1980-1984
1980 Game of the Year was:
Battlezone | Mystery House |
Bezerk | Pac-Man |
Crazy Climber | Rally-X |
Missile Command | Rogue |
Runner-Up: Rally-X
1985 Game of the Year was:
Commando | Super Mario Bros. |
Gauntlet | Ultima IV |
Paperboy | Where itWi Carmen Sandiego? |
Space Harrier | Winter Games |
Runner-Up: Space Harrier
1990 Game of the Year was:
Dragon Quest 4 | Mega Man 3 |
F-Zero | The Secret of Monkey Island |
Final Fantasy III (JPN) | Super Mario World |
Gargoyle's Quest | Wing Commander |
Runner-Up: The Secret of Monkey Island
1995 Game of the Year was:
Chrono Trigger | Tetris Attack |
Mario's Picross | Time Crisis |
Panzer Dragoon | Warcraft II |
Suikoden | Yoshi's Island |
Runner-Up: Panzer Dragoon
Game of the 2010's Was:
Alan Wake | Persona 5 |
Last of Us | Portal 2 |
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Super Mario Odyssey |
Mass Effect 2 | Xenoblade Chronicles |
Runner-Up: Last of Us
1981 Game of the Year was:
Defender | Scramble |
Donkey Kong | Tempest |
Frogger | Ultima |
Galaga | Wizardry |
Runner-Up: Galaga
1986 Game of the Year was:
Bubble Bobble | Metroid |
Castlevania | Out Run |
Dragon Quest | Space Quest |
The Legend of Zelda | Star Soldier |
Runner-Up: Metroid
1991 Game of the Year was:
Civilization | Sonic the Hedgehog |
Final Fantasy IV | Street Fighter 2 |
Zelda: A Link to the Past | Streets of Rage |
Monkey Island 2 | Super Castlevania IV |
Runner-Up: Street Fighter 2
1996 Game of the Year was:
Civilization II | Pokemon Red & Blue |
Mario Kart 64 | Super Mario 64 |
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei | Super Mario RPG |
PaRappa the Rapper | Wave Race 64 |
Runner-Up: Super Mario RPG
Game of the 2000's was:
Bioshock | Persona 4 |
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker | Portal |
Metal Gear Solid 2 | Resident Evil 4 |
Metroid Prime | Super Mario Galaxy |
Runner-Up: Bioshock
1982 Game of the Year was:
Dig Dug | Q*Bert |
Ms. Pac-Man | Robotron: 2084 |
Pitfall | Tron |
Pole Position | Ultima II |
Runner-Up: Pitfall
1987 Game of the Year was:
Final Fantasy | Phantasy Star |
Maniac Mansion | R-Type |
Mega Man | Sid Meier's Pirates! |
Metal Gear | Zelda 2 |
Runner-Up: Phantasy Star
1992 Game of the Year was:
Dragon Quest V | Streets of Rage 2 |
Final Fantasy V | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 |
Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis | Super Mario Kart |
Lunar: The Silver Star | Super Mario Land 2 |
Runner-Up: Dragon Quest V
1997 Game of the Year was:
Castlevania: SotN | Goldeneye 007 |
Diablo | Gran Turismo |
Final Fantasy VII | Jedi Knight |
Final Fantasy Tactics | Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon |
Runner-up: Final Fantasy VII
Game of the 1990's was:
Chrono Trigger | Super Mario 64 |
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | Super Mario World |
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Super Metroid |
Metal Gear Solid | Yoshi's Island |
Runner-Up: Chrono Trigger
1983 Game of the Year was:
Elevator Action | Star Wars (Arcade) |
Nobunaga's Ambition | Track & Field |
Planetfall | Ultima III |
Spy Hunter | Xevious |
Runner-Up: Track & Field
1988 Game of the Year was:
Blades of Steel | Mega Man 2 |
Blaster Master | Ninja Gaiden |
Contra (NES) | Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA) |
Dragon Quest 3 | Wasteland |
Runner-Up: Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA)
Bonus Winner: Super Mario Bros. 3 after everyone forgot it came out in 1988 in Japan
1993 Game of the Year was:
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood | NBA Jam |
Doom | Phantasy Star IV |
Gunstar Heroes | Secret of Mana |
Link's Awakening | Simcity 2000 |
Runner-Up: Secret of Mana
1998 Game of the Year was:
F-Zero X | Panzer Dragoon Saga |
Half-Life | Radiant Silvergun |
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Soul Calibur |
Metal Gear Solid | Starcraft |
Runner-up: Metal Gear Solid
Game of the 1980's was:
Contra | Simcity |
The Legend of Zelda | Super Mario Bros. |
Metroid | Super Mario Bros. 2 |
Punch-Out | Tetris |
Runner-Up: Super Mario Bros.
1984 Game of the Year was:
Drug Wars | Kung-Fu |
Elite | Marble Madness |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Summer Games |
Karateka | Wild Gunman |
Runner-Up: Summer Games
1989 Game of the Year was:
Castlevania III | Simcity |
Ducktales | Super Mario Land |
Final Fantasy Legend | Tetris (GB) |
Phantasy Star 2 | Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap |
Runner-Up: Simcity
1994 Game of the Year was:
Donkey Kong (GB) | Super Metroid |
Castlevania: Bloodlines | Super SF 2 Turbo |
Final Fantasy VI | TIE Fighter |
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue | Warcraft |
Runner-Up: Donkey Kong (GB)
1999 Game of the Year was:
Crazy Taxi | Street Fighter 3: Third Strike |
Gran Turismo 2 | Super Smash Bros. (N64) |
Mario Golf (GBC) | System Shock 2 |
NFL Blitz 2000 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater |
Runner-Up: Mario Golf (GBC)
Game of the 1970's was:
Asteroids | The Oregon Trail |
Breakout | Sea Devil |
Colossal Cave Adventure | Space Invaders |
Combat | Zork |
Runner-Up: Breakout