So what is the golden age of gaming???
Game contents for the gen, console available those time, original series introduce that gen, sales, cultural impact, etc.
Some Highlights for each gen (I did not include game titles)
First Gen:
-Early Arcade Games
Second Gen:
- Atari 2600
-Atari 5200
-Nintendo Game and Watch
-Intellivision
-Arcade's Golden Age with games like pacman, galaga, etc
Third Gen:
-NES
-Sega Game 1000
-SMS
-Atari 7800
Fourth Gen:
-SNES
-Sega Genesis
-TurboGraf
-Gameboy
-Atari Lynx
-Game Gear
Fifth Gen:
-Play Station
- N64
-Sega Saturn
-Gameboy color, light, pocket
-3DO
Sixth Gen:
- Play Station 2
- Xbox
- GameCube
- DreamCast
- GB advance series
- Ngage
Seventh Gen:
- Wii
- PS3
- XBox360
- Nintendo DS
- PSP
Eight Gen:
- PS4
- WiiU
- XBO
- 3DS
- PSV