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