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This is a complete list of games that were nominated and/or won the El Kadsre Game of the Year Award for Best Game.
1980s [ ]
Year
Game
Genre
Developer
Publisher
Platform(s)
1987 (1st)
The Legend of Zelda Action-adventure
Nintendo
NES
Mr. Driller Platformer
Drillimation Studios
Namco
Arcade, various
1988 (2nd)
Contra Run-and-gun
Konami
Arcade, NES, various
Double Dragon
Beat 'em up
Technos
Taito
Arcade, NES, various
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Sports
Nintendo
NES
R-Type
Shooter
Irem
Nintendo, Irem
Arcade
1989 (3rd)
Mega Man 2 Platformer
Capcom
NES
Super Mario Bros. 3
Platformer
Nintendo
NES
1990s [ ]
Year
Game
Genre
Developer
Publisher
Platform(s)
1990 (4th)
SimCity Simulation
Maxis
Various
PC, various
Prince of Persia
Platformer
Broderbund
Various
Apple II, PC, various
Mr. Driller G
Platformer
Drillimation Studios
Namco
Arcade, Mega Drive, various
1991 (5th)
Super Mario World Platformer
Nintendo
Super Nintendo
The Secret of Monkey Island
Adventure
Lucasarts
PC
1992 (6th)
Street Fighter II Fighting
Capcom
Arcade, various
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Action-adventure
Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Sonic the Hedgehog
Platformer
Sonic Team
Sega
Mega Drive
Lemmings
Puzzle
DMA Design
Various
PC, various
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Adventure
Lucasarts
PC
1993 (7th)
Wolfenstein 3D First-person shooter
Id Software
PC, various
Driller Engine Grand Prix
Racing
Drillimation Studios
Namco
Arcade, various
Super Mario Kart
Racing
Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Platformer
Sonic Team
Sega
Mega Drive
Touhou 6: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil Shooter
Team Shanghai Alice, Drillimation Studios
Namco
Arcade, PC, various
1994 (8th)
Doom First-person shooter
Id Software
PC, various
Day of the Tentacle
Adventure
Lucasarts
PC
Daytona USA
Racing
Sega AM2
Sega
Arcade, various
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Action-adventure
Nintendo
Game Boy
Mortal Kombat II
Fighting
Midway
Arcade, various
Myst
Adventure
Broderbund
Various
Various
NBA Jam
Sports
Midway
Arcade, various
Phantasy Star IV
RPG
Sega
Mega Drive
Sam & Max Hit the Road
Adventure
Lucasarts
PC
Secret of Mana
Action RPG
Square
Super Nintendo
SimCity 2000
Simulation
Maxis
Various
Various
Touhou 7: Perfect Cherry Blossom Shooter
Team Shanghai Alice, Drillimation Studios
Namco
Arcade, PC, various
1995 (9th)
Donkey Kong Country Platformer
Rareware
Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Earthbound
RPG
Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Final Fantasy VI
RPG
Square
Super Nintendo
Star Wars: TIE Fighter
Simulation
Lucasarts
PC
Super Metroid
Action-adventure
Nintendo
Super Nintendo
UFO: Enemy Unknown
Turn-based strategy
MicroProse
PC
Super Smash Keyboards 2
Fighting
Drillimation Studios
Namco
Arcade, PC, various
1996 (10th)
Chrono Trigger RPG
Square Enix
Super Nintendo
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Real-time strategy
Blizzard Entertainment
Davidson & Associates
PC
Wipeout
Racing
Psygnosis
PlayStation
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Platformer
Nintendo
Super Nintendo
1997 (11th)
Super Mario 64 Platformer
Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Pokémon Red & Blue
RPG
Game Freak
Nintendo
Game Boy
Driller Engine Grand Prix 2 Racing
Drillimation Studios
Namco
Arcade, PC, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Sega Saturn
Tomb Raider
Action-adventure
Core Design
Eidos Interactive
PC, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Biohazard
Survival horror
Capcom
Virgin Interactive
PC, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Quake
First-person shooter
Id Software
PC, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64
