40 Years of gaming. More GOTY lists

1980: Pac-Man (Game of the Decade: Arcade Era)
1981: Scramble (Arcade)
1982: Choplifter!
1983: Star Wars (Arcade)
1984: Elite
1985: Super Mario Bros
1986: The Legend of Zelda
1987: Double Dragon (Arcade)
1988: Super Mario Bros. 3
1989: Super Mario Land
1990: Super Mario World (Game of the decade: Console Era)
1991: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
1992: Sonic 2 / Super Mario Kart (Tie)
1993: Doom
1994: Super Metroid
1995: Chrono Trigger
1996: Super Mario 64
1997: GoldenEye 007
1998: Half-Life / Metal Gear Solid (tie)
1999: Shenmue / Unreal Tournament (Tie)
2000: Deus Ex
2001: Max Payne
2002: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
2003: Madness Interactve
2004: Half-Life 2 (Game of the Decade PC/Cross Platform Era)
2005: SWAT 4
2006: TES IV: Oblivion
2007: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl
2008: Fallout 3
2009: Minecraft (Game of the decade: Era of Infinite Expansion)
2010: Fallout - New Vegas
2011: TES V: Skyrim
2012: Borderlands 2
2013: Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon / Stanley Parable (tie)
2014: Shovel Knight
2015: Nuclear Throne (2013 alpha Wasteland Kings)
2016: Star Dew valley (post-2016 updates shine)
2017: Doki Doki Literature Club
2018: Into the Breach
2019: The Outer Worlds (yeah i’ve only played 5 2019 releases)
2020:?.. Half-Life: Alyx (Game of the decade: Era of Virtual Reality)

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Where are new Star Wars ?

which star wars games do you think vie for position on this list? I read a very interesting bit of trivia while i was making this list actually that you might find of interest. I considered another game as a contender for 1984 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_on_Fractalus!#Sequel

KOTOR is better than Madness Interactive. 100000000000000000000000000% better

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Madness is just best one i’ve played from that year. I was actually just looking at KOTOR in the hopes of finding a multiplayer game :o (its not multi)