2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

The winners in each category are as follows:

Game of the Year

• Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (D: Nintendo EAD, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Banjo-Kazooie (D: RARE, P: Nintendo)
    Grim Fandango (D/P: LucasArts)
    Half-Life (D: Valve Corporation Sierra Online)
    Metal Gear Solid (D/P: Konami)
    Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (D: KCEJ, P: Konami of America)
    Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (D/P: LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC)

• Computer Game of the Year: Half-Life
  (D: Valve Corporation, P: Sierra Online)

Half-Life box art

• Console Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  (D: Nintendo EAD, P: Nintendo)

Outstanding Achievement

• Outstanding Achievement in Art/Graphics: Banjo-Kazooie
  (D: RARE, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Grim Fandango (D/P: LucasArts)
    Half-Life (D: Valve Corporation, P: Sierra Online)
    Spyro the Dragon (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development: Pokémon
  (D: Creatures Inc./Game Freak, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Grim Fandango (D/P: LucasArts)
    Half-Life (D: Valve Corporation, P: Sierra Online)
    King's Quest: Mask of Eternity (D/P: Sierra Online)
    Metal Gear Solid (D/P: Konami)
    Sanitarium (D: Dreamforge Intertainment, P: ASC Games)
    The X-Files Game (D: HyperBole Studios, P: Fox Interactive)
    The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (D: Nintendo Co. Ltd., P: Nintendo of America)

• Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Design: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  (D: Nintendo EAD, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Half-Life (D: Valve Corporation, P: Sierra Online)
    The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (D: Nintendo EAD, P: Nintendo)
    Metal Gear Solid (D/P: Konami)
    Pokémon (D: Creatures Inc./Game Freak, P: Nintendo)
    Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (D: Firaxis Games, P: Electronic Arts)

• Outstanding Achievement in Sound and Music: Road Rash 3D
  (D/P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Grim Fandango (D/P: LucasArts)
    Heart of Darkness (D: Amazing Studios, P: Interplay Entertainment)
    Wild 9 (D: Shiny Entertainment, P: Interplay Entertainment)

• Outstanding Achievement in Software Engineering: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  (D: Nintendo EAD, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Half-Life (D: Valve Corporation, P: Sierra Online)
    Metal Gear Solid (D/P: Konami)
    Motocross Madness (D: Rainbow Studios, P: Microsoft)

NFL Quarterback Club '99 (D: Iguana Entertainment, P: Acclaim)

Genre Game of the Year (Computer)

• Computer Action Game of the Year: Half-Life
  (D: Valve Corporation, P: Sierra Online)
  • other nominees:
    Starsiege Tribes (D: Dynamix, Inc., P: Sierra Online)
    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (D/P: Red Storm Entertainment)
    Unreal (D: Epic Games/Digital Extremes, P: GT Interactive Software)

• Computer Adventure Game of the Year: Grim Fandango
  (D/P: LucasArts
  • other nominees:
    Dark Side of the Moon (D/P: SouthPeak Interactive)

Douglas Adam's Starship Titanic (D: The Digital Village, P: Simon & Schuster Interactive)
Quest: Mask of Eternity (D/P: Sierra Studios)
Sanitarium (D: Dreamforge Entertainment, P: ASC Games)
The X-Files Game (D: HyperBole Studios, P: Fox Interactive)

• Computer Children's Entertainment Title of the Year: Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life Action Game
  (D: Traveller's Tales, P: Buena Vista Games)
  • other nominees:
    Barbie Riding Club (D: Human Code, P: Mattel Interactive)
    Blue's Birthday Adventure (D/P: Humongous Entertainment)
    Dr. Brain Thinking Games: IQ Adventure (D/P: Knowledge Adventure)
    LEGO Creator (D: Superscape LEGO, P: Media International)
    Rugrats Adventure Game (D/P: The Learning Company)
    The Starfire Soccer Challenge (D: Purple Moon, P: Stormfront Studios)

• Computer Creativity Title of the Year: Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera and CD-Rom
  (D: Gorilla Mattel Interactive)
  • other nominees:
    3-D Castle Creator (D: Image Builder Software, P: IBM)
    American Greetings Craft Deluxe (D: American Greetings, P: Broderbund Software)
    Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover 2 (D/P: Mattel Interactive)
    Printmaster Platinum 7.0 (D/P: Broderbund Software)

• Computer Educational Title of the Year (0–8 years): JumpStart Preschool
  (D/P: Knowledge Adventure)
  • other nominees:
    Blue's Birthday Adventure (D/P: Humongous Entertainment)
    Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa (D/P: Disney Interactive)
    Dr. Seuss Preschool (D/P: The Learning Company)
    Elmo's Reading: Preschool & Kindergarten (D: Children's Television Workshop, P: The Learning Company)
    Reader Rabbit's Math (D/P: The Learning Company)

• Computer Educational Title of the Year (9–16 years): Thinkin' Science ZAP!
  (D/P: Edmark Corp.)
  • other nominees:
    Journey Into the Brain (D/P: Morphonix)
    JumpStart Adventures: 6th Grade (D: Human Code, P: Knowledge Adventure)
    National Geographic Maps (D: National Geographic Interactive, P: Broderbund Software)
    Star Wars Droidworks (D: Lucas Learning, P: LucasArts)

• Computer Family Title of the Year: National Geographic Maps
  (D: National Geographic Interactive, P: Broderbund Software)
  • other nominees:
    3-D Ultra NASCAR Pinball (D: Dynamix, Inc., P: Sierra Online)
    Looney Tunes Cosmic Capers Animated Jigsaws (D/P: SouthPeak Interactive)
    Star Wars: Behind the Magic (D/P: LucasArts)
    The D Show (D: Cyberflix, P: Disney Interactive)

• Computer Role Playing Game of the Year: Baldur's Gate
  (D: BioWare Corp., P: Interplay Product)
  • other nominees:
    Fallout 2 (D: Black Isle Studios, P: Interplay Entertainment)
    Might & Magic VI (D: New World Computing, P: The 3DO Company)
    Return to Krondor (D: Pyrotechnix, P: Sierra Online)

• Computer Simulation Game of the Year: Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
  (D: Electronic Arts - Canada, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War (D: Volition, P: Hyperion Entertainment)
    Independence War (D: Particle Systems, P: Infogrames)
    Jane's Combat Simulations: WWII Fighters (D: Jane's Combat Simulations, P: Electronic Arts)
    Total Air War (D: Digital Image Design, P: Infogrames)

• Computer Sports Game of the Year: FIFA 99
  (D: Electronic Arts - Canada Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Links LS 1999 (D/P: Access Software)
    Madden 99 (D: Electronic Arts - Tiburon, P: Electronic Arts)
    Motocross Madness (D: Rainbow Studios, P: Microsoft)
    NASCAR Revolution (D: Stormfront Studios, P: Electronic Arts)

• Computer Strategy Game of the Year: Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
  (D: Firaxis Games Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Caesar III (D: Impressions Games, P: Sierra Online)
    Close Combat III: The Russian Front (D: Atomic Games, P: Microsoft)
    MechCommander (D: FASA Studio MicroProse, P: Software Inc.)
    SimCity 3000 (D: Electronic Arts - Maxis, P: Electronic Arts)

Genre Game of the Year (Console)

• Console Action Game of the Year: Banjo-Kazooie
  (D: RARE, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Metal Gear Solid (D/P: Konami)
    Parasite Eve (D: Squaresoft, P: Square/Electronic Arts)
    Spyro the Dragon (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Tenchu: Stealth Assasins (D: Acquire, P: Activision)

• Console Adventure Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  (D: Nintendo EAD, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Banjo-Kazooie (D: RARE, P: Nintendo)
    MediEvil (D: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee Oddworld Inhabitants (D: GT, P: Interactive Software)

• Console Fighting Game of the Year: WCW/NWO Revenge
  (D: AKI Corporation THQ)
  • other nominees:
    Bushido Blade 2 (D: Squaresoft, P: Square/Electronic Arts)
    WWF: Warzone (D: Iguana West, P: Acclaim)

• Console Racing Game of the Year: Gran Turismo
  (D: Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment America)
  • other nominees:
    Extreme G-2 (D: Probe Entertainment, P: Acclaim)
    F-Zero X (D: Nintendo, P: EAD Nintendo)
    Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (D: Electronic Arts - Canada, P: Electronic Arts)

• Console Role-Playing Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  (D: Nintendo EAD, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Pokémon (D: Creatures Inc./Game Freak, P: Nintendo)
    Panzer Dragoon (D/P: Sega)
    Parasite Eve (D: Squaresoft, P: Square/Electronic Arts)

• Console Sports Game of the Year: 1080 Snowboarding
  (D: Nintendo, P: EAD Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Hot Shots Golf (D: Camelot Software Planning, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside (D: Left Field Productions, P: Nintendo)
    NFL Blitz (D: Midway Games, P: Midway)
    NFL Quarterback Club '99 (D: Iguana Entertainment, P: Acclaim)

Genre Game of the Year (Online)

• Online Action/Strategy Game of the Year: Starsiege Tribes
  (D: Dynamix, Inc., P: Sierra Online)
  • other nominees:
    Air Warrior III (D: Kesmai Studios, P: iEntertainment Network)
    CyberStrike 2 (D/P: Simutronics)

• Online Role Playing Game of the Year: Ultima Online: The Second Age
  (D: ORIGIN Systems Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Dragon Realms: Maritime Expansion (D/P: Simutronics)
    Meridian 59: Dark Auspices (D/P: The 3DO Company)
    Ultima Online: The Second Age (D: ORIGIN Systems, P: Electronic Arts)

• Online Family/Board Game of the Year: Multiplayer Jeopardy! Online
  (D/P: Sony Online Entertainment)
  • other nominees:
    Multiplayer Wheel of Fortune Online (D/P: Sony Online Entertainment)
    The Game of LIFE (D: Mass Media, Inc., P: Hasbro Interactive)
    What's the Big Idea? (D/P: Berkely Systems)

Other Awards

• Entertainment Site of the Year: GameSpot.com
  (D/P: GameSpot Inc.)
  • other nominees:
    Comedy Central Online (D/P: Comedy Central)
    MSN Gaming Zone (D/P: Microsoft)
    Uproar.com (D/P: E-Pub Inc.)

• News/Information Site of the Year: CNN.com
  (D/P: CNN Interactive CNN Interactive)
  • other nominees:
    GameSpot.com (D/P: GameSpot Inc.)
    Media Newsweek.com (D/P: Washington Post/Newsweek Interactive)
    Metromix.com (D: Juliana Cole, P: Chicago Tribune Interactive)
    NyTimes.com (D/P: The New York Times Electronic Media)

External links

• The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences :: Awards