Electronic Gaming Monthly's Best & Worst Awards of 1994 - Defunct Games

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1994 was the year when Pulp Fiction challenged Oscar voters and Frasier Crane starts his love affair with the Emmys. It was also the year when Green Day threw Dookie all over the Grammys. But what about the video game awards? If you've ever wanted to know what old school games took home the top prize, then you've definitely come to the right place. Today we're going to recreate Electronic Gaming Monthly's Best & Worst of 1994, featuring three dozen categories that range from Worst Movie Game to Best Duo to Most Appalling Trend. So let me cue up the VCR and introduce you to the greatest televised awards show to never be broadcast. Let's do this!

Featuring: Donkey Kong Country, Earthworm Jim, Final Fantasy III, Super Metroid, Boogerman, Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Aggressors of Dark Kombat, Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie, Burn: Cycle, Dracula X: Rondo of Blood, Cliffhanger, Equinox, Donkey Kong, Bubble Bobble, Ground Zero, Texas, Tempest 2000, Mega Man X, Mortal Kombat II, NBA Jam, Rise of the Robots, Road Rash, R-Type III, Super Street Fighter II and more!

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