>>715255202 (OP)Fun thread but too much work. I will just discriminate and choose years I feel are important to my life instead. Obviously have to look this stuff up as well.
>1989 (birth year)Golden Axe with Bonk's Adventure (TurboGrafx-16 version) a close second
>1991Sonic because the Genesis ones are my favorite 2D platformers and this is Sonic's debut game
>1994Going Super Metroid here (action/platformer but overall GOTY) but Sonic 3&K is a close second (would be my platformer GOTY)
>1997FFVII easy choice here for what might actually be peak 90s as far as years go
>1998OOT I can't go against this game. RE2 a very close second though. I actually enjoy playing through RE2 its in my top 10. I have done less run throughs of OOT.
>Pokemon R/B released in NA in 98Nevermind the above. Pokemon Red here is my easy GOTY and its not even close.
>1999Silent Hill
This game changed my perception on life itself even.
>2000WWF No Mercy
Peak wrasslin game right here
>2001Halo CE although there were other amazing games released this year to my surprise or maybe it shouldn't be.
>2004GTA San Andreas with Halo 2 runner up
>2007Halo 3 although for single player I'd go Mass Effect. I hate ME as a franchise now though thanks to what they did with it. Halo I can still enjoy though as long as its Bungie era Halo.
>2009 + 2011DeS and DaS respectively. From took over imo as far as being the GOATS at game development by a considerable margin. Skyrim is great but I can't put it above my all time favorite game DaS.
As for other years I just didn't feel like bringing them up. Plenty of great games released imo up until From had to save this shit industry that was declining in the late 00s really bad.