For me personally, I'd choose 1992... Viewpoint, Last Resort & Art of Fighting. I didn't play Alone in the Dark, but the survival horror genre started here and I'm a huge Resident Evil fan. The Virtua series started the same year with Virtua Racing.
Historically, probably 1987, which got R-Type, Darius, Contra & Street Fighter.
I'm on board with 1992.
Don't forget
SNES: Street Fighter 2, Super Mario Kart, Axelay, Super Tennis
Mega drive: Desert Strike, World of Illusion, Olympic Gold, Road Rash 2, Thunderforce IV
I'm going with 92 because SOR2.
I'm going with 92 because SOR2.
According to Wikipedia it was December 20 1992 in North America.
Good question
I will chose to interpret it in terms of a year's console release as to me new hardware has at times proven revolutionary. And though I am greatly torn I will have to go with the year PS1 was released, a system I consider top 3 most important of all time.
Gotta go 1998 because I still play Ocarina of Time regularly
no majora's mask?.
I considered the Playstation to be crucial, too. But after seeing Channel 4's Thumb Candy, I rather agree with Iain Lee, who called it the console, which "made video games cool". It seemed derogatory at first, considering all the facts, though, it's the only way to put it. Seems there's just nothing more to it after seeing the whole picture.
Still a valid choice, of course. What are your other two most important ones? The Famicom & Game Boy maybe? The former crashed through the '83 crash, the latter popularized Tetris. The Neo-Geo could be up there, too, for fulfilling the ultimate 'arcade at home' dream. Well, one could also consider history, like the Atari 2600 or the Odyssey.