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2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

May 17, 1999

After the flood of excitement following the first day of E3 adventures, the biggest
names in the video game industry gathered at the Variety Arts Theater in
downtown Los Angeles for the 1999 Interactive Achievement Awards.This
event is very similar to the film industry's Academy Awards, and for
many video game developers it is one of the most exciting nights of the year.
These awards are more special than most because the voting is done exclusively
by active participants in the video game industry. Only members of the
Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences are allowed to vote, so winners are
assured that they have earned the respect of their peers 1998 inductee to the
Academy's Hall of Fame Shigeru Miyamoto received an unscheduled work-out
as he ran to and from the stage collecting Zelda's hoard of Achievement
Awards. The Nintendo 64 nearly swept the console
categories thanks to Mr. Miyamoto's masterpiece and other gems of the
Nintendo universe. Celebrity presenters were on hand to distribute the honors,
including Sugar Ray Leonard, Zachary Ty Bryan and rapper/game fan Coolio.
Mr. Miyamoto presented the 1999 Hall of Fame honor to Sid Meier,
grandfather of the strategy genre and creator of the wildly successful Civilization.
Here is a list of the Achievement Awards received by Nintendo: Outstanding
Achievement in Interactive Design: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Outstanding Achievement in Software Engineering: The Legend of Zelda:
Ocarina of Time Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development:
DMG Pokemon Outstanding Achievment in Art/Graphics: Banjo-Kazooie
Console Sports Game of the Year: 1080 Snowboarding Console Fighting Game
of the Year: WCW/NWO Revenge Console Role-Playing Game of the Year:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Console Action Game of the Year:
Banjo-Kazooie Console Adventure Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda:
Ocarina of Time Overall Game of the Year (all platforms): The Legend of Zelda:
Ocarina of Time Judging by the games being shown at this year's E3, Nintendo
is bound to fare equally well at the 3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
in 2000. Anakin Goes Wheeeeeee!It was standing room only when Jake Lloyd
(Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars:Episode 1: The Phantom Menance) took
control of a podracer at the Nintendo booth. Photos
South Park Rally
Kyle, Stan, Cartman and Kenny are too young to drive, but that's not going to stop
Acclaim from producing a racing game starring the foul-mouthed youngsters. After the
success of last year's hilarious first-person shooter, those clever folks at Acclaim realized
that they'd be more stupid than Cartman's mom if they passed up their chance to make a
sequel.MORE WCW Mayhem Special Event If there is one word to describe E3, that
word would be "big." The booths are big,
the games are big, and at the Electronic Arts booth, even the people were big.To start the
buzz about their upcoming game WCW Mayhem, EA invited Goldberg and Diamond
Dallas Page to compete for the first-ever Mayhem Championship Belt. The sweating and
grunting took place in a ring located directly in the middle of their booth.MORE Sprocket
It's likely that you've never heard of the brand-new development company Sucker Punch,
but this team of game enthusiasts has put together one of the most surprising 3-D adventure
titles at E3. Nintendo Power Source got an exclusive preview off the show floor at Sucker
Punch's hotel suite. MORE Photos from the first day of E3 Our man on the scene, Dan
Owsen, snapped these photos of the Nintendo booth during the first day of the show.
Check out the full-sized Pod from the new Star Wars movie hanging above the Nintendo
sign and the VW Beetle full of Pokémon plush toys! You'll feel like you are down in L.A.
after viewing these shots. Don't forget to have a napkin handy to wipe the drool off your
chin. 4 new photos just in!

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