Who won Game of the Year 1996?

1996: Super Mario 64

1996 saw the reintroduction of a definitive Game of the Year award, and that honor went to the Nintendo 64's killer-app, Super Mario 64.

What was the top selling game of 1996?

The year's best-selling home video game worldwide was Super Mario 64, while highest-grossing arcade games in Japan were Street Fighter Zero 2 (Street Fighter Alpha 2) and Virtua Fighter 2.

Who won Game of the Year 1998?

1998 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Grim Fandango

Note: Through the years 1998-2001, GameSpot gave Game of the Year awards for both Console and PC.

What was the most popular console in 1996?

Nintendo 64 (~34 million sold) | (1996)

The console takes its name from the 64-bit processing unit.

What was the worst selling console?

Atari 5200

The console sold only a little over a million units.

10 Best Games Of 1996

What is the highest selling game of all time?

The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a sandbox game released by Mojang in May 2009 for a wide range of PC, mobile and console platforms, selling more than 238 million copies across all platforms. Grand Theft Auto V and EA's Tetris are the only other known video games to have sold over 100 million copies.

What won Game of the Year 1990?

10 1990: Super Mario Bros.

Released two years earlier in Japan, Super Mario Bros. 3 arrived in North America at a time when the Sega Genesis was already starting to make waves.

What was Game of the Year 1993?

In the United States, NBA Jam was the highest-grossing arcade game of 1993, followed by Mortal Kombat; both games exceeded the $300,000,000 (equivalent to $560,000,000 in 2021) domestic box office gross of Jurassic Park that year.

What won Game of the Year 2004?

A voting body of more than 950 eligible video game media critics determined the final winners for games released in the calendar year of 2004. Half-Life 2™ won five (5) awards, including Game of the Year. Also winning five (5) awards, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas™ tied for most awards won by a single game this year.

What is the #1 game of the year?

2020 Game of the Year Winner: The Last of Us Part II

The other nominees were: Hades. Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Doom Eternal.

What was the most sold game in 1999?

The year's top five best-selling video game titles were Pokemon Yellow, Pokemon Blue, Pokemon Red, Pokemon Pinball and Donkey Kong 64. Sony Computer Entertainment, Foster City, Calif., was the video game industry's second leading publisher in 1999 with 13.9% of unit sales and 17.3% of revenue.

Who won Game of the Year 1986?

The number and intensity of similarly positive feelings that The Legend of Zelda can create ultimately make it the best game of 1986, and mark it as an incredible start to a consistently impressive series. 1986 appears to have been the year of Nintendo, as much of the late '80s and early '90s were.

Who won Game of the Year 1987?

#1 — Final Fantasy.

What won Game of the Year 1985?

Game of the Year of the Day, 1985: Oklahoma 27, Nebraska 7.

What was the game of the year in 1990?

The year's highest-grossing arcade games were Final Fight in Japan and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the United States. The year's best‑selling home system was the Game Boy, while the year's best-selling home video game was Super Mario Bros. 3 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

What was the best-selling game of 2001?

The year's best-selling video game worldwide was Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal, the fourth year in a row for the Pokémon series (since 1998). The year's most critically acclaimed titles were Gran Turismo 3 and Final Fantasy X in Japan, and Halo and Grand Theft Auto III in the West.

What was the best-selling game of 1998?

The year's best-selling home video game worldwide was Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Pikachu for the Game Boy, while the year's highest-grossing arcade game in Japan was Tekken 3.

What is the best console of all time?