What was the biggest leap between gaming console generations?

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foolm0r0n posted...
Lopen posted...
Like basically any game with a structure of stages and bosses ceases being Atari style.

It doesn't differentiate it much to me, it still feels like an arcade game.

Didn't say arcade game, said atari game. Just like the consoles advanced in technology and game design over the years, so did the arcades. (And so did home computer gaming. The C64 and Amiga were leaps and bounds ahead of anything else that came along prior, if you want to use a PC as a gaming platform.)
Only the exceptions can be exceptional.