128-bit era
The 128-bit era is the current video game era being led by the Sony Playstation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo's GameBoy Advance, and the Microsoft Xbox. The Sega Dreamcast was launched during the 32/64-bit era, and lived onto the 128-bit era. The Dreamcast suffered the same fate in the United States as its ancestor the Sega Master System did, suffering early discontinuation. The 128-bit era is the longest of all video game eras after the video game crash of 1983 (see list of video game consoles).Many critics call this a dark era of video games. Many games of this era were panned by critics. The 128-bit era features topics of debate, such as video game criticisms. This is also an era when NES and SNES ROMs became easier to find (see Emulation). It also a time when several video games or video game series that were once confined to Japan come to North America, notably Fire Emblem and Nintendo Wars. The enhanced remake idea, which was devised by the Mario franchise during the 16-bit era, was popularized during this era. The era to follow this one is the 256-bit era.
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