dazzle you with graphics; games had to be fun!  I think this is why they have such lasting appeal.  The charm of graphics fades with time but fun gameplay stays fun.  I still play some of those old games to this day.