Interactive Achievement Awards 2000 (Concept)

Interactive Achievement Awards 2000

CONCEPT

The 2000 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games and software of 1999.

Overview

The 3rd annual Interactive Achievement Awards were held May 11 at the Regal Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles (Location) during the Electronic Entertainment Expo. It was hosted by Martin Short (Person) and presenters included Martin Lewis, Ahmet Zappa,Stevie Case (Person), Brian Fargo (Person), Alison Sweeny, Harry Shearer (Person), Peter Molyneux (Person), and Glenn Entis (Person). During the event,Hironobu Sakaguchi (Person) was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Game of the Year

The Sims (Game) - Maxis Software (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings - Ensemble Studios (Company) / Microsoft

Donkey Kong 64 (Game) - Rare / Nintendo (Company)

Pokemon Yellow - Game Freak / Nintendo (Company)

Soul Calibur - Namco / Namco

Unreal Tournament (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / GT Interactive Software

Computer Game of the Year

Computer GOTY

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings - Ensemble Studios (Company) / Microsoft

Command andamp;amp;amp; Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Westwood Studios / Electronic Arts (Company)

Homeworld (Game) - Relic Entertainment (Company) / Sierra Online (Company)

RollerCoaster Tycoon (Game) - Chris Sawyer Productions (Company) / Atari (Company) & MicroProse Software

Unreal Tournament (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / GT Interactive Software

Console Game of the Year

Console GOTY

Soul Calibur - Namco / Namco

Crazy Taxi (Game) - Hitmaker (Company) / Sega (Company)

Donkey Kong 64 (Game) - Rare / Nintendo (Company)

Driver (Game) - Reflections Interactive / GT Interactive Software

Gran Turismo 2 (Game) - Polyphony Digital / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Pokemon Yellow - Game Freak / Nintendo (Company)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater - Neversoft / Activision (Company)

Action Game of the Year (Console)

Crazy Taxi (Game) - Hitmaker (Company) / Sega (Company)

Armada (Game) - Metro 3D / Metro 3D

Gauntlet Legends (Game) - Midway Games (Company) / Midway Games (Company)

Super Smash Bros. - HAL Laboratory / Nintendo (Company)

Syphon Filter (Game) - Eidetic Inc. / 989 Studios (Company)

Action Game of the Year (PC)

Action GOTY (Console)

Half-Life: Opposing Force - Gearbox Software / Sierra Online (Company)

Quake III: Arena - id Software (Company) / Activision (Company)

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six - Red Storm Entertainment / Red Storm Entertainment

Unreal Tournament (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / GT Interactive Software

Adventure/Role Playing Game of the Year (Console)

Final Fantasy VIII (Game) - Squaresoft (Company) / Squaresoft (Company)

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Eidos Interactive (Company)

Legend of Legaia (Game) - Contrail (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Adventure/Role Playing Game of the Year (PC)

Action GOTY (PC)

Asheron's Call - Turbine Entertainment / Microsoft

Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned - Sierra Online (Company) / Sierra Online (Company)

Outcast (Game) - Appeal / Infogrames

Planescape: Torment - Black Isle Studios (Company) / Interplay Entertainment

Ultima IX: Ascension - ORIGIN Systems / Electronic Arts (Company)

Children's Entertainment Title of the Year (Console)

Pokémon Snap (Game) - HAL Laboratory / Nintendo (Company)

LEGO Racers (Game) - High Voltage Software / LEGO Media International

Mario Party (Game) - Hudson Soft / Nintendo (Company)

Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage - Insomniac Games (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue - Disney Interactive (Company) / Activision (Company)

Children's Entertainment Title of the Year (PC)

Adventure / Role Playing GOTY (Console)

Disney's Villains' Revenge - Disney Interactive (Company) / Disney Interactive (Company)

LEGO Racers (Game) - High Voltage Software / LEGO Media International

Miss Spider's Tea Party - Simon andamp;amp;amp; Schuster Interactive / Simon andamp;amp;amp; Schuster Interactive

Sesame Street Music Maker - CTW / Mattel Interactive (Company)

Creativity Title of the Year

Disney's Magic Artist Studio - Disney Interactive (Company) / Disney Interactive (Company)

Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover 2 - Mattel Interactive (Company) / Mattel Interactive (Company)

LEGO Friends (Game) - LEGO Media International / LEGO Media International

Total 3D Home Deluxe - Mattel Interactive (Company) / Mattel Interactive (Company)

Educational Title of the Year

Adventure / Role Playing GOTY (PC)

Jump Start Phonics Learning System - Knowledge Adventure / Knowledge Adventure

Bear in the Big Blue House: Bear's Sense of Adventure - Knowledge Adventure / Knowledge Adventure

Blue's 1 2 3 Time Activities - Humongous Entertainment (Company) / Humongous Entertainment (Company)

The Clue Finder's Fifth Grade Adventures - The Learning Company (Company) / Mattel Interactive (Company)

Math Blaster for 1st Grade - Knowledge Adventure / Knowledge Adventure

Space Academy GX-1 - Adventure Edmark Corp. / Adventure Edmark Corp.

Family Title of the Year

3-D Ultra Lionel Traintown - Dynamix / Sierra Online (Company)

Complete National Geographic - National Geographic Interactive / Mattel Interactive (Company)

Miss Spider's Tea Party - Simon andamp;amp;amp; Schuster Interactive / Simon andamp;amp;amp; Schuster Interactive

Pandora's Box - Viewpoint Digital / Microsoft

The Sims (Game) - Maxis Software (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

You Don't Know Jack: Offline - Berkely Systems / Sierra Online (Company)

Fighting Game of the Year

Children's GOTY

Soul Calibur - Namco / Namco

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing (Game) - Midway Games (Company) / Midway Games (Company)

Super Smash Bros. - HAL Laboratory / Nintendo (Company)

WWF WrestleMania 2000 (Game) - AKI Corporation / THQ (Company)

Online Game of the Year

EverQuest (Game) - Verant Interactive (Company) / 989 Studios (Company)

Asheron's Call - Turbine Entertainment / Microsoft

Get the Picture - Berkeley Systems (Company) / Berkeley Systems (Company)

Pop-Tarts - Magnet Interactive / Magnet Interactive

Wordox - Landor Design Associates / World Opponent Network

Racing Game of the Year

Online GOTY

Star Wars: Episode I - Racer - LucasArts / LucasArts

Crash Team Racing (Game) - Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Driver (Game) - Reflections Interactive / GT Interactive Software

Gran Turismo 2 (Game) - Polyphony Digital / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Simulation Game of the Year

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000: Professional Edition - Microsoft / Microsoft

F/A-18 Simulator - Jane's Combat Simulations / Electronic Arts (Company)

Freespace 2 (Game) - Volition / Interplay Entertainment

Mig Alley (Game) - Rowan Software / Interplay Entertainment

Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance - Totally Games / LucasArts

Sports Game of the Year (Console)

Racing GOTY

Knockout Kings 2000 (Game) - Black Ops Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

NFL 2K (Game) - Visual Concepts (Company) / Sega (Company)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater - Neversoft / Activision (Company)

Sports Game of the Year (PC)

FIFA 2000 (Game) - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Backyard Football (Game) - Left Field Productions (Company) / Humongous Entertainment (Company)

High Heat Baseball 2000 (Game) - Team .366 / The 3DO Company (Company)

NHL 2000 (Game) - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Strategy Game of the Year

Simulation GOTY

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings - Ensemble Studios (Company) / Microsoft

Command andamp;amp;amp; Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Westwood Studios / Electronic Arts (Company)

Homeworld (Game)- Relic Entertainment (Company) / Sierra Online (Company)

RollerCoaster Tycoon (Game) - Chris Sawyer Productions (Company) / Atari (Company) & MicroProse Software

Unreal Tournament (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / GT Interactive Software

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

Final Fantasy VIII (Game) - Squaresoft (Company) / Squaresoft (Company)

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings - Ensemble Studios (Company) / Microsoft

Disney's Villains' Revenge - Disney Interactive (Company) / Disney Interactive (Company)

Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage - Insomniac Games (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

Sports GOTY (Console)

Final Fantasy VIII (Game) - Squaresoft (Company) / Squaresoft (Company)

Disney's Villains' Revenge - Disney Interactive (Company) / Disney Interactive (Company)

Pharoah (Game) - Impressions Games (Company) / Sierra Online (Company)

Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage - Insomniac Games (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

The Sims (Game) - Maxis Software (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings - Ensemble Studios (Company) / Microsoft

NOX - Westwood Studios / Electronic Arts (Company)

Omikron: The Nomad Soul - Quantic Dream (Company) / Eidos Interactive (Company)

Planescape: Torment - Black Isle Studios (Company) / Interplay Entertainment

Thief: The Dark Project - Looking Glass Studios / Eidos Interactive (Company)

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

Original Music Composition

The Sims (Game) - Maxis Software (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings - Ensemble Studios (Company) / Microsoft

Gran Turismo 2 (Game) - Polyphony Digital / Sony Computer Entertainment America

NOX - Westwood Studios / Electronic Arts (Company)

Syphon Filter (Game) - Eidetic Inc. / 989 Studios (Company)

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering

The Sims (Game) - Maxis Software (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings - Ensemble Studios (Company) / Microsoft

Crazy Taxi (Game) - Hitmaker (Company) / Sega (Company)

NFL 2K (Game) - Visual Concepts (Company) / Sega (Company)

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

Um Jammer Lammy (Game) - NanaOn-Sha Co. / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Outcast (Game) - Appeal / Infogrames

Silver (Game) - Infogrames / Infogrames

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

Sound Design

Medal of Honor (Game) - Dreamworks Interactive / Electronic Arts (Company)

NFL 2K (Game) - Visual Concepts (Company) / Sega (Company)

Thief: Dark Project - Looking Glass Studios / Eidos Interactive (Company)

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

Unreal Tournament (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / GT Interactive Software

NBA 2K (Game) - Visual Concepts (Company) / Sega (Company)

NFL 2K (Game) - Visual Concepts (Company) / Sega (Company)

Sonic Adventure (Game) - Sonic Team (Company) / Sega (Company)

Entertainment Site of the Year

[http:/www.theonion.com TheOnion.com] - Jack Szwergold / Peter Haise

[http:/www.abc.com ABC.com] - Go.com / Go.com

[http:/www.banja.com Banja.com] - CHMAN / CHMAN

[http:/www.calendarlive.com CalendarLive.com] - Leah Gentry / Los Angeles Times

[http:/www.entertaindom.com Entertaindom.com] - Jim Moloshok / AOL Time Warner

[http:/www.ign.com IGN.com] - Snowball.com / Snowball.com

Tony the Tiger Website - Magnet Interactive / Magnet Interactive

News/Information Site of the Year

Gamespot.com - GameSpot Inc. / GameSpot Inc.

[http:/www.cnn.com CNN.com] - CNN Interactive / CNN Interactive

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