Don't get me wrong, I started on the NES too. There was no PC equivalent to Castlevania, Double Dragon, or Megaman, or even the sports games. NES had those genres on lock down.
'85-90 and '96-2001 were the golden ages of consoles imo. So many genre defining games came out of consoles in those time periods.
I think the 90s were the golden age of gaming, period. Because aside from great console classics we got some absolutely great PC games:
Doom
Xcom
Xwing/Tie Fighter
Warcraft
Starcraft
Diablo
Duke Nukem 3D
Quake
Half-life
Etc,