Ps1 by far. So many great games and new franchises born.

Yeah was the golden age for JRPG's.. On PSX we had; Final Fantasy Tactics, FF7/8/9, LoD, Chrono Trigger, Cronos Cross, Vagrant Story and Xenogears. And fighting games Tekken 3, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Dead or Alive, Read to Rumble Boxing Round 2 and more.

IMO it's mostly 2D games, and JRPGs that hold up well on PS1. But Chrono Trigger and FF6 were the pinnacle of the JRPG back in the 90's. Some say even the pinnacle now.

But anyway, give me your list of what holds up well on PS1. I'm always looking for more games to play.

Personally I would say SNES, games are still amazing to this day. For the gaming industry I would have to say the NES because it saved the industry.

PS1 is the greatest console of all time based on initial impact for me and amount of quality it games it had for the time.

I owned: FFVII-IX, Origins, Anthologies - Tekken 1-3 - Wipeout/XL - Ridge Racer, Ridge Racer Revolution, Rage Racer, R4 - Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver, Silent Hill, Vagrant Story, MGS, Chrono Cross, Castlevania: SotN, RE, RE2, Parasite Eve, etc. 

This console had the most lasting impression on me.

The PS2 is a close second, however (Shadow of the Colossus and Silent Hill 2 both in my top 5 of all time)...but the 3 best FF games alone on PS1 alone would make me choose the PS1.

I think the best was Genesis/Mega Drive, by a wide margin. Then its SNES and PSX more or less tied for second. How anyone can vote for any other system is beyond my ability to comprehend, unless they just weren't around back then.

Genesis/Mega Drive had a ton of games. The main issue with it was that a lot of them were very short. Nintendo, Squaresoft, and a few others made all these super long SNES games that make most Genesis games feel too short. Sonic 1-2 have 40 levels altogether, but Super Mario World has 72 levels. It would take 3 Sonic games to equal the size of just SMW (Unless you count the Emerald Levels). Lots of games on the Genesis are great, but over far too quickly.

That being said, I still think Genesis/Megadrive is just as valid as an answer to this question as PS1/SNES. Probably even more so than PS1, since most Genesis games hold up far better than PS1 games.

P.S. I was around at the time, and had a Genesis. It wasn't until decades later that I started discovering all the Genesis' hidden gems like Giaares, Chiki Chiki Boys, Dune, MUSHA, Crusader of Centy, Elemental Master, El Viento, Trouble Shooter, Pirates Gold, Marvel Land, Target Earth, Alien Soldier, Warsong, etc.(And yes, I know these aren't hidden gems anymore. But they were back in the Genesis' heyday, which is my point.)

Saved it from what? Existence?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983

The home console gaming industry almost ended...

No. It did not.

That’s like saying the stock market almost cease to exist whenever there’s a stock market crash.