1992, Game of the Year (Runoff)

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SvennoJ said:

Vinther1991 said:

Totally agree, the Nintendo bias here is really through the roof. The original Mario Kart is incredibly clunky. Not even the best kart racer on the market at the time. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was the best 2D platformer of the 4th generation and Streets of Rage 2 was the best brawler, those are imo the best games of 1992. Wolfenstein 3D is also a good choice, though it is harder for me to pick, as I feel ID software exceeded it in every possible way, already the next year.
Contra 3 also deserves consideration.

Looking ahead at 1993, PC literally exploded in great games, Doom, Myst, Day of the Tentacle, Star Wars X-Wing, Master of Orion and so many others, heavy hitters in all genres. But it will probably go to Links Awakening by default, if not Super Mario all stars.

If 1992 goes to Mario Kart and 1993 goes to Link's Awakening or Mario All-Stars we should just change the name of these threads from "Game of the Year" to "Nintendo Game of the Year"