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1 Events
2 Notable releases
3 Hardware
4 Business
5 Lawsuits
6 Awards

Events

British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosts the 2nd annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards
March – Game Over republished as “Game Over: Press Start to Continue”
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 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3); 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 — Gamer Billy Mitchell scores a perfect 3,333,360 points on the Pac-Man arcade game
Team Fortress 2 is announced for release during the year, but gets delayed until 2007.
July 21 during the Macworld Conference & Expo, Steve Jobs announced that Halo: Combat Evolved would be released for Mac OS and Windows simultaneously. Before this public announcement, game industry journalists under a non-disclosure agreement had previewed the game in a private showing during E3 1999.

Notable releases

Video game platforms

DC	Dreamcast
GBC	Game Boy Color

N64	Nintendo 64
PS1	PlayStation / PSone

Win	Microsoft Windows

January 31 - Silent Hill (PS)
February 8 - Mario Party (N64)
February 28 - Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (PC)
March 16 - EverQuest (PC)
March 31 - RollerCoaster Tycoon (PC)
April 10 - Warzone 2100 (PC)
April 27 - Super Smash Bros. (N64)
April 30 - Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (PC)
April 30 - Star Wars: Episode I Racer (N64, PC)
April 30 - Pokémon Stadium (N64)
June 1 - Heroes of Might and Magic III (PC)
June 14 - Descent³ (PC)
June 18 - Counter-Strike (original PC MOD)
June 30 - Kingpin: Life of Crime (PC)
July 31 - Outcast (PC)
August 11 - System Shock 2 (PC)
August 27 - Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (PC)
August 31 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (PS)
September 7 - Sonic Adventure (DC)
September 9 - Soulcalibur (DC)
September 9 - Final Fantasy VIII - (PS)
September 28 - Homeworld (PC)
September 30 - FreeSpace 2 (PC)
September 30 - Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (PC)
October 11 - Jet Force Gemini (N64)
October 31 - Half-Life: Opposing Force (PC)
October 31 - Ultima IX: Ascension (PC)
October 31 - Donkey Kong 64 (N64)
October 31 - Nocturne (PC)
November 2 - Asheron's Call (PC)
November 9 - RollerCoaster Tycoon: Corkscrew Follies (PC)
November 11 - Medal of Honor (PS)
November 23 - SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle (PC)
November 26 - Unreal Tournament (PC)
December 2 - Quake III Arena (PC)
December 12 - Planescape: Torment (PC)
December 31 - Battlezone II: Combat Commander (PC)

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
Playstation 3's favorite year

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
ZeniMax Media acquires Bethesda Softworks
3d6 Games, Inc. founded (closes November 1, 2002)
7 Studios founded
BAM! Entertainment, Inc. founded
Bohemia Interactive Studio founded
February 22 — "Black Monday" (or "Chainsaw Monday"): Sierra 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

Awards

Spiel des Jahres: Tikal - Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer, Ravensburger

History of video games

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