My vote would honestly go to the 80s because the 80s for arcade and classic PC gaming alone were amazing. But the Atari 2600 (my first console as a toddler), was very good for it's time, and the NES was absolute king of the decade. In fact, NES is my vote for best console of all time, period.
But, I'll say 90s, for the simple fact that the arcades were still going strong in the 90s, and the one on one fighting game genre became a thing thanks to the success of SFII. Also, while the NES was an 80s console, honestly, some of it's very best games came out in the latter years of it's life, from 1990-1994.
Some of the releases on NES in that era alone were amazing: Double Dragon 2, River City Ransom, Super C, Final Fantasy 1, Ninja Gaiden 2 & 3, Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers 1 & 2, Duck Tales 2, Battletoads and Battletoads/Double Dragon, Crystalis, Castlevania III, Little Nemo, Dr. Mario, Mega Man 3-6, Star Tropics 1 & 2, TMNT 2 & 3, Adventure Island 2 & 3, Monster in my Pocket, Bomberman 2, Yoshi, Dragon Warrior 2-4, Gargoyle's Quest 2, RC Pro Am 2, Kirby's Adventure, Mighty Final Fight, Bonk's Adventure, and of course....Super Mario Bros. 3.
And that's to say nothing of how great the Game Boy, SNES, and Genesis were. Nor PC releases. Nor, naturally the Saturn/Playstation/N64. Pretty solid decade all around.
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