The prestigious Golden Joystick Awards is celebrating its 39th year as the world’s largest public-voted game awards event by asking the public to pick their favorite game and hardware gaming systems of all time.

Daniel Dawkins, Content Director, Games at event owner Future said:

“We are delighted to celebrate 50 Years of Games in a landmark moment for the gaming industry. In November 1971, Computer Space* became the world’s first commercially playable arcade machine, birthing a $150bn industry from a 10-cent coin. We’re celebrating this milestone by inviting the public to vote for their Ultimate Game of All Time and Best Gaming Hardware of All Time. The results will be revealed in a truly special Golden Joystick Awards ceremony broadcast on Tuesday, November 23.
We assembled a diverse panel of industry luminaries to create a 20 game shortlist, considering factors such as critical reception, social impact, commercial success, legacy and influence, plus a measure of personal preference. We hope our shortlist represents the diversity and achievement of our 50-year-old industry, which – by definition – has been forced to exclude some truly exceptional games. You can find out more about the judging process on gamesradar.com and we can’t wait to find out which games and hardware the public will vote as their winners.”

The short list of gamed and hardware includes:

Ultimate Game of All Time Best Gaming Hardware of All Time
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Amiga 500
Dark Souls Atari 2600
Doom (1993) Commodore 64
Grand Theft Auto V Dreamcast
Half-Life 2 Game Boy
Halo: Combat Evolved Game Boy Advance
Metal Gear Solid GameCube
Minecraft Nintendo 64
Pac-Man Nintendo DS
Pokemon Go Nintendo Entertainment System
Portal PC
SimCity (1989) PlayStation
Street Fighter II PlayStation 2
Space Invaders PlayStation 4
Super Mario 64 Sega Mega Drive
Super Mario Bros. 3 Sega Saturn
Super Mario Kart Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Last of Us Wii
Tetris Xbox 360
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ZX Spectrum

Additional public voting categories include:

Best Storytelling
Best Multiplayer Game
Best Visual Design
Best Indie Game
Still Playing Award
Best Game Expansion
Best Game Community
Best Studio
Best Audio
Best Gaming Hardware
Nintendo Game of the Year
Xbox Game of the Year
PlayStation Game of the Year
PC Game of the Year
Most Wanted Game
Ultimate Game of the Year

The Golden Joystick Awards are presented by GamesRadar+. Voting opens today at goldenjoysticks.com and closes at 3pm PST / 6pm EST / 11pm GMT on Friday, November 12. The winners will be revealed on Tuesday, November 23 via an online broadcast.