Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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The Game Awards are a special treat. They’re a great time to look back on the year, and see just how many amazing video games were released for everyone to play. But what if the game awards existed from the very start of video game history. What if instead of 2014 the game awards started all the way from the beginning in 1972. That is the question I will be answering in today’s video. So ladies and gentlemen, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. Here are the game awards from 1972 all the way to 2025.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Into
2:24 - Foundational Era
2:45 - 1972
3:48- 1973
4:35 -1974
5:35 - 1975
7:04 - 1976
8:01 - 1977
9:09- 1978
10:18 - 1979
11:38 - 1980
13:00 - 1981
14:22 - 1982
15:30 - 1983
17:42 - Bitwars Era
18:07 - 1984
21:21 - 1985
24:30 - 1986
25:59 - 1987
28:00 - 1988
29:45 - 1989
31:35 - 1990
33:44 - 1991
36:55 - 1992
39:04 - 1993
41:15 - 1994
44:15 - 1995
46:38 - Golden Era
48:00 - 1996
50:18 - 1997
53:27 - 1998
55:05 - 1999
56:46 - 2000
58:50 - 2001
1:00:40 - 2002
1:01:57 - 2003
1:03:08 - 2004
1:04:36 - 2005
1:06:36 - Mainstream Era
1:07:34 - 2006
1:10:12 - 2007
1:12:28 - 2008
1:15:03 - 2009
1:16:08 - 2010
1:17:02 - 2011
1:19:06 - 2012
1:20:30 - 2013
1:21:43 - 2014
1:23:19 - 2015
1:25:03 - Modern Era
1:26:07 - 2016
1:28:00 - 2017
1:32:25 - 2018
1:33:59 - 2019
1:36:24 - 2020
1:36:54 - 2021
1:38:00 - 2022
1:38:46 - 2023
1:40:02 - 2024
1:41:12 - 2025
1:43:08 - Ending


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