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1984 Nominees
  
  
  
Arcade/Shooter
    | Raid on Bungling Bay -- Broderbund, © 1984 |  
    | Ghostbusters -- Activision, © 1984 |  
    | Spy vs. Spy -- First Star Software, © 1984 |  
    | G.I. Joe -- Epyx, © 1984 |  
    | Skyfox -- Electronic Arts, © 1984 |  
 
Jump and Run/Platform
    | Impossible Mission -- Epyx, © 1984 |  
    | Castles of Dr. Creep -- Broderbund, © 1984 |  
    | Boulder Dash -- First Star Software, © 1984 |  
    | Knight Lore -- Ultimate?, © 1984? (Spectrum) |  
 
Action-Based Sports
    |  Summer Games -- Epyx, © 1984 |  
 
Stategy-Based Sports
    | Micro League Baseball -- MicroLeague, ©1984 |  
 
Fighting
    | Karateka -- Broderbund, © 1984 |  
 
Driving
    | Pitstop II -- Epyx, © 1984 |  
    | Rally Speedway -- Adventure International, © 1984 |  
 
Military Flight Simulator
    | MiG Alley Ace -- Microprose, ©1984 |  
    | F-15 Strike Eagle -- Microprose, © 1984 |  
 
Space Combat Simulator
    | Elite -- Acornsoft,  © 1984 (first appeared on the defunct BBC
    Microcomputer (Acorn BBC B) in 1984) |  
 
Action/Strategy
    | The Seven Cities of Gold -- Electronic Arts, © 1984 |  
    | Mail Order Monsters -- Electronic Arts, © 1984 |  
 
Adventure
    | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Infocom, © 1984 |  
    | King's Quest -- Sierra On-Line, © 1984 |  
    | The Hobbit -- Addison-Wesley Publishing, © 1984 |  
 
RPG
    | Below the Root -- Windham Classics, © 1984 |  
    | Sundog -- FTL Games, © 1984 |  
 
Strategy
    | The Ancient Art of War -- Broderbund,  ©1984 |  
 
Wargame
    | Carriers at War -- Strategic Studies Group, ©1984 |  
    | Breakthrough in the Ardennes -- SSI, © 1984 |  
    | Field of Fire -- SSI, © 1984 |  
 
  
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