1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards explained

1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Venue:Georgia World Congress Center
Country:Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Most Awards:GoldenEye 007 (4)
Award1 Type:Interactive Title of the Year
Award1 Winner:GoldenEye 007
Award2 Type:Hall of Fame
Award2 Winner:Shigeru Miyamoto
Main:D.I.C.E. Awards
Next: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.[1] All titles eligible for nomination were publicly release in North America between January 1, 1997 and March 31, 1998.[2]

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. Rare and Nintendo won the most awards, with Rare as the developer and Nintendo as the publisher. 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.[3] 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, Metroid, 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 .[4] [5] [6] [7]

Craft Awards

Content Awards

Console

Personal Computer

Online

  • CNN Online
    • ABC News Online
    • Discovery Channel Online
    • ESPN Sportszone
    • GameSpot
    • The Wall Street Journal Online
    • The Washington Post Online

Hall of Fame Award

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
NominationsGame
6Final Fantasy VII
GoldenEye 007
Riven: The Sequel to Myst
5Blade Runner
4
3Age 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
2Ultima Online
Nominations by company
NominationsGamesCompany
2410Electronic Arts
218Sony Computer Entertainment
177Interplay Productions
126The Learning Company
113Red Orb Entertainment
104Virgin Interactive
3Nintendo
9Westwood Studios
8GT Interactive
2Acclaim Entertainment
Rare
74Disney Interactive
63Broderbund
Konami
LucasArts
Mindscape
Origin Systems
2Iguana Entertainment
Microsoft
1Cyan Worlds
SquareSoft
52Capcom
4Activision
Media Station
Sega
THQ
1High Voltage Software
Oddworld Inhabitants
3Black Isle Studios
Bullfrog Productions
Ensemble Studios
NanaOn-Sha
Strategic Studies Group
2Kesmai

Multiple Awards

AwardsGame
4GoldenEye 007
2Final Fantasy VII
PaRappa the Rapper
StarCraft
Awards by company
AwardsGamesCompany
52Nintendo
Rare
4Sony Computer Entertainment
33Broderbund
Electronic Arts
22Microsoft
1Blizzard Entertainment
NanaOn-Sha
SquareSoft

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First Interactive Achievement Awards . 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.
  2. Web site: News - Press Release 5 . 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.
  3. Web site: The Award - Categories . 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.
  4. Web site: The Award - Updates . 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 . dead.
  5. Web site: The Award - Winners . 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 . dead.
  6. Web site: And the Winner is... . 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 .
  7. Web site: And the Winners Are... . 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 .
  8. Web site: D.I.C.E. Special Awards . 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 .