Blog:5 Decades of Gaming Ranked Worst to Best By Grust

With 2020 being starting a new decade, we now have almost 50 years of gaming history, from its humble beginnings of keeping score to saving the world from terrorists, monsters, even taking down the gods themselves. So how do I rank 50 years of gaming. Read along and I'll give my opinions. I'll start with what I think is the worst or least favorite decade and work my way up to my favorite decade. I'll will also give out 3 of my favorite games for the decade as best I can and even a console.

5. 2010s: Probably my most hated decade for gaming because it made me give up on Western Entertainment. With the rise of SJWs ruining games and even people's lives, forced political agendas, corruption in gaming journalism, loot-boxes, and microtransactions becoming the norm, I hated this decade so much. But to be fair we did still get the rise of indie gaming some of which put most AAA titles to shame. Aside from Konami, Japan is still doing fine and I have faith in them. Retro Gaming also became so popular that even some companies started making console clones to play older games in HD. My favorite games for this decade are 7 Days to Die, the Resident Evil 2 Remake, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. My favorite console would be PS4.

4. 1970s: While not one of my favorites I hold a lot of respect for gaming in this decade. This is when gaming got its start with simpler games like Pong or Breakout. Arcade cabinets became popular and slowly home consoles made their way in. Interchangeable cartridges even made their debut with the Fairchild Channel F and RCA Studio 2 but became really popular with the Atari 2600. My favorite games for this decade are Space Invaders, Pong and Breakout. My favorite Console would be the Atari 2600.

3. 1980s: I was born in 1986 so don't have a lot of memories of the 80s, but this was when gaming went through a fall and rose like a phoenix. After The North American Video Game Crash of 1983, The Nintendo Entertainment System made gaming awesome and set some new rules in place to keep another crash from happening. This decade also gave birth to the greatest video game genre ever, the JRPG with Black Onyx, Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy. My favorite games for this decade are Super Mario Bros. 3, Contra, and The Legend of Zelda. My favorite console would be the NES.

2. 2000s: By this point 3D gaming was the norm and technology was booming for the gaming industry. The JRPG became all the rage along with survival horror giving us many titles like Fatal Frame and Final Fantasy X. Many new IPs even sprung around this time including God of War. The standard form of the First Person Shooter was popularized with the release of Halo: Combat Evolved. We also got motion controls made well with the release of the Wii allowing for some new ways to play a video game. We even got the best crossover series of all time, Kingdom Hearts. My Favorite games for this decade are Final Fantasy X, Kingdom Hearts, and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. My favorite console would have to be the PS2.

1. 1990s: I'm a 90s kid and grew up in the best decade for gaming ever. Nintendo and Sega gave us the best console war ever (spoiler alert, Nintendo won), gaming shifted from 2D to 3D, and some of the best and most iconic games for me and every one else came from this decade. Many games made a shift to 2D to 3D including Mario, Zelda, and Sonic (though that would become a tragic tale.) The JRPG finally became popular in this decade with the release of Final Fantasy 7 and played a role in making me the JRPG lover I am today. This decade also gave birth to survival horror with Alone in the Dark and become popular with the release of Resident Evil. My favorite games in this decade are too numerous to count but if I must they'd be The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (also my all time favorite game), Super Mario 64, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. My favorite console is the SNES, which is also my all time favorite console.

So what's your favorite decade for gaming? Let me know in the comments.

