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1986 Nominees
Arcade/Shooter
| Uridium -- Hewson, © 1986 |
| Warhawk -- Firebird, © 1986 |
Jump and Run/Platform
| Dark Castle -- Silicon Beach Software, © 1986 (Licensed to Three-Sixty Pacific, Inc. ©
1987) |
| Asterix Search for the Magic Cauldron -- Melbourne House, © 1986? |
Sports
| Gridiron -- Bethesda Softworks, © 1986 |
| Leader Board -- Access Software, © 1986 |
Fantasy Sports
| Knight Games -- Mastertronic, © 1986 |
Flight Combat Simulator
| Gunship -- Microprose, © 1986 |
Space Combat Simulator
| Starglider -- Rainbird, © 1986 |
RPG
| Dungeon Master -- FTL Games, © 1986 |
| Might and Magic -- New World Computing, © 1986 |
| Roadwar 2000 -- SSI, © 1986 (Jeffrey A. Johnson) |
| Wasteland -- Electronic Arts, © 1986 |
| Starflight -- Electronic Arts, © 1986 |
Adventure
| Trinity -- Infocom, © 1986 |
| King's Quest III -- Sierra On-Line, ©1986 |
| Tass Times in TONETOWN -- Activision, ©1986 |
| The Pawn -- Rainbird, © 1986 |
| Killed Until Dead -- Accolade, © 1986 |
| Space Quest -- Sierra On-Line, © 1986 |
Action/Strategy
| Defender of the Crown -- CINEMAWARE, © 1986 |
Strategy
| Ogre -- Origin Systems, © 1986 |
| Lords of Conquest -- Electronic Arts, © 1986 |
Wargame
| Gettysburg: The Turning Point -- SSI, ©1986 |
| Battle Group -- SSI, © 1986 |
| Battlefront -- SSG, © 1986 |
| Warship -- SSI, © 1986 |
| War in the South Pacific -- SSI, © 1986 |
Board/Puzzle game
| Shanghai -- Activision, © 1986 |
| The Chessmaster 2000 -- The Software Toolworks, © 1986 |
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