Golden Joystick Award
The Golden Joystick Award is a British award for computer games, which began in 1983 and runs to the present day. The number of categories has steadily expanded to include video game consoles, Publisher of the Year, Soundtrack of the Year and others.
In the first years the awarded categories were:
- Game of the Year
- Best Original Game of the Year
- Adventure Game of the Year
- Strategy Game of the Year
- Arcade-Style Game of the Year
- Programmer of the Year
- Software House of the Year
Starting in 1989 awards were made separately for 8-bit and 16-bit games, but this sub-categorisation was dropped a few years later.
In the C64-Wiki, we consider the history of the award and the awards from the viewpoint of the Commodore home computers until the mid-1990s.
Games[edit | edit source]
The following games have received the Golden Joystick Award:
| Year | Title | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Manic Miner | Best Arcade-Style Game of the Year |
| 1984 | Lords of Midnight | Best Strategy Game of the Year (ZX Spectrum version) |
| 1984 | Elite | Best Original Game of the Year (BBC Micro and Acorn Electronic version) |
| 1985 | The Way of the Exploding Fist | Game of the Year |
| 1985 | Commando | Arcade-Style Game of the Year |
| 1986 | Gauntlet | Game of the Year |
| 1986 | Sanxion | Best Soundtrack of the Year |
| 1986 | The Sentinel | Best Original Game of the Year |
| 1986 | Uridium | Arcade-Style Game of the Year |
| 1988 | Nebulus | Best Original Game |
| 1989 | Armalyte | Best Graphics of the Year |
| 1989 | Microprose Soccer | Best Simulation Game of the Year |
Programmer of the Year[edit | edit source]
The following games or teams have received the Golden Joystick Award:
- 1984: Ultimate Team
- 1985: Stephen Crow
- 1986: Andrew Braybrook
- 1987/88: Jon Ritman
- 1988/89: Jon Ritman
- 1989/90: John M. Phillips (8-bit), The Bitmap Brothers (16-bit)
- 1990/91: -
- 1991/92: Archer MacLean
Software House of the Year[edit | edit source]
The following game companies have received the Golden Joystick Award:
- 1983 & 1984: Ultimate Play The Game
- 1985: Melbourne House
- 1986: Elite Systems
- 1987/88: U.S. Gold
- 1988/89: Ocean Software (8-bit), Mirrorsoft (16-bit)
- 1989/90: Ocean Software (8-bit)
- 1990/91: Ocean Software (8-bit)
- 1991/92: Electronic Arts
Links[edit | edit source]
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