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trestres on 30 May 2009

In my opinion, the Golden Age of videogaming was without a doubt the SNES gen. I can think of so many unparalelled games, so many gems and so much variety. I think that we won't ever see a gaming system like it.

Do you agree with me, or do you have another choice for the best chapter in videogaming history? You maybe were too young/didn't exist, or maybe old enough to have played through the earlier gens... Maybe the current gen or some other past gen is for you the best, you may even believe we've yet to see gaming's Golden Age.

Like I said earlier, SNES era was the epitome of gaming.



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Xen on 30 May 2009

Nah. In my eyes, it's the PS2 era... then the PS1, then SNES. Nothing else comes close.



rapsuperstar31 on 30 May 2009

I loved the NES, SNES and N64/PS1 era the most. The last two generations have been good, but seems to miss the magic of the previous generations. I would agree with you that the SNES was the best generation but the NES and N64 are not far behind.



Mojo on 30 May 2009

Personally I think the golden age of gaming is always the current one. The SNES was a great era but so was the 64 when it came out. There are always new advances in games with every generation but sometimes at the expense of other qualities.



 



Legend11 on 30 May 2009

I think it's based on a person's age and when they first get/got into gaming.



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Johann on 30 May 2009

SNES is and always will be the best era.



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SnesTea on 30 May 2009

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Thechalkblock on 30 May 2009

To me it was.



vykk8930 on 30 May 2009

The era where Sega was still a first party developer, nintendo was still supporting the hardcore audience, and before microsoft enter the biz with all their bad business practices (I love the first xbox but I still have to admit this)



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griffinA on 30 May 2009

To me it was, but to your question trestres, I'd say the DS gets pretty close to matching the awesomeness of the SNES.



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