1999 In Video Gaming

EVENTS

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BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) hosts the 2nd annual BAFTA Interactive Awards

March 15 - 19 — Game Developers Conference (formerly Computer Game Developers Conference); moves to San Jose, California where it stays for six consecutive years; hosts the 1st annual Independent Games Festival

March 15 — Gama Network hosts the 1st annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) at GDC

May 13 - 15 — 5th annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo); the 2nd annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E³

May 13 — Academy Of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (at E3); inducts Sid Meier of Firaxis to the AIAS Hall Of Fame

July 3 — Billy Mitchell (Pac-Man) scores a perfect 3,333,360 points on the '' Pac-Man '' arcade game

Notable releases

February 8 - '' Mario Party '' ( N64 )

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March 16 - '' EverQuest '' ( PC )

March 31 - '' RollerCoaster Tycoon '' ( PC )

April 27 - '' Super Smash Bros. '' ( N64 )

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May 11 - '' Homeworld '' ( PC )

June 14 - '' Descent 3 '' ( PC )

June 18 - '' Counter-Strike '' (original PC MOD )

August 31 - '' Final Fantasy VIII '' - ( PS )

August 31 - '' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater '' ( PS )

September 8 - '' Soul Calibur '' ( DC )

September 9 - '' Sonic Adventure '' ( DC )

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November 26 - '' Unreal Tournament '' ( PC , PS2 )

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December 2 - '' Quake III Arena '' ( PC )

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Hardware

Nintendo 's Game Boy Light (GBL) handheld console in Japan only

SEGA Dreamcast , an Internet-ready 128-bit home console

SNK 's Neo Geo Pocket Color handheld

Tiger Electronics Game.com Pocket Pro handheld

Business

Activision acquires Elsinore Multimedia, Expert Software , and Neversoft Entertainment

Infogrames Entertainment SA acquires Accolade , Gremlin Interactive (renamed Infogrames Sheffield House), GT Interactive Software (GTIS), and Ozisoft

Take Two Interactive acquires TalonSoft

3d6 Games , Inc. founded (closes November 1 , 2002 )

7 Studios founded

BAM! Entertainment , Inc. founded

Bohemia Interactive Studio founded

reorganizes to cut costs, closing several studios.

April — Liquid Entertainment founded

October — 7FX founded as subsidiary of a Czech company

Lawsuits

Nintendo v. Bung Enterprises Ltd.; Nintendo sues Bung over patent infringement

Sony Corporation v. Bleem LLC

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