Statistics from XYZZY Awards

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• 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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• Best Game | Best Writing | Best Story | Best Setting | Best Puzzles | Best NPCs | Best Individual Puzzle | Best Individual NPC | Best Individual PC | Best Use of Medium (1997–2009) | Best Implementation (2010–) | Best Use of Innovation (2010–) | Best Technological Development (2010–) | Best Supplemental Materials (2010–2013) | Best Use of Multimedia (2014–) | Other awards

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Platform by Year

In the table below, "g." means games, "c." means categories, and "n" means nominations.

"2 of 10g.; 5 of 8c.; of 23n." means that 2 of 10 nominated games won awards in 5 of 8 categories from a total of 23 finalist nominations.

Year	ADRIFT	Alan	Glulx	Hugo	TADS 2	TADS 3	Z-code	Other	Total [1]
1996 [2]	-	-	-	-	3 of 7g. 5 of 7c. of 17n.	-	2 of 10g. 5 of 8c. of 23n.	-	5 of 17g. 10 of 8c. of 40n.
1997	-	-	-	-	4 of 7g. 5 of 9c. of 20n.	-	4 of 12g. 5 of 10c. of 30n.	-	8 of 19g. 10 of 10c. of 50n.
1998	-	-	-	0 of 1g. 0 of 1c. of 1n.	1 of 5g. 1 of 8c. of 13n.	-	4 of 8g. 9 of 10c. of 36n.	-	5 of 14g. 10 of 10c. of 50n.
1999	-	-	-	-	1 of 6g. 1 of 10c. of 16n.	-	5 of 10g. 9 of 10c. of 32n.	0 of 1g. 0 of 4c. of 4n.	6 of 17g. 10 of 10c. of 52n.
2000	-	-	-	-	1 of 5g. 1 of 4c. of 5n.	-	8 of 17g. 9 of 10c. of 51n.	-	8 of 22g 10 of 10c. of 56n.
2001	-	-	0 of 2g. 0 of 7c. of 8n.	1 of 1g. 2 of 7c. of 7n.	1 of 3g. 1 of 5c. of 5n.	-	4 of 14g. 7 of 10c. of 34n.	-	6 of 22g. 10 of 10c. of 54n.
2002	0 of 2g. 0 of 2c. of 2n.	0 of 1g. 0 of 1c. of 1n.	2 of 2g. 4 of 8c. of 13n.	-	1 of 4g. 1 of 6c. of 9n.	0 of 1g. 0 of 2c. of 2n.	2 of 9g. 5 of 10c. of 23n.	-	5 of 19g. 10 of 10c. of 50n.
2003	0 of 1g. 0 of 5c. of 5n.	-	2 of 2g. 2 of 8c. of 14n.	-	2 of 4g. 2 of 5c. of 6n.	0 of 2g. 0 of 5c. of 6n.	3 of 6g. 6 of 10c. of 19n.	-	7 of 15g. 10 of 10c. of 50n.
2004	-	-	0 of 1g. 0 of 2c. of 2n.	1 of 2g. 1 of 10c. of 17n.	-	0 of 2g. 0 of 4c. of 4n.	5 of 12g. 9 of 10c. of 29n.	-	6 of 17g. 10 of 10c. of 52n.
2005	-	-	1 of 2g. 2 of 4c. of 4n.	1 of 1g. 1 of 6c. of 6n.	0 of 4g. 0 of 8c. of 11n.	0 of 2g. 0 of 7c. of 7n.	4 of 9g. 7 of 10c. of 22n.	-	6 of 18g. 10 of 10c. of 50n.
2006	0 of 2g. 0 of 2c. of 2n.	-	1 of 2g. 2 of 5c. of 6n.	1 of 2g. 1 of 5c. of 6n.	-	1 of 1g. 2 of 4c. of 4n.	2 of 13g. 5 of 10c. of 30n.	0 of 1g. 0 of 2c. of 2n.	5 of 21g. 10 of 10c. of 50n.
2007	1 of 2g. 1 of 2c. of 3n.	-	1 of 3g. 1 of 5c. of 7n.	-	0 of 1g. 0 of 3c. of 3n.	0 of 1g. 0 of 1c. of 1n.	4 of 9g. 8 of 10c. of 34n.	-	6 of 16g. 10 of 10c. of 48n.
Year	ADRIFT	Alan	Glulx	Hugo	TADS 2	TADS 3	Z-code	Other	Total
Total	1 of 7g. 1 of 11c. of 12n.	0 of 1g. 0 of 1c. of 1n.	7 of 14g. 11 of 39c. of 54n.	4 of 7g. 5 of 29c. of 37n.	13 of 46g. 17 of 65c. of 105n.	1 of 9g. 2 of 23c. of 24n.	47 of 129g. 84 of 118c. of 363n.	0 of 2g. 0 of 6c. of 6n.	73 of 215g. 120 of 118c. of 602n.

Notes:

1. Ties in first round voting can mean there's more than 5 finalists per category, and therefore more than 50 nominations for a given year.
2. In 1996, there were only 8 categories. The award categories Best Individual PC and Best Use of Medium had not yet been created. Also, there was a three-way tie for Best Individual NPC, which is why the table has "10 of 8c.", meaning ten awards for eight categories.