Our census begins in 2003. For 1998 we list only the awards we could source one at a time, so this is a record that these awards happened — not a count of how many were given. It must not be compared with a tracked season; see the methodology.
2 awards on record
Partial season
There is no full count for 1998, so this site names no winner. D.I.C.E. Awards named The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time its Game of the Year. Of the 2 awards on record, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time holds 2.
There is no full count for 1998, so this site names no winner. Of the 2 Game of the Year awards on record, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time holds 2.
D.I.C.E. Awards named The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time its Game of the Year for 1998. The same game collected the most awards across all outlets.
This site documents 2 Game of the Year awards for 1998, from 2 outlets in 2 countries. It is a documented minimum: every award has a source, and awards nobody recorded are not in it.
| Ceremony | Game of the Year | Same as the count? |
|---|---|---|
| D.I.C.E. Awards | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Yes |
1 of 1 ceremonies on record picked the game the whole field rewarded most. How often each one agrees, across every season →
The games the outlets we can source named Game of the Year for 1998.
All 2 tracked awards for 1998, from 2 countries. 0 were readers' or community votes. Tap a column heading to sort.
| Media outlet | Country | Their GOTY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.I.C.E. Awards | United States | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | interactive.org |
| Edge | United Kingdom | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | retrocdn.net |
Updated 13 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.