2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

The 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards was the 2nd edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry within the last nine months of 1998 and the first three months of 1999. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and were held at the Variety Arts Theater in Los Angeles, California on May 13, 1999 (1999-05-13) during E3 1999. There was not an official host of the award ceremony, but featured a wide variety of presenters, including Sugar Ray Leonard, Bruno Campos, Kelly Hu, Zachery Ty Bryan, Ben Stein, David Gallagher, Coolio, Danica McKellar, Nicholle Tom and Chris Roberts.^[1]

2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Date	May 13, 1999 (1999-05-13)
Venue	Variety Arts Theater
Country	Los Angeles, California, USA
Highlights
Most awards	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (6)
Most nominations	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Half-Life (7)
Game of the Year	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Hall of Fame	Sid Meier
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The award for "Interactive Title of the Year" was renamed "Game of the Year". The award for "Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development" was introduced. There were some changes to the content awards for PC. Only finalists for "PC Action", "PC Adventure", "PC Role-Playing", "PC Simulation", "PC Sport", and "PC Strategy" were eligible for "Computer Entertainment Title of the Year". "Family/Kids Title of the Year" was separated into "Children's Entertainment Title of the Year" and "Family Title of the Year". "Edutainment Title of the Year" and "Skills Building Title of the Year" were replaced with "Educational Title of the Year (0-8 years)" and "Educational Title of the Year (9-16 years)". The content award for "Online Game of the Year" was separated into three genre-specific online content awards for "Action/Strategy", "Role-Playing", and "Family/Board".^[2][3]

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Half-Life were tied with the most nominations. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time won the most awards of the ceremony, including "Game of the Year". Electronic Arts received the most nominations, along with the most nominated and award-winning games. Nintendo won the most awards as a developer and a publisher. There was also a tie between finalists for "PC Creativity Title of the Year" and "Online Family/Board Game of the Year".

Sid Meier, creator of Civilization, was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[4][5][6]

Game of the Year The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Nintendo EAD‡ Banjo-Kazooie — Rare, Nintendo Grim Fandango — LucasArts Half-Life — Valve, Sierra On-Line Metal Gear Solid — Konami Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri — Firaxis Games, Electronic Arts Star Wars: Rogue Squadron — Factor 5, LucasArts

Craft Awards

Outstanding Achievement in Art/Graphics Banjo-Kazooie — Rare, Nintendo‡ Grim Fandango — LucasArts Half-Life — Valve, Sierra On-Line Spyro the Dragon — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment	Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Design The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Nintendo EAD‡ Half-Life — Valve, Sierra On-Line Metal Gear Solid — Konami Pokémon Red and Blue — Game Freak, Nintendo Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri — Firaxis Games, Electronic Arts
Outstanding Achievement in Sound and Music Road Rash 3D — Electronic Arts‡ Grim Fandango — LucasArts Heart of Darkness — Amazing Studio, Interplay Productions Wild 9 — Shiny Entertainment, Interplay Productions	Outstanding Achievement in Software Engineering The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Nintendo EAD‡ Half-Life — Valve, Sierra On-Line Metal Gear Solid - Konami Motocross Madness — Rainbow Studios, Microsoft NFL Quarterback Club 99 — Iguana Entertainment, Acclaim Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development Pokémon Red and Blue — Game Freak, Nintendo‡ Grim Fandango — LucasArts Half-Life — Valve, Sierra On-Line King's Quest: Mask of Eternity — Sierra On-Line Metal Gear Solid — Konami Sanitarium — DreamForge Intertainment, ASC Games The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Nintendo EAD The X-Files Game — HyperBole Studios, Fox Interactive

Content Awards

Console

Console Game of the Year[a] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Nintendo EAD‡
Console Action Game of the Year Banjo-Kazooie — Rare, Nintendo‡ Metal Gear Solid — Konami Parasite Eve — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts Spyro the Dragon — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment Tenchu: Stealth Assassins — Acquire, Activision	Console Adventure Game of the Year The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Nintendo EAD‡ Banjo-Kazooie — Rare, Nintendo MediEvil — SCE Studio Cambridge Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus — Oddworld Inhabitants, GT Interactive
Console Fighting Game of the Year WCW/nWo Revenge — AKI Corporation, THQ‡ Bushido Blade 2 — Lightweight, Square Electronic Arts WWF War Zone — Iguana West, Acclaim Entertainment	Console Racing Game of the Year Gran Turismo — Polyphony Digital, Sony Computer Entertainment‡ Extreme-G 2 — Probe Entertainment, Acclaim Entertainment F-Zero X — Nintendo EAD Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit — EA Canada/Seattle
Console Role-Playing Game of the Year The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Nintendo EAD‡ Panzer Dragoon Saga — Sega, Team Andromeda Parasite Eve — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts Pokémon Red and Blue — Game Freak, Nintendo	Console Sports Game of the Year 1080° Snowboarding — Nintendo EAD‡ Hot Shot Golf — Camelot Software Planning, Sony Computer Entertainment Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside — Left Field Productions, Nintendo NFL Blitz — Midway Games NFL Quarterback Club 99 — Iguana Entertainment, Acclaim Entertainment

Personal Computer

Computer Entertainment Title of the Year[b] Half-Life — Valve, Sierra On-Line‡
PC Action Game of the Year Half-Life — Valve, Sierra On-Line‡ Starsiege: Tribes — Dynamix, Sierra On-Line Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six — Red Storm Entertainment Unreal — Epic Games, Digital Extremes, GT Interactive	PC Adventure Game of the Year Grim Fandango — LucasArts‡ Dark Side of the Moon: A Sci-Fi Adventure — SouthPeak Interactive King's Quest: Mask of Eternity — Sierra On-Line Sanitarium — DreamForge Intertainment, ASC Games Starship Titanic — The Digital Village, Simon & Schuster Interactive The X-Files Game — HyperBole Studios, Fox Interactive
PC Role-Playing Game of the Year Baldur's Gate — BioWare, Black Isle Studios, Interplay Productions‡ Fallout 2 — Black Isle Studios, Interplay Productions Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven — New World Computing, The 3DO Company Return to Krondor — PyroTechnix, Sierra On-Line	PC Simulation Game of the Year Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit — EA Canada/Seattle‡ F-22 Total Air War — Digital Image Design, Infogrames Descent: FreeSpace — The Great War — Volition, Interplay Productions Independence War — Particle Systems, Infogrames Jane's WWII Fighters — Jane's Combat Simulations, Electronic Arts
PC Sports Game of the Year FIFA 99 — EA Canada‡ Links LS 1999 — Access Software Madden NFL 99 — EA Tiburon Motocross Madness — Rainbow Studios, Microsoft NASCAR Revolution — Stormfront Studios, Electronic Arts	PC Strategy Game of the Year Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri — Firaxis Games, Electronic Arts‡ Caesar III — Impressions Games, Sierra On-Line Close Combat III: The Russian Front — Atomic Games, Microsoft MechCommander — FASA Interactive, MicroProse SimCity 3000 — Maxis, Electronic Arts
PC Creativity Title of the Year[c] 3D Castle Creator — ImageBuilder Software, IBM‡ Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera and CD-Rom — Gorilla, Mattel Media‡ American Greetings Craft Deluxe — American Greetings, Broderbund Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover — Motion Works, Broderbund PrintMaster Platinum 7.0 — Broderbund	PC Children's Entertainment Title of the Year A Bug's Life — Traveller's Tales, Disney Interactive‡ Barbie Riding Club — Human Code, Mattel Media Blue's Birthday Adventure — Humongous Entertainment Dr. Brain Thinking Games: IQ Adventure — Knowledge Adventure Lego Creator — Superscape, Lego Media Rugrats Adventure Game — Broderbund Starfire Soccer Challenge — Purple Moon, Stormfront Studios
PC Family Title of the Year National Geographic Maps: The Complete Collection — Broderbund, National Geographic Society‡ 3-D Ultra NASCAR Pinball — Dynamix, Sierra On-Line Looney Tunes: Cosmic Capers — Animated Jigsaws — SouthPeak Interactive Star Wars: Behind the Magic — LucasArts The D Show — Cyberflix, Disney Interactive	PC Educational Title of the Year (0-8 years) JumpStart Preschool — Knowledge Adventure‡ Blue's Birthday Adventure — Humongous Entertainment Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon and Pumbaa — Disney Interactive Dr. Seuss Preschool — The Learning Company Elmo's Reading: Preschool and Kindergarten — Children's Television Workshop, The Learning Company Reader Rabbit Math Ages 6-9 — The Learning Company
PC Educational Title of the Year (9-16 years) Thinkin' Science Series: ZAP! — Edmark‡ Journey Into the Brain — Morphonix JumpStart Adventures 6th Grade: Mission Earthquest — Knowledge Adventure National Geographic Maps: The Complete Collection — Broderbund, National Geographic Society Star Wars: Droid Works — Lucas Learning, LucasArts

Online

Online Action/Strategy Game of the Year Starsiege: Tribes — Dynamix, Sierra On-Line‡ Air Warrior III — Kesmai, Interactive Magic CyberStrike 2 — Simutronics, 989 Studios
Online Family/Board Game of the Year[c] Multiplayer Jeopardy! Online — Sony Online Entertainment‡ What's the Big Idea? — Berkeley Systems‡ Multiplayer Wheel of Fortune Online — Sony Online Entertainment The Game of Life — Mass Media Games, Hasbro Interactive	Online Role-Playing Game of the Year Ultima Online: The Second Age — Origin Systems, Electronic Arts‡ DragonRealms: Maritime Expansion — Simutronics Meridian 59: Dark Auspices — Archetype Interactive, The 3DO Company
Online Entertainment Site of the Year GameSpot.com‡ Comedy Central Online — Comedy Central MSN Gaming Zone Uproar.com[7]	Online News/Information Site of the Year CNN.com/Cold War‡ CNN.com GameSpot.com MediaNewsweek.com Metromix.com The New York Times on the Web The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition

Hall of Fame Award

• Sid Meier^[8]

Multiple nominations and awards

Multiple Nominations

Any game that was nominated for a console genre award was also a nominee for "Console Game of the Year". Only finalists for "PC Action", "PC Adventure", "PC Role-Playing", "PC Simulation", "PC Sports", and "PC Strategy" were eligible for "Computer Entertainment Title Game of the Year".

Games that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Game
7	Half-Life
	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
6	Grim Fandango
	Metal Gear Solid
5	Banjo-Kazooie
4	Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
	Pokémon Red and Blue
	Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
3	King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
	Motocross Madness
	NFL Quarterback Club 99
	Parasite Eve
	Sanitarium
	Spyro the Dragon
	Starsiege: Tribes
	The X-Files Game
2[d]	Blue's Birthday Adventure
	GameSpot.com
	National Geographic Maps: The Complete Collection

Nominations by company

Nominations	Games	Company
25	11	Electronic Arts
22	6	Nintendo
19		Sierra On-Line
11	5	Sony Computer Entertainment
	4	LucasArts
8	5	Interplay Productions
7	3	Acclaim Entertainment
	1	Valve
6	5	Broderbund
	1	Konami
5	2	Iguana Entertainment
		Microsoft
	1	Rare
4	2	Black Isle Studios
		Dynamix
		GT Interactive
		Infogrames
	1	Firaxis Games
		Game Freak
3	3	Disney Interactive
		Knowledge Adventure
		The Learning Company
	2	The 3DO Company
		Stormfront Studios
	1	ASC Games
		DreamForge Intertainment
		Fox Interactive
		HyperBole Studios
		Insomniac Games
		Rainbow Studios
		SquareSoft
2[e]	2	Mattel Media
		SouthPeak Interactive
	1	Humongous Entertainment
		Simutronics
		GameSpot

Multiple Awards

Games that received multiple awards

Awards	Game
6	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2	Banjo-Kazooie
	Half-Life

Awards by company

Awards	Games	Company
10	4	Nintendo
5	5	Electronic Arts
3	2	Sierra On-Line
2		Sony Computer Entertainment
	1	Rare
		Valve

External links

• 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Video YouTube

Notes

1. All finalists for a console genre award were nominated for Console Game of the Year.
2. Finalists for "Action", "Adventure", "Role-Playing", "Simulation", "Sports", and "Strategy" were eligible for this category.
3. Tie between finalists.
4. Only listing finalists that were neither eligible for "Console Game of the Year" nor "Computer Entertainment Title of the Year".
5. Only listing companies that did not have game eligible for either "Console Game of the Year" or "Computer Entertainment Title of the Year".

References

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