The fourth and fifth generation of video game consoles went on sale, including the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy Color. Arcade games, although still relatively popular in the early 1990s, began to decline as home consoles became more common.
It was a decade of transition from sprite-based graphics to full-fledged 3D graphics and it gave rise to several genres of video games including, but not limited to, the first-person shooter, real-time strategy, survival horror, and MMO. It was a decade of marked innovation in video gaming. The 1990s was the third decade in the industry's history. Video game-related events in 1990s 1980s.
