1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

American video game awards February 2025 1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta, Georgia, USA 1998 05 28 GoldenEye 007 (4) Final Fantasy VII GoldenEye 007 Riven: The Sequel to Myst (6) Interactive Title of the Year GoldenEye 007 Hall of Fame Shigeru Miyamoto D.I.C.E. Awards 2nd The 1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards was the 1st edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 1997 and the first three months of 1998. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and were held on the first day of E3 1998 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. There was not an official host of the award ceremony.First Interactive Achievement Awards http://www.interactive.org/ Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 1 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/19980615085645/http://www.interactive.org:80/ June 15, 1998 All titles eligible for nomination were publicly release in North America between January 1, 1997 and March 31, 1998.News - Press Release 5 http://www.interactive.org/html/news/press/press5.htm Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 11 December 2023 June 15, 1998 https://web.archive.org/web/19980615090736/http://www.interactive.org/html/news/press/press5.htm Final Fantasy VII, GoldenEye 007, and Riven: The Sequel to Myst were tied for receiving the most nominations. GoldenEye 007 took home the most awards, including "Interactive Title of the Year". Electronic Arts received the most nominations and had the most nominated games. Electronic Arts also tied with Broderbund for having the most awarded games. Developer Rare won the most awards of the event, while Sony Computer Entertainment and Nintendo tied for most wins as publishers. Rare and Broderbund were the only developers with more than one award-winning game. There was a tie between Age of Empires and StarCraft for "PC Strategy Game of the Year". Carmen Sandiego had two award-winning titles for the PC awards "Edutainment" and "Skills Building" with Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? and Carmen Sandiego Word Detective, respectively. There was a category for "Arcade Game of the Year" in the initial category listing, but there weren't any finalists named for the category.The Award - Categories http://www.interactive.org/html/award/awardCat.htm Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 5 December 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/19980615090135/http://www.interactive.org:80/html/award/awardCat.htm June 15, 1998 This would be the only year "Interactive Title of the Year" was offered, and would be renamed "Game of the Year" going forward. Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of several of Nintendo franchises including Donkey Kong, Mario, The Legend of Zelda, F-Zero, and Star Fox, was the first inductee of 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 Award - Updates http://www.interactive.org/html/award/awardupdate.htm Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 28 December 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/19980615090128fw_/http://www.interactive.org/html/award/awardupdate.htm June 15, 1998 deadThe Award - Winners http://www.interactive.org/html/award/awardwin98.htm Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 11 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/19980615090115/http://www.interactive.org/html/award/awardwin98.htm June 15, 1998 deadAnd the Winner is... https://www.gamespot.com/articles/and-the-winner-is/1100-2463637/ GameSpot GameSpot 11 January 2023 11 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230111042854/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/and-the-winner-is/1100-2463637/ live And the Winners Are... https://www.gamespot.com/articles/and-the-winners-are-/1100-2463867/ GameSpot GameSpot 11 January 2023 29 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230429182611/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/and-the-winners-are-/1100-2463867/ live #EEDD82 Interactive Title of the Year GoldenEye 007 — Rare, Nintendo Age of Empires — Ensemble Studios, Microsoft Blade Runner — Westwood Studios, Virgin Interactive Final Fantasy VII — SquareSoft, Sony Computer Entertainment PaRappa the Rapper — NanaOn-Sha, Sony Computer Entertainment Quake II — id Software, Activision Riven: The Sequel to Myst — Cyan Worlds, Red Orb Entertainment Turok: Dinosaur Hunter — Iguana Entertainment, Acclaim Entertainment Craft Awards #EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Design PaRappa the Rapper — NanaOn-Sha, Sony Computer Entertainment Dungeon Keeper — Bullfrog Productions, Electronic Arts Final Fantasy VII — SquareSoft, Sony Computer Entertainment GoldenEye 007 — Rare, Nintendo#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Art/Graphics Riven: The Sequel to Myst — Cyan Worlds, Red Orb Entertainment Blade Runner — Westwood Studios, Virgin Interactive Final Fantasy VII — SquareSoft, Sony Computer Entertainment GoldenEye 007 — Rare, Nintendo Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee — Oddworld Inhabitants, GT Interactive The Curse of Monkey Island — LucasArts#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Sound and Music PaRappa the Rapper — NanaOn-Sha, Sony Computer Entertainment Fallout — Black Isle Studios, Interplay Productions Interstate '76 — Activision Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee — Oddworld Inhabitants, GT Interactive Outlaws — LucasArts Star Trek: Starfleet Academy — High Voltage Software, Interplay Productions#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Software Engineering GoldenEye 007 — Rare, Nintendo Blade Runner — Westwood Studios, Virgin Interactive Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 — Aces Game Studio, Microsoft NFL GameDay 98 — Sony Interactive Studios America NFL Quarterback Club 98 — Iguana Entertainment, Acclaim Entertainment Star Trek: Starfleet Academy — High Voltage Software, Interplay Productions Temujin — SouthPeak Interactive Ultima Online — Origin Systems, Electronic Arts Content Awards Console #EEDD82 Console Game of the YearAll finalists for console awards are finalists for Console Game of the Year. GoldenEye 007 — Rare, Nintendo#EEDD82 Console Action Game of the Year GoldenEye 007 — Rare, Nintendo Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Gex: Enter the Gecko — Crystal Dynamics, Midway Games Resident Evil 2 — Capcom Turok: Dinosaur Hunter — Iguana Entertainment, Acclaim Entertainment#EEDD82 Console Adventure Game of the Year Final Fantasy VII — SquareSoft, Sony Computer Entertainment Castlevania: Symphony of the Night — Konami Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee — Oddworld Inhabitants, GT Interactive Resident Evil 2 — Capcom Riven: The Sequel to Myst — Cyan Worlds, Acclaim Entertainment#EEDD82 Console Fighting Game of the Year WCW vs. nWo: World Tour — Asmik Ace Entertainment, THQ Bloody Roar — Hudson Soft, Sony Computer Entertainment Bushido Blade — Lightweight, Sony Computer Entertainment Street Fighter EX Plus α — Arika, Capcom WCW Nitro — Inland Productions, THQ#EEDD82 Console Racing Game of the Year Diddy Kong Racing — Rare Mario Kart 64 — Nintendo EAD Moto Racer — Delphine Software International, Electronic Arts NASCAR 98 — Stormfront Studios, Electronic Arts#EEDD82 Console Role-Playing Game of the Year Final Fantasy VII — SquareSoft, Sony Computer Entertainment Alundra — Matrix Software, Working Designs, Sony Computer Entertainment, Psygnosis Suikoden — Konami Wild Arms — Media.Vision, Sony Computer Entertainment#EEDD82 Console Sports Game of the Year International Superstar Soccer 64 — Konami NASCAR 98 — Stormfront Studios, Electronic Arts NBA Live 98 — EA Canada NFL GameDay 98 — Sony Interactive Studios America NFL Quarterback Club 98 — Iguana Entertainment, Acclaim Entertainment World Series Baseball '98 — Sega Personal Computer #EEDD82 Computer Entertainment Title of the YearAll finalists for personal computer awards are finalists for Computer Entertainment Title of the Year. StarCraft — Blizzard Entertainment#EEDD82 PC Action Game of the Year Quake II — id Software, Activision Carmageddon Max Pack — Stainless Games, Interplay Productions Die By the Sword — Treyarch, Interplay Productions Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II — LucasArts Redneck Rampage — Xatrix Entertainment, Interplay Productions Wing Commander: Prophecy — Origin Systems, Electronic Arts#EEDD82 PC Adventure Game of the Year Blade Runner — Westwood Studios, Virgin Interactive Realms of the Haunting — Gremlin Interactive, Interplay Productions Riven: The Sequel to Myst — Cyan Worlds, Red Orb Entertainment Tex Murphy: Overseer — Access Software The Curse of Monkey Island — LucasArts The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time — Presto Studios, Red Orb Entertainment#EEDD82 PC Role-Playing Game of the Year Dungeon Keeper — Bullfrog Productions, Electronic Arts Fallout — Black Isle Studios, Interplay Productions Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny — Westwood Studios, Virgin Interactive Entertainment#EEDD82 PC Simulation Game of the Year Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 — Aces Game Studio, Microsoft F-22: Air Dominance Fighter — Digital Image Design, Infogrames Jane's Combat Simulations: F-15 — EA Baltimore Jane's Combat Simulations: Longbow 2 — Origin Systems, Electronic Arts Star Trek: Starfleet Academy — High Voltage Software, Interplay Productions#EEDD82 PC Sports Game of the Year FIFA Road to World Cup 98 — EA Canada Links LS 1998 — Access Software NBA Action '98 — Visual Concepts, Sega NHL 98 — EA Canada Virtual Pool 2 — Celeris, VR Sports, Interplay Productions Warlords III: Reign of Heroes — Strategic Studies Group, Red Orb Entertainment#EEDD82 PC Strategy Game of the YearTies between finalists. Age of Empires — Ensemble Studios, Microsoft StarCraft — Blizzard Entertainment Command & Conquer Gold — Westwood Studios, Virgin Interactive Entertainment Sid Meier's Gettysburg! — Firaxis Games, Electronic Arts Total Annihilation — Cavedog Entertainment, GT Interactive Warlords III: Reign of Heroes — Strategic Studies Group, Red Orb Entertainment#EEDD82 PC Creativity Title of the Year Orly's Draw-A-Story — ToeJam & Earl Productions, Broderbund Barbie Cool Looks Fashion Designer — Mattel Media Disney's Magic Artist — ImageBuilder Software, Disney Interactive Print Artist Platinum — Sierra Home Print Master Platinum 4.0 — Mindscape The American Girls Premiere — The Learning Company#EEDD82 PC Edutainment Title of the Year Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? — Broderbund, The Learning Company Ariel's Story Studio — Media Station, Disney Interactive Crayola Magic Wardrobe — Hyperspace Cowgirls, IBM Reader Rabbit's 1st Grade — KnowWare, The Learning Company Sesame Street: Elmo's Preschool Deluxe — Children's Television Workshop, The Learning Company#EEDD82 PC Family/Kids Title of the Year Lego Island — Mindscape Backyard Baseball — Humongous Entertainment, GT Interactive Secret Paths in the Forest — Purple Moon, Media Concrete, Convivial The Oregon Trail 3rd Edition: Pioneer Adventures — MECC, The Learning Company Tonka Search and Rescue — Media Station, Hasbro Interactive Ultimate Family Tree — Palladium Interactive#EEDD82 PC Skills Building Title of the Year Carmen Sandiego Word Detective — Broderbund Disney's Learning: Ready to Read with Pooh — Disney Interactive Inside the SAT and ACT 98 Deluxe — The Princeton Review, Mindscape JumpStart 2nd Grade Math — Knowledge Adventure The ClueFinders' 3rd Grade Adventures — The Learning Company Online #EEDD82 Online Game of the Year Ultima Online — Origin Systems, Electronic Arts Air Warrior II — Kesmai, Interactive Magic Aliens Online — Kesmai, Mythic Entertainment, Fox Interactive GemStone III — Simutronics SubSpace — Burst Studios, Virgin Interactive#EEDD82 Online Entertainment Site of the Year Bezerk — Berkeley Systems, Jellyvision Comedy Central Online Disney's Daily Blast - Disney Interactive Entertainment Asylum — AOL NBC TV's Home on the Web#EEDD82 Online News/Information Site of the Year CNN Online ABC News Online Discovery Channel Online ESPN Sportszone GameSpot The Wall Street Journal Online The Washington Post Online Hall of Fame Award Shigeru MiyamotoD.I.C.E. Special Awards https://www.interactive.org/special_awards/index.asp Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 30 May 2022 30 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220530021223/https://www.interactive.org/special_awards/index.asp live 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". The same can be applied to nominees for personal computer awards and "Computer Entertainment Title of the Year". + Games that received multiple nominations Nominations Game 6 Final Fantasy VII GoldenEye 007 Riven: The Sequel to Myst 5 Blade Runner 4 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 3 Age of Empires Dungeon Keeper Fallout Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 NASCAR 98 NFL GameDay 98 NFL Quarterback Club 98 PaRappa the Rapper Quake II Resident Evil 2 The Curse of Monkey Island Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Warlords III: Reign of Heroes 2Only listing games that were neither nominated for a console nor personal computer award. Ultima Online + Nominations by company Nominations Games Company 24 10 Electronic Arts 21 8 Sony Computer Entertainment 17 7 Interplay Productions 12 6 The Learning Company 10 4 Virgin Interactive 9 3 Red Orb Entertainment Westwood Studios 8 Acclaim Entertainment GT Interactive 2 Nintendo Rare 7 4 Disney Interactive 6 3 Broderbund Konami LucasArts Mindscape Origin Systems 2 Iguana Entertainment Microsoft 1 Cyan Worlds SquareSoft 5 2 Capcom 4 Activision Media Station Sega THQ 1 High Voltage Software Oddworld Inhabitants 3 Black Isle Studios Bullfrog Productions Ensemble Studios NanaOn-Sha Strategic Studies Group 2Only listing companies that did not receive a nomination for a console or personal computer award. Kesmai Multiple Awards + Games that received multiple awards Awards Game 4 GoldenEye 007 2 Final Fantasy VII PaRappa the Rapper StarCraft + Awards by company Awards Games Company 5 2 Rare 4 Sony Computer Entertainment 1 Nintendo 3 3 Broderbund Electronic Arts 2 2 Microsoft 1 Blizzard Entertainment NanaOn-Sha SquareSoft Notes External links Archived Finalists Archived Winners 1st Annual AIAS Awards Presentation YouTube Video Shigeru Miyamoto Hall of Fame YouTube Video References Video games Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Category:D.I.C.E. Award ceremonies