This one was tough, but I said 5 to 6. Sure there was some 3D earlier, but non that was all that smooth or great. At 6th one could really see the potential to realistic 3D games like we have today (and going forward.) But 6-7 was another big one. I think 7-8 will just keep getting better.
1 through 4 seemed kind of meh. Yea, things got better, but it wasn't the revolution the hype was.
While it had been tried before, the 7th gave us movement that worked, which was a big deal.
So would Pong and Super Pong be gen 1?