Editing 1993 in video games (section)

==Top-rated games==

===Game of the Year awards===
The following titles won [[List of Game of the Year awards|Game of the Year]] awards for 1993.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Awards
! [[List of Game of the Year awards|Game of the Year]]
! Developer
! Publisher
! Genre
! Platform(s)
! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}
|-
| ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' (''EGM'')
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Samurai Shodown (1993 video game)|Samurai Shodown]]'' (''Samurai Spirits'')
| rowspan="3" | [[SNK]]
| rowspan="3" | [[SNK]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Fighting game|Fighting]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Neo Geo (system)|Neo Geo]]
| <ref name="EGM">{{cite book | year=1994 |title=Electronic Gaming Monthly's Buyer's Guide }}</ref>
|-
| [[European Computer Trade Show]]
| <ref name="EGM59">{{cite magazine |title=EGM is Number One in Europe!|magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|issue=59|publisher=Sendai Publishing|date=June 1994|page=14}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gamest|''Gamest'' Awards]]
| <ref name="Gamest">{{cite magazine |title=第７回 ゲーメスト大賞 |trans-title=7th Gamest Awards |magazine=[[Gamest]] |date=December 27, 1993 |volume=107 (February 1994) |pages=20-43 (20) |language=ja}} [http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/magazine/gamest/v107.html alternate url]</ref>
|-
|''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
|''[[Star Fox (1993 video game)|Star Fox]]''
|[[Nintendo EAD]]
|[[Nintendo]]
|[[Rail shooter]]
|[[Super NES]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Carter|first1=Chip|last2=Carter|first2=Jonathan|date=January 7, 1994|title=Super Nintendo Dominated the Fab 15 List for '93|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-01-07-9401070221-story.html|access-date=28 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Electronic Games|Electronic Gaming Awards]]
| ''[[Disney's Aladdin (Sega Genesis video game)|Disney's Aladdin]]''
| [[Virgin Interactive|Virgin Games]]
| [[Sega]]
| [[Platform game|Platform]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]]
| <ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Electronic Gaming Awards: Here are YOUR Picks for the Best Interactive Entertainment |magazine=Electronic Games |date=April 21, 1993 |volume=2 |issue=7 (May 1994) |pages=30–4 |url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1994-05/page/n29}}</ref>
|-
| [[GameFan|''GameFan'' Golden Megawards]]
| ''[[Gunstar Heroes]]''
| [[Treasure (company)|Treasure]]
| Sega
| [[Run and gun video game|Run and gun]]
| <ref>''[[iarchive:GamefanVolume2Issue02/page/n53/mode/2up|GameFan]]'', volume 2, issue 2 (January 1994), pages 54-58 ([[PDF]])</ref>
|-
| ''[[Game Informer]]''
| ''[[Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]''
| [[Midway Games|Midway]]
| [[Acclaim Entertainment]]
| Fighting
| [[Video game console|Consoles]]
| <ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/01/02/looking-back-at-25-years-of-game-informer-s-goty-awards.aspx?PostPageIndex=1 |title=25 Years Of Game Informer's GOTY Awards |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |date=2 January 2017 |access-date=29 December 2017 |archive-date=30 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230060137/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/01/02/looking-back-at-25-years-of-game-informer-s-goty-awards.aspx?PostPageIndex=1 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

===''Famitsu'' Platinum Hall of Fame===
The following video game releases in 1993 entered ''[[Famitsu]]'' magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving [[Famitsu scores]] of at least 35 out of 40.<ref>{{cite web |title=週刊ファミ通クロスレビュープラチナ殿堂入りソフト一覧 |trans-title=Weekly Famitsu Cross Review Platinum Hall of Fame Software List |url=http://geimin.net/da/db/cross_review/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027205828/http://geimin.net/da/db/cross_review/index.php |website=Geimin |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 27, 2008 |access-date=24 February 2021 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Title
! Platform
! Developer
! Publisher
! Genre
! Score (out of 40)
|-
| ''[[Street Fighter II Turbo]]''
| [[Super Famicom]]
| [[Capcom]]
| [[Capcom]]
| [[Fighting game|Fighting]]
| 36
|-
| ''[[Disney's Aladdin (Sega Genesis video game)|Disney's Aladdin]]''
| [[Mega Drive]]
| [[Virgin Interactive|Virgin Games]]
| [[Sega]]
| [[Platformer]]
| 35
|-
| ''[[Dragon Quest I & II]]''
| Super Famicom
| [[Chunsoft]]
| [[Enix]]
| [[Role-playing video game|Role-playing]]
| 35
|}