What is your personal golden period of video games?

[AB Ziggy]

Go.

It would be 03-08 for me. Although this year's list of games could be off to a great start of another of the releases all come correctly.

 

[winb83]

For me I liked the PS2 generation the best in part because some of my favorite games came out for that system.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

ps2 gen 02-05 + the pc games out at this time

 

[KingOFKings]

PS 1, mid to late 90's..... just going into that age of 2d to 3d was exciting.

These days the graphics are just..........too damn good

 

[Loose]

90s easily

 

[courtdog]

http://www.the-coli.com/arcadium/93949-lets-keep-real-16bit-golden-age-videogames.html#.UTUdDzeTIQs

 

[Real]

Ps2 era. So many great games and so many memories of playing with my friends

 

[TheSedd]

Arcade From SFII through NBA Jam TE (When Midway was king). I would spend my whole allowance on basketball cards and hanging at an actual arcade.

 

[Suiken]

I would say the days when RPGs are owning the gaming world.

 

[King Sun]

ps2 just off the fact I was able to buy my own games.

 

[yseJ]

as a pc gamer, it has to be something like 93/94-2000

interestingly enough it coincides with the golden era of movies and second golden era of hip hop

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

PSX birth to Dreamcast death era

Developers were taking more risks than now. Playstation games went in directions we've never seen before and since and more unique titles were released then than now.

The death of dreamcast somewhat squashed that in my opinion. This was a truly groundbreaking and innovative console and killed a company that was a real risk taker.

• Games were priced better
• More games were released (PSX's ridiculously large catalog)
• Games took huge leaps they never had before (going to 3d, or even within sequels; compared Metal Gear to Metal gear solid...or Ridge racer ONE to R4)
• The birth of more generes of gaming (do you realize how revolutionary Resident Evil 1 was?)
• Absolutely HUGE worlds because of storage capacity of disc media. Remember the first time you got the airship in FFVII
• The best developers were willing to spend to squeeze more out of dreamcast and Playstation titles as the console aged (look at SFa3...that game was absolutely huge and IMO still the best 2D fighter ever on consoles).
• It was the last time I really felt like gameplay was the first thing people cared about and developers would innovate because of it. Look at titles like Shenmue, Tenchu, Parappa the rapper...etc

I could continue but you get it. This was the premier era IMO.

 

[HookersandIceCream]

XBOX 360 in like 2008-2010

 

[jdashmaj]

Snes/Genesis/Turbo Graphix 16 generation from 91-96

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

XBOX 360 in like 2008-2010