To me the hayday, golden age of rpg's was the originial playstation. Almost every great rpg was realeased or rereleased on playstation: Final Fantasy's through 9, Vagrant Story, Valkyrie Profile, Breath of Fire 4, Suikoden 1 and 2, The two Chrono's, the two Lunar's, Xenogears, Final Fantasy Tactics (sort of rpg), Koudelka, Dragon Warrior VII, Metal Gear Solid (not rpg but amazing story, best of the three by far) I'm probably missing some, but those are some of the greatest rpgs ever, we're never gonna see a group of that many good rpg's one after another ever again, I don't think.