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 two 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 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 Game 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". EA Canada and Nintendo EAD were the only developers with more than one award-winning game.
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 (). 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 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 ArtsBanjo-Kazooie — Rare, Nintendo Grim Fandango — LucasArts Half-Life — Valve, Sierra On-Line Spyro the Dragon — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer EntertainmentRoad Rash 3D — Electronic Arts Grim Fandango — LucasArts Heart of Darkness — Amazing Studio, Interplay Productions Wild 9 — Shiny Entertainment, Interplay ProductionsThe 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 EntertainmentPokémon 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 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Nintendo EADBanjo-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, ActivisionThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Nintendo EAD Banjo-Kazooie — Rare, Nintendo MediEvil — SCE Studio Cambridge Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus — Oddworld Inhabitants, GT InteractiveWCW/nWo Revenge — AKI Corporation, THQ Bushido Blade 2 — Lightweight, Square Electronic Arts WWF War Zone — Iguana West, Acclaim EntertainmentGran 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/SeattleThe 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, Nintendo1080° 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 Half-Life — Valve, Sierra On-LineHalf-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 InteractiveGrim 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 InteractiveBaldur'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-LineNeed 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 ArtsFIFA 99 — EA Canada Links LS 1999 — Access Software Madden NFL 99 — EA Tiburon Motocross Madness — Rainbow Studios, Microsoft NASCAR Revolution — Stormfront Studios, Electronic ArtsSid 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 Arts3D 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 — BroderbundA 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 StudiosNational 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 InteractiveJumpStart 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 CompanyThinkin' 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 Starsiege: Tribes — Dynamix, Sierra On-Line Air Warrior III — Kesmai, Interactive Magic CyberStrike 2 — Simutronics, 989 StudiosMultiplayer 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 InteractiveUltima Online: The Second Age — Origin Systems, Electronic Arts DragonRealms: Maritime Expansion — Simutronics Meridian 59: Dark Auspices — Archetype Interactive, The 3DO CompanyGameSpot.com Comedy Central Online — Comedy Central MSN Gaming Zone Uproar.comCNN.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 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 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 2 Mattel Media SouthPeak Interactive 1 Humongous Entertainment Simutronics GameSpot
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
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External links 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Video YouTube
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