Saturday, 3rd August 2019

Game Informer Greatest Games

The winners of the Game Informer Game of the Year are chosen by Game Informer editors. During their earlier years of publication they would give awards for the best game on each console available at the time, occasionally giving an award to the overall best game of the year.

Here's a complete list of the awards:

Galaga 1981
Arcade, Atari 7800, Famicom Disk System, NES, Game Boy, GameTap, MSX, SG-1000, TRS-80, iOS, 3DS, Roku, N64, NDS, PS2, Xbox, GameCube, GBA, Windows, PSP, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii
Ms. Pac-Man 1982
Arcade, Mini-Arcade, Atari 2600/5200/7800, Atari 8-bit, CD-i, Game Boy Color, Xbox Live Arcade, iOS
Lode Runner 1983
Apple II, VIC-20, C64, PC booter, Spectrum, Atari XL/XE, SG-1000, XBLA, Windows, iPod, Macintosh, VC, PSN, BBC Micro, Lynx, PSone, NES, SNES, Amstrad
Excitebike 1984
NES, NEC PC-8801, Sharp X1, Arcade, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Virtual Console, Nintendo eShop
Super Mario Bros. 1985
Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom Disk System, Arcade, Super Nintendo, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Virtual Console
The Legend of Zelda 1986
Famicom Disk System, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Virtual Console
Contra 1987
Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX2, Spectrum, Amstrad, Commodore 64, DOS, PS2, XBLA, NDS, Virtual Console, Mobile, PSN
Bionic Commando 1988
Nintendo Entertainment System
Mega Man 2 1989
Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation, Mobile, Virtual Console, iOS, PlayStation Store
Super Mario Bros. 3 1990
Nintendo Entertainment System, Arcade, Super Nintendo, Game Boy Advance, Virtual Console
Street Fighter II 1991
Arcade, SNES, Sega Genesis, Master System, Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Spectrum, PC, Game Boy, PlayStation, Saturn, PSP, iOS, PS2, Xbox, Virtual Console
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1992
Super Nintendo, Game Boy Advance, Virtual Console
Doom 1993
DOS, Windows, Mac OS, Linux, SNES, Jaguar, 32X, PlayStation, 3DO, Saturn, N64, GBA, Xbox, iOS
Final Fantasy VI 1994
Super Nintendo, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Virtual Console, PlayStation Network
Chrono Trigger 1995
Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation, Mobile, Virtual Console, PlayStation Network, iOS