Best decade of gaming

[Leynos]

zeldaring said:

VAMatt said:

I voted 90s, but could just as easily have chosen 80s. That's all nostalgia though. In reality, gaming continues to get better in just about all respects. So, the more objective choice would be 2020s.

There is more choice in games, more ways to access those games, and it costs much less (in inflation adjusted currency) to be a gamer today than it ever has before.

Plus, the old stuff is (almost) all still available and playable. There are even more ways to access many of those old games too.

Imagine having online gaming in 90s lol that would have been insane as a kid growing up. Playing streets of rage 2, mario kart, street fighter 2 and mortal kombat online. Nostalgia is one hell of a drug.

Online gaming existed in the 90s. Even games officially supported it on SNES and Genesis from Capcom with Xband, You could play Street Fighter II online tho it was on like a 14k modem lol. Streaming was a thing back then as well with Sega Channel and Nintendo's Satellaview. PC games had online and Saturn and Dreamcast were online capable. N64 had DLC with the Mario Paint games on N64DD. Xband worked with Super Mario Kart as well. Quite a few games.

Last edited by Leynos - on 25 July 2023