Gold Thingies 1999 Nominees.

Best Game of 1999 nominees.
Bubble Bobble Classic, Duke Nukem, Survival Kids, Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, Pokémon Yellow, R-Type DX, Spy VS Spy, Harvest Moon GBC, The Legend of the River King GBC, Shadowgate Classic, Mickey Adventure Racing, Wario Land 2, Pac-Man: Special Color Edition, Yar's Revenge, Game and Watch Gallery 3, Mario Golf, Pokémon Pinball, V-Rally Edition 1999.

Game most in need of a sequel.
Mickey Adventure Racing, Mario Golf, Survival Kids, Harvest Moon GBC, Bomberman Quest, Classic Bubble Bobble, Game & Watch Gallery 3, Motocross Maniacs 2, Godzilla: The Series, Puzzle Master, Ballistic, Yoda Stories.

Game that has done the most for Game Boy in 1999.
Game & Watch Gallery 3 (For perfecting "Linking" between it's previous two incarnations), Pokémon Yellow (For putting more Game Boy Colors in homes than everything else), R-Type DX (For showing how an updated "DX" game should be made), Survival Kids/Harvest Moon GBC (For making Life sims something to be proud of.), Ken Griffey Jr.s Slugfest (For destroying the color barrier), Mickey's Adventure Racing (For making size matter), and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (For keeping it all real and giving us some hope.)

Best Villan.
Gary (Pokémon), Bowser (Mario Bros. Deluxe), Time (Harvest Moon), Lucifer (Revelations: The Demon Slayer), Mewtwo (Pokémon), Those bad mushrooms (Survival Kids), Captain Syrup (Wario Land 2), that bad wind factor (Mario Golf), The Zorgonites (Duke Nukem), Taz (Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 4), Behemoth (Shadowgate Classic), Your own mind (Deja Vu), Pete (Mickey's Adventure Racing), Sebulba (Star Wars Racer)

Best Hero.
Mario, Ash, Mery, Wario, Bugs Bunny, Anikan Skywalker, Mickey, Duke Nukem, Ace Harding, Maya the Bee.

Most unique Item.
Impractical Whip (Survival Kids), Super Hoe (Harvest Moon GBC), The Explodo-Molar (Duke Nukem), Pokéballs (Pokémon), Mushrooms (Mario Golf, Mario Bros Deluxe), your nuts (Conker's Pocket Tales), Cloud of Dispair (Mickey's Racing Adventure), Clue (Mary Kate and Ashley's Mystery), That woman (Zorro), your "Woogie" (Elmo in Grouch Land), Worms (Legend of the River King GBC).

Most Unusual Genre of 1999.
Monster Raising, Survival, No-Die, Click and Point, Farming, Educational.

Most over-used Genre of 1999.
Monster raising, sports, side-scrolling, shooters, retro.

Most over-hyped game of 1999.
Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Pinball, Tarzan, Shadowgate Classic, R-Type DX, Frogger, Mickey's Adventure Racing.

Best Developer/publisher (Aside from Nintendo)
The nominees are: Rare, Metro 3D, Torus, Vatical, Kemco, Crave, Digital Eclipse, Blood Lust, Infinite Ventures, Electronic Arts, Konami, Camelot, Natsume.

Best use of "GBC Dedicated" mode in 1999.
Super Mario Bros. DX, Mario Golf GBC, Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest, V-Rally: Edition 1999, Duke Nukem.

Worst use of "GBC Dedicated" Mode in 1999.
Rampage 2, NFL Blitz 2000, Marble Madness, Catwoman, Spawn, Missile Command.

-Philip Wesley-