Game of the Year awards (1985-2014)

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  1. Super Mario Bros.

  1985

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  2. The Legend of Zelda

  1986

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  3. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

  1987

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  4. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

  1988

  (there was literally nothing else out that year)

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  5. Super Mario Bros. 3
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  6. Super Mario World
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  7. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

  SONIC !

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  8. Sonic the Hedgehog 2

  A LINK TO THE PAST

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  9. Doom

  1993

  Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is an extremely close 2nd.

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  10. Donkey Kong Country
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  11. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
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  12. Super Mario 64
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  13. GoldenEye 007
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  14. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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  15. Soulcalibur
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  16. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
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  17. Grand Theft Auto III
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  18. Metroid Prime
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  19. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
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  20. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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  21. Resident Evil 4
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  22. Gears of War
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  23. Super Mario Galaxy
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  24. Soulcalibur IV
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  25. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
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  26. Mass Effect 2
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  27. Portal 2
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  28. Borderlands 2
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  29. The Last of Us
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  30. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

  2014 - tentative