My favorite would have to be "fourth generation" i am looking at gameplay and types of games.... I loved the RPG's in that generation....Sega and Nintendo had awesome games and i think the 4th generation should be considered one of the best.....If you are looking at longest lasting, the 6th generation. It had some good consoles and games, but alot of the games are based on games which first appeared in the 4th generation. Alot of people will probably say 6th or 5th i think because of the PS2 and/or the FPS shooters which appeared between the 2 generations. Of course there were FPS before that but they really became popular between those two time frames. Well anyway my favorite generation is the 4th........give me your opinion.

i would have to agree with you. The 4th generation is the best. It has the best RPG's and Fighting Games and Side Scrollers. Earthbound, Chrono Trigger, Street Figther II, Super Mario World

Woe i forgot about side scrollers and fighters

This one, I have played and enjoyed more games than ever Call of duty 2,3,4 Medal of honor, bioshock, R6 vegas, R6vegas 2, GRAW, GRAW2, crackdown, assaians creed, , gears, gears 2, halo 3, Need for speed most wanted, burnout paradise, stranglehold, Mercenaries 2 and civilization revolution. Played and beat every one.

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Well i thought people would because of the new games coming out.....but as i said in my first post they basically are based on 4th gen games

5th Gen.
It had the best games imo. 1998 was a great year for gaming... as was 1996, 1997, 1999, and even 2000 was pretty good.

yeah the 5th was pretty good, pretty much the 90's were the best in my eyes

5th Generation.

Back when gaming was simple, there was very little internet to speak of, I was allowed to play in my own little enclosed space (read: no online on PS1 and N64) and I had two consoles, each providing me with countless hours of entertainment.

My game of that generation:

Super Smash Bros. The amount of hours I spent on that game was unhealthy to say the least. Link was my character, using him I could beat anyone using the overpowered characters, so the game seemed "balanced". Having 5 other mates equally good at the game meant that mulitplayer was epic (99 lives to 0, with the difference at the end between all 4 players being at most 4 lives. That's how equal all our skills were).

Good times.

Good point I guess I personally didnt play as much in the last generation, I think the big thing for me was buying the xbox 360 and opening up online.  I never played online before this gen.

5th gen for sure. This one has been pretty nice too, imo.