What games would win GOTY in the 1990s? This game would

Mario world also came out that year

>>3261087
1992 - Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
(It wouldn't actually win. :c)

>>3261091

No, in japan it was in 1990.

Street Fighter II came out in 1991 though

>>3261101
Street Fighter 2 could be a contender for game of the decade, let alone game of 1991.

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GOTY 1993 coming through

Here's what probably would have been the 90's GOTYs.

1990: SMB 3
1991: Street Fighter 2
1992: Maybe Sonic 2?
1993: DOOM
1994: Super Metroid
1995: Chrono Trigger
1996: Super Mario 64
1997: FF VII
1998: Ocarina of Time
1999: Unreal Tournament?

Note: these are not my actual opinions on the matter; don't get triggered about this shit

>>3261305
Disregard, forgot Doom came out that year

Mortal Kombat would be a strong contender for 1992.

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>>3261407
>Mortal Kombat
>GOTY

Game wouldnt be GOTY if it was the first game ever.

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>>3261407
1992 B.C. maybe.

>>3261087
is this international or just region specific because I honestly have two separate lists for japan and the US

I'm going off of initial release dates, not necessarily western ones. This is also a mix of my own personal taste along with what I would expect to win given popularity (I.e. Chrono trigger is not my personal favorite 1995 game, but it certainly is one of the most popular from them at year).

1990: Super Mario World
>runner-up: Dragon Warrior IV
1991: A Link to the Past
>runner-up: Street Fighter 2
1992: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
>runner-up: Wolfenstein 3D
1993: Doom
>runner-up: Mega Man X
1994 (toughest year to pick for me, so many good games): Super Metroid
>runner-up: Doom 2
1995: Chrono Trigger
>runner-up: Yoshi's Island
1996: Super Mario 64
>runner-up: Quake
1997: Final Fantasy VII
>runner-up: Final Fantasy Tactics
1998: Ocarina of Time
>runner-up: Half Life
1999:

Honorable mentions (I'm sure I will miss plenty):
1991: Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Castlevania IV
1992: Mortal Kombat, Super Mario Land 2
1993: Mortal Kombat 2, Link's Awakening, Kirby's Adventure, Mario All-Stars, NBA Jam
1994: Earthworm Jim, Sonic 3/Sonic and Knuckles, Final Fantasy VI, Castlevania Bloodlines, Donkey Kong Country, Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball
1995: Donkey Kong Country 2, Rayman, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Tales of Phantasia, Dracula X
1996: Duke Nukem, Diablo, Resident Evil, Pokemon (first gen)
1997: Goldeneye, Star Fox 64, Fallout, Crash Bandicoot 2
1998: Spyro, Baldur's Gate, Banjo Kazooie, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Starcraft, Xenogears, Fallout 2
1999: Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi, Donkey Kong 64, Age of Empires 2, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Roller Coaster Tycoon, Pokemon Gold/Silver, Resident Evil 3

I already can see plenty I missed in the mentions but I'll be typing this for an hour if I keep remembering games. 90s were a good decade for games whether the gen 5 haters want to admit it or not

>>3261469
Forgot to type 1999's winner and runner up:

Winner: Unreal Tournament
>runner-up: Silent Hill

>>3261469
$0.50 has been deposited into your NOA bank account. Thank you for your 25 years of service!

>>3261482
>he picked Nintendo games some years! What a fanboy!

Unlike you I'm not a poorfag nor did I grow up one, so I actually played games from all consoles and didn't feel the need to suck the corporate cock of a company I happened to buy games from.

Nice projection, though.

>>3261384
>>3261469
>1996
>not Tomb Raider

By far a bigger game than Super Mario 64 ever was

>>3261469
>I already can see plenty I missed in the mentions

Basically anything not FPS for DOS (thanks for including DN3D by the way).

Windows department is also pretty bare, save for RPG/RTS.

>>3261502
I'll admit I completely forgot about tomb raider and probably would have bumped it to runner-up over Quake, but Mario 64 would have won GOTY hands-down, even if for the hype alone. You have to think back to a 1996 mindset, not 20/20 hindsight 20 years later. And Mario 64 was YUUUGE.

>>3261513
I am thinking of 1996 mindset. Tomb Raider was absolutely freakin massive.

>>3261469
>Sonic 2

way to go Sega shill, has Sega deposited money into your bank account yet? Fucking Segafags, I swear.

>Final Fantasy VII

Fucking Sonyfags!

>Doom

Fucking PCtards!

>>3261502
Wasn't that misogynistic though?

Holy fuck this thread is fucking dreadful.

>>3261087
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Game_of_the_Year_awards

This is actually something we don't have to speculate too deeply on.

>>3261632
>misogynistic
The marketing maybe, but the fact of the matter is that Lara is as much a respected archaeologist as she is a sexy tomb raider. It's like complaining that real women who are both accomplished and attractive are themselves somehow misogynistic.

>>3261615
Back to /v/ for you.

>>3261539
Heck, Shadows of the Empire was hyped as much as Mario 64.

>>3261087
no way, Street Fighter 2 is the game of that year.

>>3261502
actually, Super Mario 64 is the best selling game of that generation.
It is the clear winner of that year.

Street Fighter 2 was the biggest cultural phenomenon videogame of the 90s until Pokemon. it is the winner of that year.

Street Fighter 2, Doom and Mario 64 are the 3 most important games of that decade and should be the winners of their year. the three are genre defining.

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next gen mag's GOTAY's as of 1996
10 - Warcraft 2
9 - Quake
8 - Lemmings
7 - Street Fighter 2
6 - Virtua Fighter 2
5 - Mario (Series)
4 - Civilization (Series)
3 - Super Bomberman 2
2 - Tetris
1 - Super Mario 64

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>>3261856
>5 - Mario (Series)
>1 - Super Mario 64

>>3261384
My 98 award would go to starcraft but I can see OOT too. My favorite game of all time came out that year too (Myth 2), but that wouldn't contend.

1982: Robotron 2084
1983: Star Wars
1984: Tetris
1985: Space Harrier
1986: Out Run
1987: Operation Wolf
1988: The New Zealand Story
1989: Shadow of the Beast
1990: Super Mario World
1991: Street Fighter II
1992: Alone in the Dark
1993: Sonic CD
1994: Super Metroid
1995: Panzer Dragoon
1996: Metal Slug
1997: Castlevania Symphony of the Night
1998: F Zero X
1999: Age of Empires II
2000: Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask

1994, sonic 3 and knuckles.

>>3261856
Quake, VF2, and Civ, near goddamn perfect games, losing to GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING SHIT CONTROLS SHIT CAMERA MARIO 64.

Jesus SHITFUCKING christ, when will gaming society ever figure out how Nintendo tricked the fuck out of them all to like a pile of goddamn garbage to sell their shitty late, underpowered, horrible controller console?

>>3261965
Whose list is this, yours?
Amazing for it's time, Shadow of the Beast in retrospect is no GOTY.
There's got to be a better game released in 93 other than Sonic CD

>>3261985
Welcome to the wonderful world of opinions.

>>3261981
Lol

>>3261087

What do you mean? Wouldn't it be personal opinion?

1990: Super Mario World, Wing Commander, Railroad Tycoon, Metal Gear 2
1991: Street Fighter II, Monkey Island 2, Civilization
1992: Dune II, Ultima VII, Super Mario Kart, Star Control II
1993: Virtua Fighter, Doom, Syndicate, Merchant Prince
1994: Super Metroid, Final Fantasy VI, Jagged Alliance
1995: ?
1996: Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, Metal Slug, Quake, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
1997: Fallout, Total Annihilation, Age of Empires
1998: Metal Gear Solid, Half-Life
1999: Alpha Centauri, Counter-Strike, System Shock 2, Age of Empires II, Planescape: Torment, Shenmue

>>3262116
was i really the only one to say half-life -____- come on guys

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>>3261965
>1982: Robotron 2084

>>3261796

I think he was making fun of this /v/tard: >>3261482

FFVII and Goldeneye would surely have to be GOTY and runner up (not necessarily respectively).

Love or loath them they are easily the most influential games of 1997.

>>3261981
Literally nothing wrong with the camera. gut gud.

And even if you don't like the camera, give me a 3D platformer that was already out that had a better camera. It was completely uncharted territory.

The game is, and always has been comfy as fuck. I can't even tell you to play more, because the learning curve on the controls, camera included, is almost non-existent. Something must be fundamentally wrong with your spatial recognition.

>>3261087

No Sonic game would make GOTY.

>>3263197
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Game_of_the_Year_awards

Sonic actually won from both EGM and Gamepro in 91.

1980: Pac Man
1985: Super Mario Brothers
1993 Gunstar Heroes
1995: Yoshi's Island
1996 Super Mario 64,
1997 Goldeneye
1998 Ocarina of time
1999 Soul Calibur,
2000: Majora's Mask,
2001:Conker's Bad Fur day
2003: Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
2004:Paper Mario 2
2005: Wario Ware Twisted
2006: Okami
2007: TF2
2011: Dark Souls
2015: Undertale

>>3261502
Super Mario 64 was leaps and bounds ahead of the first Tomb Raider in terms of innovation, sales, and general impact on the gaming world.

>>3261981
>N64
>underpowered

>Being this mad your parents didn't buy you an N64 when you were a kid.

>>3263340
>don't like the Jaguar? I bet you're just mad your parents never bought you one xD

>>3263353
Is this close enough?
http://pikdit.com/i/til-when-atari-went-bankrupt-they-sold-the-jaguar-molds-to-a-dental-camera-company/

>>3263353
I actually appreciated the Jaguar for a few of its games at the time (my babysitter's boyfriend had one). Tempest was awesome and it had one of the best ports of Raiden at the time. I also played DOOM for the first time on Jaguar and besides the missing music the port is solid.

Bearing a grudge against an entire console is really dumb, you're forcing yourself to miss out on lots of great games. Especially in this day an age with emulation being so easy to accomplish and (most) retro consoles having flashcarts available.

The N64 has some really amazing games you owe it to yourself to experience.

>>3263392
>The N64 has some really amazing games you owe it to yourself to experience.
Not him, but could you recommend some?
I'm waiting for parts to finish RGB mod. So far I paln to play: Wonder Project J2, Custom Robo, Evangelion 64, Mischief Makers, Sin and Punishment. And probably Goemon games.
Any essentials I'm missing?
I'm not into 3D platformers or Nintendo first party games.

>>3263405
Conker's Bad Fur Day. It's kinda a platformer but they change it up every now and then.

>>3263405
Bangaioh, Jet Force Gemini, Rogue Squadron, Indiana Jones, Doom 64 and Wipeout 64 are my favorite 3rd party you didn't mention.

Not sure why you're against Nintendo 1st party since they make some really solid games, but you should definitely play F-Zero X and Starfox 64.

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>>3263353

As much as you personally don't like the N64, it still has a good chunk of popular games that remain as some of the best of the 5th gen, your argument is invalid.

Anyway, to reply to >>3261981, the N64 was actually the most advanced consumer-grade gaming system when it came out in 1996, only surpassed by the first 3dfx video card, released months later.

The only game of 1996 that came close to the level of graphics of N64 was Quake. Ironically, Quake came out 1 day after the official N64 launch in Japan.

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>>3263405

Since you're going to play japanese games so I assume you can read moon, and you seem to like mechas, I reccommend Super Robot Wars 64, and its fighting spinoff, Super Robot Spirits.

>>3263420
>Not sure why you're against Nintendo 1st party
Nothing really. Their games are not for me, that's all.
Maybe because Nintendo was never represented well in my region back then (except for Famiclone) and I wasn't impressed with some first party games for their platforms via emulation.
>F-Zero X and Starfox 64
Not sure about Star Fox, but F-Zero is on my list now.
Thank you for other recommendations as well.

>>3263447
Guess I really need a copy of SRW for every game console.
>its fighting spinoff, Super Robot Spirits
Now that's a new one for me, will try for sure. Thanks.

>>3261669
These threads are always ruined by people that can't differentiate personal opinion from popular opinion. GOTY does not equal fact; it's just what the average opinion at the time is.

>>3261087
1990: Mario World
1991: Zelda 3
1992: Star Control 2
1993: Doom probably... Or Rondo of Blood
1994: FFVI
1995: Chrono
1996: Mario RPG
1997: Elevator Action Returns
1998: Ocarina of Time
1999: SoulCalibur
>>3261384
Mario 3 was 88. But decent list nonetheless.

>>3263509
Super Robot Wars has a fucking ton of spinoffs. Its "mother" series, the Compati Series, has a lot of games as well.

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>People suggesting anything but Mario World for '90, Street Fighter II for '91, and DOOM for '93

>>3265580
FF6..... Nigga that shit wasnt even close to being popular until 7 came out

>>3266356
And mario rpg....... Fucking mario 64 came out that year

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I made a thread about the top-rated games by Famitsu a year ago. I'm not sure if they ever did any yearly "best of" lists before /vr/'s cutoff point though.
https://warosu.org/vr/thread/S2391134

Gamest definitely had their "best of" lists.
https://warosu.org/vr/thread/S2869298
https://warosu.org/vr/thread/S2321710

>>3261147
>Street Fighter 2 could be a contender for game of the decade
Well it did have at least one release per year for nearly a decade...

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>>3263225
>Undertale

>>3267804
What else from 2015 is even a contender, frankly? Halo 5 Gametypes? The Phantom Content?

>>3261502
Agreed. Amazing at the time, and left a longer lasting imprint on gaming.
The 3D platformer/collectathon is all but extinct, yet the 3D cinematic action/platformer lives on as one of the top genres.

>>3265580
Nintendo detected

>>3263509
It's Nintendo again but you should give 1080 snowboarding a chance too. I still think it's unsurpassed to this day.

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>>3267814
Sup?

>>3261384
>1998: Ocarina of Time
Grim Fandango

*fixed

>>3261827
>best selling game
>best game

pick one

>>3269914
Okay here's the /vr/ contrarian "games that sold the most weren't the GOTY because I didn't like them" list.


1982: Robotron 2084
1983: Star Wars
1987: Operation Wolf
1988: New Zealand Story
1989: Shadow of the Beast
1990: Metal Gear 2
1991: Monkey Island 2
1992: Star Control 2
1993: Rondo of the Blood
1994: Final Fantasy VI
1995: Panzer Dragoon
1996: Tomb Raider
1997: Elevator Action Returns
1998: Grim Fandango
1999: Soul Calibur
2001: Conker's Bad Fur day
2003: Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
2004: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Old Door
2005: Wario Ware Twisted
2006: Okami
2015: Ori

Feel free to add, rememeber, it has to be a game that while good, didn't see as well, which somehow means it's better than what outsold it, because "the masses" just didn't get it like the special /vr/ snowflakes.

>>3270254
I believe Gamespot gave Grim Fandango PC GOTY in '99.

>>3262893
Hell of an assumption to assume that we would get /v/ jokes.

>>3261384
Yea, you need Mortal Kombat on the list.

>>3263225
Bad Fur Day game of the year? Nah. Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Solid 2, and GTA 3 came out that year I think.

1990: Castle of Illusion
1991: Super Mario World
1992: Sonic 2
1993: Mortal Kombat Genesis
1994: Doom II
1995: ChronoTrigger
1996: Super Mario 64
1997: Goldeneye 007
1998: OoT
1999: Unreal Tournament

>>3270254
So if tomorrow people started eating shit you would objectively think shit is good just because of that?

You believe Call of Duty or Candy Crush are good?

I get your point I fucking hate hipsters, but the total opposite its just as fucking pathetic.

If the list was about sales then the thread would be irrelevant, just google the most sold of every year and tadaa!

This is supposed to be about our personal GOTYs, its personal taste, I don't care how objectively good OTT is, I don't fucking like it, I would choose one of Unreal, Resident Evil 2 and yes, Grim Fandango, Zelda can suck my dick, it doesn't make me a contrarian.

What the press picked:

1990: Super Mario World
1991: Street Fighter II
1992: Wolfenstein 3D
1993: DOOM
1994: DOOM II
1995: Command & Conquer
1996: Super Mario 64
1997: Final Fantasy VII
1998: Half-Life
1999: Quake III Arena
2000: Deus Ex

My patrician picks:

1990: Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
1991: D/Generation
1992: Alone in the Dark
1993: Sam & Max: Hit the Road
1994: Little Big Adventure
1995: Chrono Trigger
1996: Bad Mojo
1997: The Last Express
1998: Panzer Dragoon Saga
1999: Shenmue
2000: Deus Ex

Only one post names Half Life and only as a runner up? Y'all niggas be crazy.

>>3271123
Half-Life is the Crash-Bandicoot of its time. It may be a good game, but the number of rabid fanboys constantly raving about it is so annoying, people would rather forget that stain on the history of gaming exists

>>3271127
Much of this focus on Crash Bandicoot lately is largely retrospective. It's literally sourced from people's childhoods (particularly those born around ~1995).

The Crash series never got particularly remarkable game reviews back then. Solid but not amazing. People were barely talking up the game series in a positive light. I wasn't even aware there were actual Crash Bandicoot fans until like 5 years ago.

To put it simply, none of the Crash Bandicoot games would have ever even passed people's minds as a GOTY contender.

Half-Life on the other hand, was immediately recognized as something a bit more than just another shooter. And it actually did win GOTY awards back then. Yes, the fans are really annoying, and they are a subset of Valvedrones who are a subset of PC mustard race. But Half-Life is actually notable unlike the Crash series.

>>3270350
>You believe Call of Duty or Candy Crush are good?
COD is good, it's just repetitive.

>>3271158
>Half-Life on the other hand, was immediately recognized as something a bit more than just another shooter
I lived through that time, as active gamer, but this never happened to me. Half Life was a game, an ok one. I played it three time so far. Three times unfinished, because I always get bored halfway through. I tried to give the game a chance, but it's just not working out. I am very unlikely to ever pick up HL2. The series does absolutely nothing to me, and I have a really hard time to see the appeal even as an outsider, which makes all the raving even more puzzling to me.

>>3271165
>It's not good because I don't like it

They had GOTY awards in the 90s you fucking toddler, just look them up from publications back then.

>>3261384
I cannot find a flaw in this list

>>3261870

Starcraft/Broodwar is my favorite game of all time. I still play to this day.

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>>3261502
SM64 completely outclasses Tomb Raider in every fucking department.
The game still stands up perfectly today (some people have problems with the camera but I don't really see any major problem here seeing as you can move it around as you please).

Tomb Raider plays, looks and sounds like shit.

SM64 set the standard by which all 3d platformers are measured against.

>>3271159
Candy crush isn't even a bad game. You don't have to buy anything to play it(you can play for literally hours every day without buying a single thing) and it's just a match 3 game. /Be/ acts like it doesn't enjoy columns or other similar games.

>>3263405

I recommend Ogre Battle 64, Hybrid Heaven, Quest 64, the Goemon Games, Pilot Wings 64

>1996
Super Mario 64/Resident Evil
>1997
Final Fantasy Tactics
>1998
Ocarina of Time
>1999
Pokemon Gold

>>3271159
It's a generic shooter. GENERIC.

>>3273060
Filthy normie casual, kill yourself.

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>>3267814
>>3268461

Nyet to all. THIS is the true GOTY 2015.

As for the 90's it would go something like this for me:
1990: OutZone
1991: Metal Black
1992: Pocky & Rocky
1993: Raiden II
1994: Darius Gaiden
1995: Mystic Ark
1996: Metal Slug
1997: Final Fantasy VII
1998: F-Zero X
1999: R-Type Δ

>>3273172
Pretty good taste, played and loved all of those except for Mystic Ark and Final Fantasy.

>>3261087
Whichever one you got for Christmas given any particular year.

>>3261087
>This game would be the 1991 winner

Super Mario World came out that year.

And more importantly Street Fighter II did, which was unbelievably popular to the point that it being initially exclusive to SNES (once it finally got ported) is probably what singlehandedly made SNES win that generation.

>>3267814
what the fuck is witcher 3

everyone who likes undertale is a retarded autist

>>3271123
tbf it's competing with mgs...

>>3271583
awards can go fuck themselves

>>3273060

Candy crush sucks dude. Go play something with some soul

>>3273057
You can't exactly move the camera around as you please. It still gets stuck on walls and switches to weird angles when you don't want it to

>>3273782
Not him, but I never had problems like this playing Mario 64, largely because most areas are large and open. The camera generally loses its versatility in closed spaces like the igloo or the volcano, but never to the point of unplayability. Mario 64's camera at its worst is still much better than Tomb Raider's at its best

>>3273547
No, SF2 just prevented SNES from flopping in the West. The real reason SNES won was the Japan market stranglehold, partially reinforced by SF2 but probably would have appended anyway

>>3273547
>>3273950
>No, SF2 just prevented SNES from flopping in the West.
Also, Street Fighter II didn't come out on the Super NES until '92. '91 was the arcade release.

Shit opinions time:
1990: Super Mario 3
1991: Civilization
1992: Kirby's Dream Land
1993: Aerobiz
1994: SimCity 2000
1995: Command & Conquer
1996: Civilization II
1997: GoldenEye 007
1998: Fallout 2
1999: Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
2000: Deus Ex

Restricted to games I've actually played, using US release dates. 1994-1996 were really tough calls.

>>3277335
Pretty good opinions, actually. Good job, Anon.

>>3261490
It was just a joke dude...

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>>3277603
>replying to six-day-old posts

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>>3261490
>getting triggered this hard by such an obvious joke
>throws accusation of projection when you're the one projecting
>reflexively declares non-poorfag status

>>3278360
>getting so triggered you reply to a post from a week ago

1990: Super Mario Bros. 3
1991: Street Fighter II
1992: Zelda: A Link to the Past
1993: Doom
1994: Final Fantasy III
1995: Chrono Trigger
1996: Super Mario 64
1997: Final Fantasy VII
1998: Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1999: Soul Calibur

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>>3278383
>n-no...YOU'RE the triggered one!

>>3261490
>I'm better than you because I wasted more time and money on videogames instead of having a life outside

Ok? Your point?

>>3278949
He's saying he's better than you because he's not a brand loyalist. And he's right.

>>3279234
More like he's a basement-dwelling neckbeard that spent too much time playing videogames.

Saying "I had everything when I was a kid" doesn't make you better, it makes you look like a virgin.

>>3279267
No, you look like a virgin for projecting your own insecurities onto someone you don't even know.

>>3279272
>projection meme
>while also projecting
Do you even see your own irony?

Fucking retarded kid.

>>3261469
One honourable mention missed for 1997

Alundra

My personal list:

1990: SMB3
1991: Street Fighter 2 or Civilization
1992: Ultima Underworld or Wolfenstein 3D
1993: Myst or Doom
1994: Super Metroid, Doom 2, or DKC
1995: Warcraft 2, Descent, or Worms
1996: C&C Red Alert, Crash Bandicoot, Diablo, Duke Nukem 3D, Quake, or Tomb Raider
1997: Fallout, FF7, Age of Empires, or GoldenEye 007
1998: Half-Life, Metal Gear Solid, Pokemon, or Starcraft
1999: Unreal Tournament or System Shock 2

It all depends on if the GOTY was being given for popularity or quality, plus which genre the judges enjoy more. Keep in mind that Doom was wildly popular, but it was still out-sold by Myst.

>>3277603
>>3278360
>>3278949
>triggered basement dwellers can't see their own irony and hypocrisy by crying when someone calls them out on their shit
>b-b-but muh evil nintenyearolds

My sides

>>3280015
>trying this hard
Why do Nintendildos get buttblasted so easily around here? Are they upset their favourite company is on the verge of death?

>>3280019
Why do Segafags cry when someone has even a tiny amount of disagreement with them? Because their company has been dead for 15 years?

>>3280024
Didn't know a dead company could acquire other companies or keep making new great games.