Board 8 > Best Game of 1993 **NOMINATION TOPIC**

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After a short break, I'm ready to begin preparing the next bracket for the Best Game of the Year tournament, heading back to 1993!

Determining the brackets will be different than usual. I'm moving away from the point system (#1 = 10 points, #2 = 9 pts, etc) after the 94 tournament.

Rules are simple
1) Nominate up to 10 games released in 1993
2) Depending on the speed of the topic, I may allow additional nominations to anyone who has already nominated

Before anyone asks, I'm not allowing Super Mario All-Stars in the bracket, as 3 of those 4 games were released in North America years before the compilation was released. The Lost Levels IS eligible however.

List of notable 1993 games in the next post!

Notable 1993 Games

Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Kirby's Adventure
Doom
Sonic CD
Samurai Showdown
Mortal Kombat II
Super Street Fighter II
Star Fox
Aladdin (Genesis)
Aladdin (SNES)
Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels
Gunstar Heroes
NBA Jam
NHL 94
Myst
Secret of Mana
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Sonic Spinball
Romancing Saga 2
Super Bomberman
Jungle Strike
Jurassic Park
Virtua Fighter
Ridge Racer
Sim City 2000
X-Wing
Mega Man IV
X-Men (Genesis)
The 7th Guest
The 7th Saga
Day of the Tentacle
Return to Zork
Sam and Max Hit the Road
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Air Combat
ActRaiser 2
Aero the Acro-Bat
Awesome Possum
Alien vs Predator (SNES)
Alone in the Dark 2
Batman Returns (various versions)
Battletoads and Double Dragon
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
ClayFighter
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Duck Tales 2
Duke Nukem II
Eternal Champions
Fatal Fury Special
Final Fight 2
Harley's Humongous Adventure
Illusion of Gaia
Kirby's Pinball Land
Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Lemmings 2
The Lost Vikings
Lufia and the Fortress of Doom
Madden NFL 94
Mario is Missing
Mario's Time Machine
Prince of Persia 2
Plok!
The Punisher
Putt Putt Goes to the Moon
Robocop Versus The Terminator
Rocket Knight Adventures
Rock and Roll Racing
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Shinobi III
Shadowrun
Sonic Chaos
Space Hulk
Splatterhouse 3
Star Wars Arcade
Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Super Turrican
TMNT: Tournament Fighters
Tetris 2
Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose
Tiny Toons: Buster's Hidden Treasure
ToeJam and Earl 2
Top Gear 2
Ys IV: Mask of the Sun
WWF Royal Rumble
Young Merlin

Alone in the Dark 2
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Cosmology of Kyoto
Doom
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Sonic CD
Star Wars: X-Wing
The 7th Guest
The Punisher
Zombies Ate My Neighbors

How have I never heard of Sonic Chaos

Aladdin (Genesis)
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Kirby's Adventure
Sam and Max Hit the Road
Sonic CD
Star Fox
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Super Street Fighter II
Kirby's Pinball Land
Tiny Toons Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure

Super Mario Kart
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Lufia & The Fortress of Doom
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Battletoads & Double Dragon
X-Men (Genesis)
Secret of Mana
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
NBA Jam
Super Bomberman

Kirbys Adventure
Aladdin (Genesis)
Sonic Spinball
Doom
Links Awakening
Kirbys Pinball Land
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Tiny Toon Adventures: Busters Hidden Treasure
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Rocket Knight Adventures

Battle Mania Daiginjou
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Day of the Tentacle
Doom
Myst
OutRun 2019
Power Strike II
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Star Fox
The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening

Sonic CD
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Gunstar Heroes
Kirby's Adventure
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Putt Putt Goes to the Moon
Star Fox
Super Street Fighter II
Samurai Showdown
Virtua Fighter

Tag

Ifrit posted...

Super Mario Kart

1992

Princess Maker 2
Joy Mech Fight
Sam and Max Hit the Road
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Rocket Knight Adventures
Gunstar Heroes
Star Fox
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Kirby's Adventure

Secret of Mana
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Star Wars: X-Wing
Sim City 2000
Illusion of Gaia
The Lost Vikings
Mortal Kombat II
Space Quest V
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
Epic Pinball

HM:
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
Monster Bash
Prince of Persia II
SimFarm

Oh, for some reason it was listed as 1993, I guess cause it came out in europe then.

Replace it with Illusion of Gaia then.

Link's Awakening
Doom
Aladdin (SNES)
Aladdin (Genesis)
Kirby's Adventure
Illusion of Gaia
NBA Jam
Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels
Mortal Kombat II
Batman Returns (SNES)

Here are 8 previously unmentioned additions:

Gadget: Invention, Travel, & Adventure
Moraff's Dungeons of the Unforgiven
The Incredible Machine
The Journeyman Project
The Labyrinth of Time
The Last Eichhof
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate
Xargon

And 2 previously mentioned titles:

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
The 7th Guest

Kirby's Adventure
Sonic CD
Aladdin (Genesis)
X-Men (Genesis)
Day of the Tentacle
Prince of Persia 2
Putt Putt Goes to the Moon
WWF Royal Rumble
The Punisher
Cosmology of Kyoto

So far...

Games nominated: 61
Potential Overall #1 seed: Link's Awakening
Other 1 seed: Kirby's Adventure
One of these two could potentially be 1 seeds: Doom, Star Fox, Rondo of Blood, Illusion of Gaia, Sonic CD, Aladdin (Genesis)

Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
Secret of Mana
Super Street Fighter II
The Incredible Machine
The 7th Guest
Return to Zork
Samurai Showdown
Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels

Day of the Tentacle
Doom
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Kirby's Adventure
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Mega Man X
Myst
Phantasy Star IV
Sam and Max Hit the Road
Secret of Mana

Mythiot posted...

Mega Man X

1994 release. Phantasy Star 4 is 95

Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Kirby's Adventure
Star Fox
NBA Jam
NHL 94
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
X-Wing
X-Men (Genesis)
Sam and Max Hit the Road
Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

1) MYST

more to follow

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (SNES)
Mystic Warriors: Wrath of the Ninjas
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Rusty
Romancing Saga 2
Mega Man 6
Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun McGuiness
Ihatovo Story
Joy Mech Fight
Fatal Fury Special

tough cuts, having to drop Mega Man X was really interesting

banshiryuu posted...

Mega Man 6

1994 release. Also went one and done in that tournament

ZeroSignal posted...

1994 release. Also went one and done in that tournament

Oh, are games first released in North America in a different year ineligible? I think I have to retract a couple of mine, then.

ZeroSignal posted...

One of these two could potentially be 1 seeds: Doom, Star Fox, Rondo of Blood, Illusion of Gaia, Sonic CD, Aladdin (Genesis)

Is that supposed to say "two of these could potentially be..."?

oh yeah if this is NA release only that's wild but alright

sergiocornaga posted...

Oh, are games first released in North America in a different year ineligible? I think I have to retract a couple of mine, then.

I checked, all yours should be good.

banshiryuu posted...

oh yeah if this is NA release only that's wild

It's always been that.

What about games that were released in two different years in Japan/Europe but were not released in NA?

-hotdogturtle-- posted...

What about games that were released in two different years in Japan/Europe but were not released in NA?

That's fine. Which games are you thinking of?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/575288-mr-gimmick/data

Gimmick is one, we'd need to know whether it counts as 92 or 93 for this topic.

-hotdogturtle-- posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/575288-mr-gimmick/data

Gimmick is one, we'd need to know whether it counts as 92 or 93 for this topic.

I'll allow it for 1993, under the condition that it can't be nominated for 1992

Interesting, I was kinda expecting that you'd say to use the earlier date.

-hotdogturtle-- posted...

Interesting, I was kinda expecting that you'd say to use the earlier date.

We could go that route as well, tbh. I intend to run a 92 tournament after this one finishes

Yeah, I tried going back to see how the 92 contest handled it, but I realized that the previous one was 94 and we were going backwards.

I don't think I'm gonna nominate Gimmick unless anyone else strongly wants to. I'll save it for the next contest.

Master of Orion
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Epic Pinball
Gunstar Heroes
Star Fox
Kirby's Adventure
The 7th Guest
Yoshi's Cookie
Kirby's Pinball Land
Mega Man IV

Shining Force
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys
Bomberman '93
Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon
H.H.G. Heart Heat Girls

Fatal Fury Special
Virtua Fighter
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Lufia and the Fortress of Doom
Romancing SaGa 2

since the point system was abandoned i just put the ones that weren't listed in the notable games post at the top for visibility lol

ZeroSignal posted...

I checked, all yours should be good.

I'm pretty sure Gadget didn't have a NA release in English until 1994, same as Mega Man 6.

oh wait actually i missed ihatov can i drop uhhhhh i guess rondo for it

Ihatovo Story

Batsugun
Ninja Baseball Bat Man
Goof Troop
Cannon Fodder
Master Of Orion
Rock n' Roll Racing
The Lost Vikings
SimCity 2000
The Punisher
Rocket Knight Adventures

Updates!

Total number of games nominated: 88
Overall #1 seed: Link's Awakening
Potentially the other 3 #1 seeds: Kirby's Adventure, Doom, Star Fox

StifledSilence posted...

Kirbys Adventure
Aladdin (Genesis)
Sonic Spinball
Doom
Links Awakening
Kirbys Pinball Land
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Tiny Toon Adventures: Busters Hidden Treasure
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Rocket Knight Adventures

Drop: Rocket Knight Adventures
Add: Ninja Baseball Bat Man

Link's Awakening
Kirby's Advemture
Sonic Spinball
Kirby's Pinball Land

Will browse the list later for ideas, just nominating the big ones for now.

An asterisk means they have at minimum 2 nominations. At this moment, 45 games have been nominated at least twice

5 or more
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening************
Kirby's Adventure**********
Doom******
Star Fox*****
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood****
NBA Jam****
Sam and Max Hit the Road****

Four nominations
Illusion of Gaia***
Sonic CD***
Aladdin (Genesis)***
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels***
Secret of Mana***
The 7th Guest***
Kirby's Pinball Land***

Three Nominations
Super Street Fighter II**
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers**
Zombies Ate My Neighbors**
Star Wars: X-Wing**
X-Men (Genesis)**
Day of the Tentacle**
Putt Putt Goes to the Moon**
Myst**
Gunstar Heroes**
The Punisher**

Two nominations
Rocket Knight Adventures*
Tiny Toons Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure*
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine*
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master*
Mortal Kombat II*
Cosmology of Kyoto*
Samurai Showdown*
The Incredible Machine*
Prince of Persia 2*
Epic Pinball*
Lufia & The Fortress of Doom*
Virtua Fighter*
Sim City 2000*
The Lost Vikings*
Romancing Saga 2*
Ihatovo Story*
Fatal Fury Special*
Rock N' Roll Racing*
Master of Orion*
Ninja Baseball Bat Man*
Sonic Spinball*

One nomination
Alone in the Dark 2
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Battletoads & Double Dragon
Super Bomberman
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Battle Mania Daiginjou
OutRun 2019
Power Strike II
Princess Maker 2
Joy Mech Fight
Space Quest V
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
Aladdin (SNES)
Batman Returns (SNES)
Gadget: Invention, Travel, & Adventure
Moraff's Dungeons of the Unforgiven
The Journeyman Project
The Labyrinth of Time
The Last Eichhof
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate
Xargon
WWF Royal Rumble
Return to Zork
NHL 94
Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (SNES)
Mystic Warriors: Wrath of the Ninjas
Rusty
Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun McGuiness
Joy Mech Fight
Plok!
Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose
Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
Yoshi's Cookie
Mega Man IV
Shining Force
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys
Bomberman '93
Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon
H.H.G. Heart Heat Girls
Batsugun
Goof Troop
Cannon Fodder

Add:
Goof Troop

Rock N Roll Racing
Good Troop
The Lost Vikings
Shining Force
Bomberman '93
Myst

By the way, I forgot about the NA rule - Cosmology of Kyoto would be ineligible. It got an NA release in 1995.