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1987 was the best year for gaming in North America at least. That was the year that NES was actually released nation wide. It also had a very solid list of titles at that point like Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid. The home console market went from completely dead to getting several of the best IP ever created all in the same year.

1987 - for North America it's no contest.