- Name
- Interactive Achievement Awards 1999
- Aliases
- IAA 1999,IAA '99,AIAS Awards 1999,AIAS Awards '99
Interactive Achievement Awards 1999
The 1999 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games and software of 1998.
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Overview
Game of the Year
The 2nd annual Interactive Achievement Awards were held May 13 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas (Location). Although the show was not held in Los Angeles (Location), it took place after the first day of the 1999 Electronic Entertainment Expo. There was no specific host, but presenters included Bruce Shelley (Person), Peter Molyneux (Person), George Ailstair Sanger, Bruno Campos, Zachery Ty Bryan, Gilman G. Louie, Ben Stein (Person), Tia and Tamera Mowry, Chris Roberts (Person), David Perry (Person), Danica McKeller, David Gallagher (Person), Coolio (Person), Sugar Ray Leonard, Jez San, Thomas Galvin, and Nicolle Tom. During the event, Sid Meier (Person) was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Game of the Year
Computer GOTY
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)
Banjo-Kazooie - Rare / Nintendo (Company)
Grim Fandango (Game) - LucasArts / LucasArts
Half-Life - Valve / Sierra Online (Company)
Metal Gear Solid (Game) - Konami (Company) / Konami (Company)
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - Firaxis / Electronic Arts (Company)
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron - LucasArts / LucasArts
Computer Game of the Year
Console Game of the Year
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)
Action Game of the Year (Computer)
Starsiege: Tribes (Game) - Dynamix / Sierra Online (Company)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six - Red Storm Entertainment / Red Storm Entertainment
Unreal (Game) - Epic Games (Company) & Digital Extremes (Company) / GT Interactive Software
Action Game of the Year (Console)
Action GOTY (Console)
Banjo-Kazooie - Rare / Nintendo (Company)
Metal Gear Solid (Game) - Konami (Company) / Konami (Company)
Parasite Eve (Game) - Squaresoft (Company) / Square EA (Company)
Spyro the Dragon (Game) - Insomniac Games (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins - Acquire (Company) / Activision (Company)
Adventure Game of the Year (Computer)
Adventure GOTY (PC)
Grim Fandango (Game) - LucasArts / LucasArts
Dark Side of the Moon (Game) - SouthPeak Interactive / SouthPeak Interactive
Douglas Adam's Starship Titanic - The Digital Village / Simon andamp;amp;amp; Schuster Interactive
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity - Sierra Online (Company) / Sierra Online (Company)
Sanitarium (Game) - Dreamforge Entertainment / ASC Games
The X-Files Game - HyperBole Studios / Fox Interactive (Company)
Adventure Game of the Year (Console)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)
Banjo-Kazooie - Rare / Nintendo (Company)
MediEvil (Game) - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / Sony Computer Entertainment America
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus - Oddworld Inhabitants (Company) / GT Interactive
Children's Entertainment Title of the Year
Children's GOTY
Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life - Traveller's Tales / Buena Vista Games
Barbie Riding Club - Human Code / Mattel Interactive (Company)
Blue's Birthday Adventure - Humongous Entertainment (Company) / Humongous Entertainment (Company)
Dr. Brain Thinking Games: IQ Adventure - Knowledge Adventure / Knowledge Adventure
LEGO Creator (Game) - Superscape / LEGO Media International
Rugrats Adventure Game (Game) - The Learning Company (Company) / The Learning Company (Company)
The Starfire Soccer Challenge - Purple Moon / Stormfront Studios (Company)
Creativity Title of the Year
Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera and CD-ROM - Gorilla / Mattel Interactive (Company)
3-D Castle Creator - Image Builder Software / IBM (Company)
American Greetings Craft Deluxe - American Greetings / Broderbund Software
Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover - Motion Works / Broderbund Software
Printmaster Platinum 7.0 - Broderbund Software / Broderbund Software
Educational Title of the Year (0-8 Years)
JumpStart Preschool - Knowledge Adventure / Knowledge Adventure
Blue's Birthday Adventure - Humongous Entertainment (Company) / Humongous Entertainment (Company)
Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa - Disney Interactive (Company) / Disney Interactive (Company)
Dr. Seuss Preschool - The Learning Company (Company) / The Learning Company (Company)
Elmo's Reading: Preschool & Kindergarten - Children's Television Workshop / The Learning Company (Company)
Reader Rabbit's Math - The Learning Company (Company) / The Learning Company (Company)
Educational Title of the Year (9-16 Years)
Thinkin' Science ZAP! - Edmark Corp. / Edmark Corp.
Journey Into the Brain - Morphonix / Morphonix
JumpStart Adventure: 6th Grade - Human Code / Knowledge Adventure
National Geographic Maps - National Geographic Interactive / Broderbund Software
Star Wars Droidworks - Lucas Learning / LucasArts
Family Title of the Year
National Geographic Maps - National Geographic Interactive / Broderbund Software
3-D Ultra NASCAR Pinball - Dynamix / Sierra Online (Company)
The D Show - Cyberflix / Disney Interactive (Company)
Looney Tunes Cosmic Capers: Animation Jigsaws - SouthPeak Interactive / SouthPeak Interactive
Star Wars: Behind the Magic - LucasArts / LucasArts
Fighting Game of the Year
Fighting GOTY
WCW/nWo Revenge - AKI Corporation / THQ (Company)
Bushido Blade 2 (Game) - Squaresoft (Company) / Square EA (Company)
WWF WarZone - Iguana West / Acclaim
Online Action/Strategy Game of the Year
Starsiege: Tribes (Game) - Dynamix / Sierra Online (Company)
Air Warrior III (Game) - Kesmai Studios / iEntertainment Network (Company)
CyberStrike 2 (Game) - Simutronics / Simutronics
Online Family/Board Game of the Year
Multiplayer Jeopardy! Online - Sony Online Entertainment / Sony Online Entertainment
The Game of Life (Game) - Mass Media / Hasbro Interactive
Multiplayer Wheel of Fortune Online - Sony Online Entertainment / Sony Online Entertainment
What's the Big Idea? - Berkeley Systems (Company) / Berkeley Systems (Company)
Online Role Playing Game of the Year
Online Role Playing GOTY
Ultima Online: The Second Age - ORIGIN Systems / Electronic Arts (Company)
Dragon Realms: Maritime Expansion - Simutronics / Simutronics
Meridian 59: Dark Auspices - The 3DO Company (Company) / The 3DO Company (Company)
Racing Game of the Year
Racing GOTY
Gran Turismo - Polyphony Digital / Sony Computer Entertainment America
Extreme G2 - Probe Entertainment / Acclaim
F-Zero X - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Role Playing Game of the Year (Computer)
Baldur's Gate - BioWare (Company) / Interplay Product
Fallout 2 (Game) - Black Isle Studios (Company) / Interplay Entertainment
Might andamp;amp;amp; Magic VI - New World Computing / The 3DO Company (Company)
Return to Krondor - Pyrotechnix / Sierra Online (Company)
Role Playing Game of the Year (Console)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)
Pokemon - Game Freak / Nintendo (Company)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (Game) - Sega (Company) / Sega (Company)
Parasite Eve (Game) - Squaresoft (Company) / Square EA (Company)
Simulation Game of the Year
Simulation GOTY
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War - Volition / Hyperion Entertainment (Company)
Independence War - Particle Systems / Infogrames
Jane's Combat Simulations: WWII Fighter - Jane's Combat Simulation / Electronic Arts (Company)
Total Air War - Digital Image Design / Infogrames
Sports Game of the Year (Computer)
FIFA 99 (Game) - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Links LS 1999 (Game) - Access Software / Access Software
Madden NFL 99 (Game) - EA Tiburon (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Motocross Madness (Game) - Rainbow Studios (Company) / Microsoft
NASCAR Revolution - Stormfront / Electronic Arts (Company)
Sports Game of the Year (Console)
1080° Snowboarding (Game) - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)
Hot Shots Golf (Game) - Camelot Software Planning (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America
Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside (Game) - Left Field Productions (Company) / Nintendo (Company)
NFL Blitz (Game) - Midway Games (Company) / Midway
NFL Quarterback Club '99 - Iguana Entertainment / Acclaim
Strategy Game of the Year
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - Firaxis / Electronic Arts (Company)
Caesar III (Game) - Impressions Games (Company) / Sierra Online (Company)
Close Combat III: The Russian Front - Atomic Games / Microsoft
Mech Commander - FASA Studio (Company) / MicroProse Software
Sim City 3000 - EA Maxis / Electronic Arts (Company)
Outstanding Achievement in Art/Graphics
Banjo-Kazooie - Rare / Nintendo (Company)
Grim Fandango (Game) - LucasArts / LucasArts
Half-Life - Valve / Sierra Online (Company)
Spyro the Dragon (Game) - Insomniac Games (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America
Outstanding Achievement in Story Development
Pokemon - Game Freak / Nintendo (Company)
Grim Fandango (Game) - LucasArts / LucasArts
Half-Life - Valve / Sierra Online (Company)
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity - Sierra Online (Company) / Sierra Online (Company)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)
Metal Gear Solid (Game) - Konami (Company) / Konami (Company)
Sanitarium (Game) - Dreamforge Entertainment / ASC Games
The X-Files Game - HyperBole Studios / Fox Interactive (Company)
Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Design
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)
Half-Life - Valve / Sierra Online (Company)
Metal Gear Solid (Game) - Konami (Company) / Konami (Company)
Pokemon - Game Freak / Nintendo (Company)
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - Firaxis / Electronic Arts (Company)
Outstanding Achievement in Software Engineering
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)
Half-Life - Valve / Sierra Online (Company)
Metal Gear Solid (Game) - Konami (Company) / Konami (Company)
Motocross Madness (Game) - Rainbow Studios (Company) / Microsoft
NFL Quarterback Club '99 - Iguana Entertainment / Acclaim
Outstanding Achievement in Sound and Music
Road Rash 3D - Electronic Arts (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Grim Fandango (Game) - LucasArts / LucasArts
Heart of Darkness (Game) - Amazing Studios / Interplay Entertainment
Wild 9 (Game) - Shiny Entertainment / Interplay Entertainment
Entertainment Site of the Year
GameSpot.com - GameSpot Inc. / GameSpot Inc.
Comedy Central Online - Comedy Central / Comedy Central
MSN Gaming Zone - Microsoft / Microsoft
Uproar.com - E-Pub Inc. / E-Pub Inc.
News/Information Site of the Year
CNN.com - CNN Interactive / CNN Interactive
GameSpot.com - GameSpot Inc. / GameSpot Inc.
Media Newsweek.com - Washington Post & Newseek Interactive / Washington Post & Newseek Interactive
Metromix.com - Juliana Cole / Chicago Tribune Interactiv
NYTimes.com - The New York Times Electronic Media / The New York Times Electronic Media
*** Games listed below and attached to this page are only the winners of Awards *** '