Games of the Year, 1990-2014

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d21lewis on 23 December 2014

My list and yours are very similar....mostly because I'm an EGM fan and, from memory, most of your games are their choices, too. A lot of areas where you deviate from them are similar to what I prefer (ie: Chrono Trigger over Twisted Metal in 1995).

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DarkRPGamer007 on 23 December 2014

All the Nintendo games make me happy. I agree with everything on there other than maybe Deus Ex, and I personally thought SSBU was better than MK8, but they're all great games

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alabtrosMyster on 23 December 2014

Who made that list?

I recall 1990, Mario 3 was a great game.. but it was already a bit old by then (1988), because we already had the Genesis and TG-16 in North-America... and well, the reference for GOTY back then as EGM not Nintendo Power...

I found that list of EGM'S GOTY with the eyes of people from that tim, after the year 2000 (or so) EGM became much less relevant...

1988 – Double Dragon (Nintendo Entertainment System)
1989 – Ghouls n Ghosts (Sega Genesis)
1990 – Strider (Sega Genesis)
1991 – Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega Genesis)
1992 – Street Fighter II (Super NES)
1993 – Samurai Shodown (Neo Geo)
1994 – Donkey Kong Country (Super NES)
1995 – Twisted Metal (PlayStation)
1996 – Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)
1997 – GoldenEye 007 (Nintendo 64)
1998 – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)
1999 – Soulcalibur (Dreamcast)
2000 – Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PlayStation, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64)

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DJEVOLVE on 23 December 2014

I remember the first day Super Mario world came out, I was so stoked.

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Veknoid_Outcast on 23 December 2014

alabtrosMyster said:

Who made that list?

I recall 1990, Mario 3 was a great game.. but it was already a bit old by then (1988), because we already had the Genesis and TG-16 in North-America... and well, the reference for GOTY back then as EGM not Nintendo Power...

I found that list of EGM'S GOTY with the eyes of people from that tim, after the year 2000 (or so) EGM became much less relevant...

1988 – Double Dragon (Nintendo Entertainment System)
1989 – Ghouls n Ghosts (Sega Genesis)
1990 – Strider (Sega Genesis)
1991 – Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega Genesis)
1992 – Street Fighter II (Super NES)
1993 – Samurai Shodown (Neo Geo)
1994 – Donkey Kong Country (Super NES)
1995 – Twisted Metal (PlayStation)
1996 – Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)
1997 – GoldenEye 007 (Nintendo 64)
1998 – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)
1999 – Soulcalibur (Dreamcast)
2000 – Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PlayStation, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64)

It's my list :)

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Roar_Of_War on 23 December 2014

Very good list. And of course not everyone will probably agree with most of it, because the world is nice and diverse, and that's a good thing. A good list shouldn't be judged by "I don't agree with any of these, so it sucks". A good list is understandable picks from certain points of view.

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Veknoid_Outcast on 23 December 2014

RolStoppable said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:

1997

GoldenEye 007

Developer: Rare

Release date: August 25, 1997

GoldenEye 007 ranks among games like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake as one of the more important shooters ever made. Upon its arrival on N64 in 1997, GoldenEye proved two important things: one, that first-person shooters could survive, even thrive, on home consoles; and two, that they need not all be corridor shooters where players run from point A to point B, blasting everything in sight. In GoldenEye, stealth and strategy matter. Apart from its incredible and challenging single-player mode, which has tons of replay value, GoldenEye features a legendary split-screen multiplayer mode with customizable weapon sets and expertly-designed maps.

2001

Halo: Combat Evolved

Developer: Bungie

Release date: November 15, 2001

There are only so many truly revolutionary titles in the history of video games. One such game is Halo: Combat Evolved. What did it achieve? Well, by providing the nascent Xbox with a "killer app," it secured Microsoft's spot in the gaming world. It also introduced features, control schemes, and themes that have, for better or for worse, infiltrated almost every mainstream first-person shooter since. And, lastly, it shifted first-person shooters away from computers and onto home consoles. So it's a hugely influential title, but it's also an amazingly great game, with superior graphics, a standout soundtrack, a well-written story, outstanding level design, and perfect gameplay.

You should be ashamed of yourself for buying into Microsoft's kool-aid, especially because there is proof that you should know better.

But there's a difference between proving the viability of shooters on home consoles (GoldenEye) and the vast migration of shooters to home consoles (post-Halo). GoldenEye did it first, yes, but Halo was much more impactful.

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PenguinZ on 23 December 2014

Hmm, very nice list, agreeable and fair choices to say the least.. We're especially on the same page with 2013, which was full of great games. ALBW though was easily my favorite game from that year.

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