what was EGM's 1989 Game of the Year: Legendary Axe or Ghouls 'n Ghosts ?

[handygrafx]

GOTY 1989 was awarded in the 1990 Video Game Buyer's Guide (EGM Number 5, December 1989)



best game of 1989 was either Ghouls 'n Ghosts on Genesis or Legendary Axe on TurboGrafx-16.

I know both games won several awards. Legendary Axe was certainly TurboGrafx-16 game of the year but was it also overall GOTY, or was that overall best game of 1989 given to Ghouls 'N Ghosts?

I can't quite remember.

wish I still had that magazine :/

I'd like to get a confirmed answer. I've already Googled. most of what I read seems to be off people's memory which as we know is often wrong (even though sometimes it's right).  Some say it was Legendary Axe, some say it was Ghouls N Ghosts.   

I don't trust the info on Wikipedia either, which happens to say it was Ghouls 'n Ghosts.

[Turbo D]

wow, I had no idea legendary axe was so popular!

[Sinistron]

I distinctly remember it being Legendary Axe- best for all systems.

[Necromancer]

EGM picked GnG.

VG&CE picked LA.

Message Ends.

[handygrafx]

I discovered that I did actually have my copy of that issue packed in a box ^__^   
(sadly, the awesome-looking cover, of which there is a picture of in my OP, was torn away long ago)

from that same magazine:



So it was Ghouls 'N Ghosts for Genesis that won The Best Game Of The Year

they also awarded, as I thought, best game for each system.
Legendary Axe won Best Game Of The Year for TurboGrafx,
but not best game overall which was indeed given to GnG.


It's slightly confusing because you see best game was also given to Legendary Axe.
the difference is, it's with (TurboGrafx).   

Ninja Gaiden won best game for Nintendo
WonderBoy 3 won best game for Sega Master System.

[Sinistron]

MOTHER f*ckER!

A great memory- dashed to bits.   


-to clarify Handy- not calling you a motherf*cker-
just the sting.

[Necromancer]

What the hell?!?  I can see giving Fighting Street best background music in a game (maybe - it's a stretch), but never for sound effects.  What does the rest of that article say?

[handygrafx]

here's the rest of the article 'The Best and Worst of 1989'   
from EGM Number 5, December 1989 (aka 1990 Video Game Buyer's Guide)
which was on newstands & in mail boxes around November 1989

I apologize for the quality, they are not scans but from my camera.



some of these are funny

http://www.imagepup.com/up/qa2f_1199740732_EGM1989_2.jpg
http://www.imagepup.com/up/tjyh_1199740266_EGM1989_3.JPG
http://www.imagepup.com/up/O566_1199740340_EGM1989_4.JPG
http://www.imagepup.com/up/PgJm_1199740426_EGM1989_5.JPG


Legendary Axe - Ghouls 'n Ghosts  reviews

http://www.imagepup.com/up/2DAB_1199740546_EGMLAreview.jpg
http://www.imagepup.com/up/vGhx_1199740654_EGMGnGreview.jpg

[handygrafx]

MOTHER f*ckER!

A great memory- dashed to bits.   


-to clarify Handy- not calling you a motherf*cker-
just the sting.

I know, I know.

sometimes my memory turns out to be wrong. actually on lots of things, and I'm like:
'what the f*ck?'  'I don't remember that'  'I was sure it was like this/that but it's not!'
etc, etc.

It's much sweeter when something you *think* you remember from say, the late 80s, or whenever
turns out to be true, turns out to be the way you remembered it or pretty much the same.

[Paisa49]

Wow, talk about a blast from the past. Good stuff.

[handygrafx]

as mentioned, Video Games & Computer Entertainment awarded Legendary Axe with overall best game of 1989. 
I do not have the magazine though, and I don't know which issue it's in.   

it would be nice to see that.

[Necromancer]

Funny stuff indeed.  Here's my favs:

Best Sound in a Game: Fighting Street and its "true-to-life voices"
Worst movie of 1989: Star Trek V
Most Unintelligible Spelling in a Game: Keith Courage

Good stuff, good stuff - thanks for sharing.

[Turbo D]

If those dudes played the supergrafx version of ghouls n' ghosts, they would flip. It totally owns the genny!

[handygrafx]

If those dudes played the supergrafx version of ghouls n' ghosts, they would flip. It totally owns the genny!

in most areas of graphics, yes, but not in music/audio, where Genesis had a big advantage.

those dudes got to play SuperGrafx Ghouls 'n Ghosts by mid 1990.  they talked about it and previewed it several times that year, they said it "destroys the Genesis version".  they kinda over-hyped it even though it was still an awesome translation of the arcade for the time. 

by 1994 though, the Sharp X68000 computer recieved a pretty much arcade-exact port which truly destroyed the SuperGrafx and Genesis versions  (heh we've been over that before here).

[nat]

If those dudes played the supergrafx version of ghouls n' ghosts, they would flip. It totally owns the genny!

in most areas of graphics, yes, but not in music/audio, where Genesis had a big advantage.

Are you serious? The Genesis GnG sounds f*cking awful.