Welcome back to our Best Year in Gaming March Madness bracket competition! Yesterday we looked at 1979 – a surprisingly good year and the start of some great arcade games – against 1996, an incredibly stacked year featuring some amazing games on PC and consoles. 1979 put up a good fight as arguably the best year of the 70s, but 1996 was just too stacked.
Result: 1996 beats 1979
Today we’re looking at 2018 vs. 1982
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This time around we have what I think is a closer competition than people realize. 1982 had some incredible games, including Donkey Kong, one of the all-time great arcade games, and Ms. Pac-Man, the definitive version of the Pac-Man arcade experience.
In the opposing corner, 2018 makes a case for being the best year in board games history with some really solid entries, plus a number of great tabletop releases.
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This article is part of a larger series on the best year in gaming. For more years, click this link. Have any questions or feedback? Drop us a note in the comments below or email us at contact@goonhammer.com.
