Electronic Games Arcade Awards
Electronic Games was the first dedicated video game magazine published in the United States and ran from 1981 to 1997 under various titles. It was co-founded by Bill Kunkel, Joyce Worley and Arnie Katz. They were the first to host a "Game of the Year" award ceremony which they called the Arcade Awards or the Arkie Awards. The ceremony generally took place in January and covered games released the previous calendar year. The first awards were announced February 1980 and covered any game prior to January 1, 1980.
I have included the year of the award, the award title and the specific system in the notes.
I have included the year of the award, the award title and the specific system in the notes.
211 Games
1984 - Multi-Player runner-up - Apple II
1984 - Educational Computer - Apple II
1984 - Innovative - Atari 8-bit
1984 - Innovative runner-up - Commodore 64
1984 - Stand-Alone GOTY - Parker Brothers
1984 - Stand-Alone GOTY runner-up - Coleco Mini-Arcade/Game and Watch
1984 - Stand-Alone GOTY runner-up - Coleco Mini-Arcade
1985 - GOTY - Overall
1985 - Coin-Op GOTY - Aracde
1985 - Innovative Coin-Op - Arcade
1985 - Coin-Op Audio-Visual Effects - Arcade
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Arcade
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Arcade
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Arcade
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Arcade
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Arcade
1985 - GOTY - Atari 2600
1985 - Action - Atari 2600/5200, ColecoVision, Intellivision, SG-1000
1985 - Adventure - Atari 2600
1985 - Audio-Visual Effects - ColecoVision, Atari 5200, Intellivision
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Atari 2600
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Atari 2600/5200, ColecoVision
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Atari 2600/5200, ColecoVision
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Atari 5200
1985 - Computer GOTY - Apple II, Atari 800, Commodore 64
1985 - GOTY players' pick - Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
1985 - Computer Adventure - Atari 400/800, Commodore 64
1985 - Humorous Computer - Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX
1985 - Arcade-to-Home Translation - Commodore 64
1985 - Educational - Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, PC-88, Spectrum
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Apple II, Atari8-bit, Commodore 64, DOS, Macintosh, TRS-80
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Apple II
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Atari 800, Commodore 64
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Spectrum, TI-99/4A, VIC-20
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Apple IIe, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Apple II
1985 - Certificate of Merit - Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, TRS-80
1985 - Stand-Alone GOTY - Coleco Mini-Arcade
1985 - Mini-Arcade GOTY - Tiger
1985 - Stand-Alone Certificate of Merit - Game & Watch
1985 - Stand-Alone Certificate of Merit - Game & Watch
1992 - GOTY - SNES
1992 - GOTY runner-up - Genesis
1992 - Computer GOTY - MS-DOS
1992 - Computer GOTY runner-up - PC
1992 - Multimedia GOTY - Sega CD
1992 - Multimedia GOTY runner-up - Sega CD
1992 - Multimedia GOTY runner-up - Sega CD
1992 - Portable GOTY - Game Gear
1992 - Portable GOTY runner-up - Game Gear
1992 - Graphics - Genesis
1992 - Sound - PC
1992 - Sound runner-up - SNES
1992 - Action - SNES
1992 - Action/Action Strategy Computer - PC
1992 - Action/Action Strategy Computer runner-up - PC
1992 - Adventure/RPG - SNES
1992 - Adventure/RPG runner-up - SNES
1992 - Adventure/RPG Computer - PC
1992 - Adventure/RPG Computer runner-up - PC
1992 - Strategy Computer - PC
1992 - Strategy Computer runner-up - PC
1992 - Strategy/Action Strategy - consoles
1992 - Strategy/Action Strategy runner-up - consoles
1992 - Sports - consoles
1992 - Sports runner-up - consoles
1992 - Sports Computer - PC
1992 - Sports Computer runner-up - PC
1992 - Humorous - SNES
1992 - Humorous runner-up - PC
1992 - Science Fiction or Fantasy - SNES
1992 - Science Fiction or Fantasy runner-up - PC
1993 - GOTY - Genesis
1993 - GOTY runner-up - consoles
1993 - Computer GOTY - PC
1993 - Computer GOTY runner-up - PC
1993 - Multimedia GOTY - Sega CD
1993 - Multimedia GOTY runner-up - Philips CD-i
1993 - Computer Multimedia GOTY - PC
1993 - Computer Multimedia GOTY runner-up - PC
1993 - Computer Multimedia GOTY runner-up - PC
1993 - Portable GOTY - Game Gear
1993 - Portable GOTY runner-up - Gameboy
1993 - Action - Genesis
1993 - Action runner-up - SNES
1993 - Action runner-up - Genesis
1993 - Adventure/RPG Computer - PC
1993 - Adventure/RPG Computer runner-up - PC
1993 - Action Strategy/Strategy - SNES
1993 - Action Strategy/Strategy - Genesis
1993 - Action/Action Strategy Computer (tie) - PC
1993 - Action/Action Strategy Computer (tie) - PC
1993 - Strategy Computer - PC and consoles
1993 - Strategy Computer runner-up - PC
1993 - Sports - consoles
1993 - Sports runner-up - Genesis