Electronic Games Arcade Awards: Games of the Year 1979

1. Retro gaming spotlight
2. top games and awards

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Electronic Games was a magazine published in the 1980s and the 1990s entirely focused on video games (one of the first ones, if you think about it). Every year, Electronic Games magazine held a Game of the Year "Arcade Awards".

These are the best games published in 1979 according to Electronic Games Arcade Awards.

• 1979
• Air-Sea Battle Best Target Game
  Atari VCS
• Bally Best Audio and Visual Effects
  Arcade/Bally
• Basketball Most Innovative Game
  Atari VCS
• Cosmic Conflict Best S.F. Game
  Odyssey
• Football Best Sports Game
  Bally Professional Arcade
• Golf Best Solitaire Game
  Odyssey
• Space Invaders Game of the Year
  Arcade
• Video Olympics Best Pong Variant
  Atari VCS