Runoff Vote, Best Year in Gaming

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The Best Year in Gaming is 1998.
The runner up is 2007.
The master thread for all of these contests can be found here.

There were enough "Other" votes for a runoff.  Three years made the cut to the runoff vote.  They are joined by two more years.  First here are the three years that made the cut:

1998
W. LoZ: Ocarina of Time
2. StarCraft
3. Half-Life
4. Metal Gear Solid
5. Resident Evil 2

 

2001
W. Halo: Combat Evolved
2. GTA III
3. Super Smash Bros. Melee
4. Final Fantasy X
5. Civilization III

 

2017
W. LoZ: Breath of the Wild
2. Hollow Knight
3. Nier: Automata
4. Super Mario Odyssey
5. Horizon: Zero Dawn

 

Here are the two additional years in this runoff vote:

1996 
W. Super Mario 64
2. Pokemon R/G/B/Y
3. Resident Evil (tie)
3. Tomb Raider (tie)
5. Civilization II (tie)
5. Command and Conquer: Red Alert (tie)
5. Mario Kart 64 (tie)
5. Super Mario RPG (tie)

2007
W. Super Mario Galaxy
2. Portal
3. Halo 3
4. Bioshock (tie)
4. CoD 4: Modern Warfare (tie)

You can reference the master thread for all of these years here.

Runoff voting for Best Year in Gaming will end on Saturday, January 6 at 11:59 PM, EST.

Years that didn't make the cut:
1986
1991
1994
1997
2000
2011

Last edited by The_Liquid_Laser - on 07 January 2024