What was Your Favorite/Most Enjoyable Gaming Generation?

(Note I kepth this relative to systems successful in North America and Europe, so sorry Turbo-Graffix and SEGA Saturn fans. Also sorry for the lack of PC, I'm just unfamiliar with the top-tier games on it.:oops: )

8-Bit

The Nintendo Entertainment System

Resurrecting Gaming with these Amazing Games:

Super Mario Bros.

Castlevania

MegaMan 2

The Legend of Zelda

Metroid

Contra

Just wait Mr. NES, I may have failed in North America and Japan, but I had some status in Europe!

The SEGA Master System

Phantasy Star

Shinobi

Lord of the Sword

WonderBoy III

16-Bit

The Super Nintendo

Final Fantasy VI

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time

Super CastleVania IV

Terranigma

The SEGA Genesis

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Streets of Rage

M.U.S.H.A Aleste

Shining Force

The Birth of the Handheld

The Ressurection of the Arcades and Birth of the Fighting Genre

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior

Samurai Showdown

Mortal Kombat II

Adventure Games Reign Supreme on PC

Sam and Max Hit the Road

Day of the Tentacle

With FPS being born

Wolfenstein 3D

Doom

32/64 Bit

The Birth of a Behemoth

The SONY Playstation

Crash Bandicoot

Metal Gear Solid

Gran Turismo

Final Fantasy VII

The Nintendo 64!

Super Mario 64

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

GoldenEye

Ogre Battle 64

The GoldenAge of RPG's

Fallout 2

Valkyrie Profile

PlaneScape Torment

Vagrant Story

Baldur's Gate II

Panzer Dragoon Saga

Last Generation

"Goodbye My Friend."

The SEGA Dreamcast

Power Stone

Jet Grind Radio

House of the Dead II

Shenmue

Playstation 2

Gran Turismo 3

Grand Theft Auto III

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

The Xbox

Halo

Ninja Gaiden

Knights of the Old Republic

Forza Motorsport

The Gamecube

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Resident Evil 4

Metroid Prime

Tales of Symphonia

Current Generation

Xbox 360

Gears of War

Dead Rising

Halo 3

Dead or Alive 4

Playstation 3

Resistance: Fall of Man

Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction

Uncharted Drake's Fortune

Ridge Racer 7

The Nintendo Wii

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Super Mario Galaxy

Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros's Treasure

The Golden Age of Handhelds

Phoenix Wright 3: Trials & Tribulations

DJ Max Portable

Elite Beat Agents

LocoRoco

Mario Kart DS

Tekken Dark Ressurection

P.S. You guys have no idea how long it took me to do this post! :(

nice thread i have a tie between 16bit and 32/64bit...too bad i was too young to noe which games to get..YAY VC

FAILURE withdrawn :)

I really enjoyed the last generation, pretty much all the games you featured on Xbox and GC are games I played the hell out of. I loved KotOR, Halo 1&2, and Ninja Gaiden Black and I still play SSBM to this day. I also had alot of fun with GBA and DS, you know Minish Cap, Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission on GBA then Mario Kart DS, Meteos, and Animal Crossing on the DS.

As for the current generation I've enjoyed it so far but it will really start for me when Brawl releases. :P

16 bit ftw

the best of everything happend there

for the most part

Now: Current Gen

Former: 32bit/64Bit Era

you should make a post for handheld gens. and seriously how can you not love the 64bit gen? you have games like spyro, mario, zelda, everything! and at the same time you have games like pokemon and zelda on the handheld front.

I'd say overall 8-bit. It's what got me into gaming, and there were so many games that I played during that generation. And if you count the Wii's VC, then that adds even more goodness to it.

Close second would be the 16-bit generation. I only owned an SNES, but that was enough to make it great.

Then I'd say this current generation, because even though it just started, I have a lot of games that I like, and there are a lot more coming out and some games which are already out that I haven't gotten yet. This generation will probably become my favorite, especially since I plan to skip next generation (unless if it's really irresistible) because of how many Wii60 games that I want to get.

Finally last generation. It was great. I had the PS2 and Gamecube, but the Gamecube didn't get enough attention from me, which has changed since the Wii was released, and I plan to get more GC games in the future. The PS2 was great, and changed/expanded the way that I viewed gaming.

I can't really include the N64/PS1 generation because I've only played a couple of thes games from the Wii's VC...

I'd say the 32/64 gen.

And that Sonic pic you posted is of Sonic 3, not Sonic 2.

Tie between 32/64 bit generation and the last generation. That's when my friends and I loved video games.shiftbourne

I think last gen because that's when I became "teh hardcore" and played more games.

Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2
Final Fantasy 10
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Zelda: Wind Waker
Resident Evil 4
Pikmin 2

^^^^Arcades were still viable during that era.Gunraidan

No it wasn't... They exist, but was not viable. Home console became the main support for video gaming.

im definitely liking the current gen the most. Second place is the good ol' N64 days.

Definately the 32/64 bit generation.

The enjoyment from the Nintendo 64 cannot be matched, maybe it was because I was young, and less cynical, but Banjo, OoT, Perfect Dark, Jet Force Gemini, Pilot wings, the classics are endless.

The 32-bit generation is my favourite. it bought new ways of gaming and Arcade perfect ports, and on some consoles at least, traditional gaming was carried on and improved.

the 16-bit was the one that I enjoyed the most tough, so much variety and new stuff. Tons and tons of stuff, videogaming mags the size of yellow pages and all kinds of devs making games for pretty much everything.

EARLY last gen starting on 9/9/1999krunkfu2