Gaming awards 1994

From thecrankyhermit

GOTY: X-COM: UFO Defense (PC)
Nominees:
DOOM II (PC)
Final Fantasy VI (SNES)
Super Metroid (SNES)
System Shock (PC)
TIE Fighter (PC)

Best 3DO game: The Need for Speed

Best arcade game: Killer Instinct

Best Gameboy game: Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

Best Genesis game: Sonic 3 & Knuckles

Best PC game: TIE Fighter

Best Sega CD game: Mickey Mania

Best SNES game: Super Metroid

Best FPSlike: System Shock (PC)
Nominees:
Alien Vs Predator (Jaguar)
Corridor 7: Alien Invasion (PC)
DOOM II (PC)
Heretic (PC)
Rise of the Triad: Dark War (PC)

Best open world action/adventure: Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure (PC)
2nd place:
Quarantine (PC)

Best action/adventure (misc): Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis)
Nominees:
Beyond Oasis (Genesis)
Crusader of Centy (Genesis)
Ghoul Patrol (SNES)
Robinson's Requiem (PC)

Best hop & bop platformer: Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
Nominees:
Bubsy In: Fractured Furry Tales (Jaguar)
The Lion King (PC)
Mickey Mania (Sega CD)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Genesis)
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Gameboy)

Best run & gun platformer: Hocus Pocus (PC)
Nominees:
Contra Hard Corps (Genesis)
Earthworm Jim (Genesis)
Jazz Jackrabbit (PC)
Mega Man X2 (SNES)

Best sidescrolling platformer (misc): Castlevania Bloodlines (Genesis)
Nominees:
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure (Genesis)
Dynamite Headdy (Genesis)
Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures (SNES)
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (Sega CD)
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (SNES)

Best platformer (misc): Super Metroid (SNES)
Nominees:
Blackthorne (PC)
Demon's Crest (SNES)
Donkey Kong (Gameboy)
Lode Runner: The Legend Returns (PC)
Super Adventure Island II (SNES)

Best competitive action game: One Must Fall 2097 (PC)
Nominees:
Killer Instinct (Arcade)
The Need for Speed (3DO)
Tekken (Arcade)
Virtua Fighter 2 (Arcade)
Wacky Wheels (PC)

Best vehicular action game: TIE Fighter (PC)
Nominees:
Magic Carpet (PC)
Star Wars Arcade (Arcade)
Urban Strike (Genesis)
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (PC)
Wing Commander: Armada (PC)

Best action game (misc): Raptor: Call of the Shadows (PC)
Nominees:
Dark Legions (PC)
Streets of Rage 3 (Genesis)
Super Punch-Out!! (SNES)
Tempest 2000 (Jaguar)
Virtua Cop (Arcade)

Best RPGlike: Final Fantasy VI (SNES)
Nominees:
EarthBound (SNES)
The Elder Scrolls: Arena (PC)
Lunar: Eternal Blue (Sega CD)
Shadowrun (Genesis)
Ultima VIII: Pagan (PC)

Best quest adventure: Beneath a Steel Sky (PC)
Nominees:
Dragonsphere (PC)
King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride (PC)
The Legend of Kyrandia: Book 3 - Malcolm's Revenge (PC)
Noctropolis (PC)
Under a Killing Moon (PC)

Best survival horror: Alone in the Dark 3 (PC)
2nd place:
Ečstatica (PC)

Best adventure game (misc): DreamWeb (PC)
Nominees:
Alien Legacy (PC)
Commander Blood (PC)
Cyberia (PC)
Death Gate (PC)
Reunion (PC)

Best war strategy game: Master of Magic (PC)
Nominees:
Alien Legacy (PC)
Battle Bugs (PC)
Panzer General (PC)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire (PC-98)
WarCraft: Orcs & Humans (PC)

Best economic sim: Colonization (PC)
Nominees:
Outpost (PC)
Pizza Tycoon (PC)
Theme Park (PC)
Transport Tycoon (PC)

Best strategy game (misc): The Incredible Machine 2 (PC)
Nominees:
Cannon Fodder 2 (Amiga)
Dark Legions (PC)
Kirby's Dream Course (SNES)
Reunion (PC)
Wolf (PC)