# 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.
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".
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 (‡).
* 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 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 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 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
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
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 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 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 | 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

### 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 |
| 7 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
| 6 | Grim Fandango |
| 6 | Metal Gear Solid |
| 5 | Banjo-Kazooie |
| 4 | Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit |
| 4 | Pokémon Red and Blue |
| 4 | Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri |
| 3 | King's Quest: Mask of Eternity |
| 3 | Motocross Madness |
| 3 | NFL Quarterback Club 99 |
| 3 | Parasite Eve |
| 3 | Sanitarium |
| 3 | Spyro the Dragon |
| 3 | Starsiege: Tribes |
| 3 | The X-Files Game |
| 2 | Blue's Birthday Adventure |
| 2 | GameSpot.com |
| 2 | National Geographic Maps: The Complete Collection |
Nominations by company :
| Nominations | Games | Company |
| 25 | 11 | Electronic Arts |
| 22 | 6 | Nintendo |
| 19 | 6 | Sierra On-Line |
| 11 | 5 | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| 11 | 4 | LucasArts |
| 8 | 5 | Interplay Productions |
| 7 | 3 | Acclaim Entertainment |
| 7 | 1 | Valve |
| 6 | 5 | Broderbund |
| 6 | 1 | Konami |
| 5 | 2 | Iguana Entertainment |
| 5 | 2 | Microsoft |
| 5 | 1 | Rare |
| 4 | 2 | Black Isle Studios |
| 4 | 2 | Dynamix |
| 4 | 2 | GT Interactive |
| 4 | 2 | Infogrames |
| 4 | 1 | Firaxis Games |
| 4 | 1 | Game Freak |
| 3 | 3 | Disney Interactive |
| 3 | 3 | Knowledge Adventure |
| 3 | 3 | The Learning Company |
| 3 | 2 | The 3DO Company |
| 3 | 2 | Stormfront Studios |
| 3 | 1 | ASC Games |
| 3 | 1 | DreamForge Intertainment |
| 3 | 1 | Fox Interactive |
| 3 | 1 | HyperBole Studios |
| 3 | 1 | Insomniac Games |
| 3 | 1 | Rainbow Studios |
| 3 | 1 | SquareSoft |
| 2 | 2 | Mattel Media |
| 2 | 2 | SouthPeak Interactive |
| 2 | 1 | Humongous Entertainment |
| 2 | 1 | Simutronics |
| 2 | 1 | GameSpot |

#### Multiple Awards

Games that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Game |
| 6 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
| 2 | Banjo-Kazooie |
| 2 | Half-Life |
Awards by company :
| Awards | Games | Company |
| 10 | 4 | Nintendo |
| 5 | 5 | Electronic Arts |
| 3 | 2 | Sierra On-Line |
| 2 | 2 | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| 2 | 1 | Rare |
| 2 | 1 | Valve |