I agree with Matt that it's a little early to begin assigning a Golden Age to games. Although I also agree Bill that if someone pointed a gun to my head I'd say that the late 70s through the Great Crash of 83 would be about as good as any.
Although a lot of how you define a golden age would depend on your own age and environment. To my brother the "golden age" would likely be the late 80s and early 90s. MOst of his "favorite" games are from that time. I think he looks back on the pre NES games as primitive. A Bronze Age if you will.
Also in Japan there really was never a "crash" like there was here in 83. Games just continued unabated so to them it's probably harder to define boundaries on "golden ages".
I guess I like the generational divisions. LIke these games are all from the first gen / second gen. When I'm talking to my friends I'll usually say "8-bit" Era or "Atari Days" or something like that.
I agree with Matt that it's a little early to begin assigning a Golden Age to games. Although I also agree Bill that if someone pointed a gun to my head I'd say that the late 70s through the Great Crash of 83 would be about as good as any.
Although a lot of how you define a golden age would depend on your own age and environment. To my brother the "golden age" would likely be the late 80s and early 90s. MOst of his "favorite" games are from that time. I think he looks back on the pre NES games as primitive. A Bronze Age if you will.
Also in Japan there really was never a "crash" like there was here in 83. Games just continued unabated so to them it's probably harder to define boundaries on "golden ages".
I guess I like the generational divisions. LIke these games are all from the first gen / second gen. When I'm talking to my friends I'll usually say "8-bit" Era or "Atari Days" or something like that.