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1990

Dragon Quest IV: 1 Game of the Year award

Not outright. Dragon Quest IV finished level at the top of 1990 with 1 award, so the season has no winner here.

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen, titled Dragon Warrior IV when initially localized to North America, is a 1990 role-playing video game, the fourth installment of the Dragon Quest video game series developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix, and the first of the Zenithian Trilogy. It was originally released for the Famicom on 11 February 1990 in Japan.

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Dragon Quest IV finished #2 in the 1990 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 1Total awards
  • 1Media outlets
  • 0Readers' choice
  • 1Countries

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Dragon Quest IV win?

Dragon Quest IV won 1 Game of the Year award in the 1990 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Dragon Quest IV win Game of the Year?

It shares the top of 1990 with Strider on 1 award each. A tied season has no winner on this site. The 1990 season is only partly documented, so this is a record of surviving awards, not a full count.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerNo
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released11 February 1990
  • DeveloperChunsoft
  • PublisherEnix
  • role-playing video game
  • Nintendo DS
  • Android (operating system)
  • Nintendo Entertainment System
  • PlayStation (console)
  • IOS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
Japan1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
FamitsuJapan1990

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Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.