Which console generation had the best games?

I know it's a little too early for a poll like this to include 7th gen consoles, when there are still highly anticipated games that have yet to be released.

But with the Wii U launching next year to start the 8th generation of consoles, I just wanted to know people's thoughts on which generation had the best games.

*this poll does not include handhelds*

The 4th gen by far, namely due to the G.O.A.T, the Sega Genesis.

After that I'd rank 'em: 5th>6th>7th>3rd>2nd>1st.

4th generation in my opinion:

Sonic 1, 2, 3 and Knucles

Super Mario World

Super Mario all Stars

Super Castlevania 4

Streets of Rage 2

Street Fighter 2

Another World

Flashback

Thunderforce series

...

This one.

5th. A lot of revolutionary games and a lot of the best games of all time.

Even though XBOX/Gamecube were abysmal... the 6th gen... Man that PS2 made up for 3 consoles :P followed by the 5th gen, which had the superb library of the N64 AND Psone. Two GREAT consoles in one gen. I'd rated the current gen (7th) third place, mainly in due part to the excellent quality of exclusives on PS3.

imo 6th>4th>7th>5th>3rd

4th > 5th > 6th = 7th > 3rd > 2nd

Personally.

I gamed in them all ( yep, im old ) and it was easily the 4th gen for me.

This gen has to be the worst IMO.

"6th generation (PS2, Xbox, GCN, Dreamcast)" There's your answer right there

the 5th onward has the best games honestly

I gamed in them all ( yep, im old ) and it was easily the 4th gen for me.

This gen has to be the worst IMO.

pelvist

Last Gen had overall more and better games, but I think this gen had the best.

So I go with this one.

4th GENERATION. It was the generation I actually bought my consoles with my own hard earn money working at a Deli and a Pizza shop.

But also the generation where I had some of my most fondest memories. Such as friends coming over to hangout and play and where we argue like a bumch of fanboys over which system was better: SNES or Genesis or TG16 or Neo-Geo which nobody had one among my friends but still debated on how better it was, LOL.

I gamed in them all ( yep, im old ) and it was easily the 4th gen for me.

This gen has to be the worst IMO.

pelvist

its better then the 3rd gen and the 2 gens before that

but this gen is still bad

5th Generation. Which included the 3DO.

I'll say 5th, can't go wrong with games like:

- Zelda OOT - Majora's Mask

- FF7/FF8/FF9

- Goldeneye

- MGS

- Mario 64

- Panzer Dragoon Saga

- Banjo-Kazooie

- Resident Evil 1-2-3

- The Tomb Raider I-IV games

- Silent Hill

- Quake games

- Unreal games

- Starcraft

- Command and Conquer games

- Everquest

- Age of Empires

- Baldur's Gate

- Diablo

- Fallout 2

- Grim fandango

- Duke Nukem 3D

- Half-Life

- Crash games (including Crash Team Racing)

- Mario Kart 64

- Mario Tennis 64

- Vagrant Story

- Xenogears

- Chrono Cross

- Breath of Fire

- Legend of Mana

- Street Fighter games

- KOF games (from 94 to 98)

- Mario Party games

- Ready 2 Rumble

- Driver

- Rayman games

- Super Smash Bros.

- Tony Hawk games

- Turok

- Gran Turismo

- Collin McRae Rally

- Dino Crisis

- Parasite Eve 1-2

- ISS Pro Evolution games

- FIFA games(mainly 98 and 99)

- Soul reaver

- Spyro games

- Syphon Filter games

- Sonic 3D

And so much else I didn't mention. Generation 6 is close though, followed by generation 4.

this questions sort of fails since people who have not been gaming in previous generations will not select them. It gives more recent generations an advantage.

this questions sort of fails since people who have not been gaming in previous generations will not select them. It gives more recent generations an advantage.

AntiType

this questions sort of fails since people who have not been gaming in previous generations will not select them. It gives more recent generations an advantage.

AntiType

How so? I'm only 19 and have had at least one console from every generation on the poll.

And I'm sure most people would at least be familiar with games from the 4th gen and up.

I really got into gaming during the 5th generation and mainly only played Nintendo and Rare games so that is home to my fondest memories in gaming. During the 4th gen all I really played was Super Mario Bros. Sonic 1-3, Vectorman, Killer Instinct, and Jewel Msster

This gen ahs been good though and since gaming has become more social I have made some really good friends from around the world

6th gen for sure.

The 4th and 6th generations were awesome. I really can't decide between the two.

I say this gen. There have been A LOT of QUALITY games that came out this gen, even though I hate that shooters are leading this gen.

this questions sort of fails since people who have not been gaming in previous generations will not select them. It gives more recent generations an advantage.

AntiType

I'm giving sixth generation the edge here, but fifth gen is certainly up there with it.

Childhood favorites win me over; I'm going with 4th gen.

4th, 5th and 6th were awesome. So any of those.

this questions sort of fails since people who have not been gaming in previous generations will not select them. It gives more recent generations an advantage.

AntiType

I'll say 5th, can't go wrong with games like:

- Zelda OOT - Majora's Mask

- FF7/FF8/FF9

- Goldeneye

- MGS

- Mario 64

- Panzer Dragoon Saga

- Banjo-Kazooie

- Resident Evil 1-2-3

- The Tomb Raider I-IV games

- Silent Hill

- Quake games

- Unreal games

- Starcraft

- Command and Conquer games

- Everquest

- Age of Empires

- Baldur's Gate

- Diablo

- Fallout 2

- Grim fandango

- Duke Nukem 3D

- Half-Life

- Crash games (including Crash Team Racing)

- Mario Kart 64

- Mario Tennis 64

- Vagrant Story

- Xenogears

- Chrono Cross

- Breath of Fire

- Legend of Mana

- Street Fighter games

- KOF games (from 94 to 98)

- Mario Party games

- Ready 2 Rumble

- Driver

- Rayman games

- Super Smash Bros.

- Tony Hawk games

- Turok

- Gran Turismo

- Collin McRae Rally

- Dino Crisis

- Parasite Eve 1-2

- ISS Pro Evolution games

- FIFA games(mainly 98 and 99)

- Soul reaver

- Spyro games

- Syphon Filter games

- Sonic 3D

And so much else I didn't mention. Generation 6 is close though, followed by generation 4.

Shinobi7777

Easily the PS,N64 era

The latest gen is always the best, because in it you can play games from previous gens :)

Im gaming since ATARI 2600 , i was active gamer to all gens back then. I easily vote for PSone gen. And thats because the transition from 2D to 3D was a huge step forward and it was then that most tremendous new IPs released and what we play now ( most of ) is because of that gen.

Silent hill , metal gear solid , Zelda OOT , super mario 64 ,Resident Evil series , Wipeout , Gran turismo , crash bandicoot , Parasite Eve series , Final Fantasy 7-8-9, tekken series , Tony hawks series , Xenogears, Kain games, Tomb raider , sypmon filter games , all kind of new 3D sport games , the list is so huge seriously. Easily PS/sat/64 gen .

[QUOTE="AzatiS"]Im gaming since ATARI 2600 , i was active gamer to all gens back then. I easily vote for PSone gen. And thats because the transition from 2D to 3D was a huge step forward and it was then that most tremendous new IPs released and what we play now ( most of ) is because of that gen. Silent hill , metal gear solid , OOT , super mario 64 ,Resident Evil series , Wipeout , Gran turismo , crash bandicoot , Parasite Eve series , Final Fantasy 7-8-9 and the list is so huge seriously. Easily PS/sat/64 gen .SquirrelTamer

The sorry to say it but you werent active gamer back into genesis/SNES era to live in person the transition from 2D to 3D to feel the impact it had to gamers/myself and how different these games felt comparable to previous gens. You choose Uncharted everyday in 2011 , i would choose Resident evil 2 in 1997 every day . Sorry but you dont get what im talking about.

Crap list , Zelda OOT? Super mario 64? TEkken series? FF series 7 to 9? Resident evil 1-2? Man you just said , RE4 > better than oldschool REs... that shows you are not oldschool gamer... means you cant understand what i mean seriously.. in short because of original RE in PSone you had the chance to play RE4.

I respect you taste and opinion though but to have a seriously unbiased opinion on this "poll" you had to be active gamer back then otherwise i dont see how a gamer that started gaming with PS3 or PS2 will ever understand how good was the Psone era or SNESera or even ATARI 2600 era...

This gen of course if not, wouldn't all / most of us just ignore this gen, not spend a dime on this gens poorly made games and be previous gen gamers. :shock: Such a shame this gen is so awesome since I could have saved a bundle by just playing all mah old & older games. Oh well, perhaps all I can do is hope next gen sucks I guess. :P

Either 4th or 5th. The most innovation occured here. I'm currently reading the Mario64 article over at ign--a good read, actually.