I'm a child of the 2D gaming era. Those were good games, by and large. I loved me some SNES. Super Metroid, Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy 6 (3 in the us release), Earthbound, gawd and so much much more!
The NES was nice, and the N64 was a first for Nintendos jump to 3D. But the SNES was the sweet spot for awesome gaming for me. I'll even go back, plug it in, and enjoy some of my classics in todays modern environment.
(Today, there's to much focus on realism, graphics, etc etc etc. It's rare to find a game that remembers that FUN is the core of the entertainment value.)