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Gold Thingies 1999 Winners!
Our five judges, were Infinity Yak, Bridget (The Rani), Charizard 2000,
Adrock, and Philip Wesley. We'll run through each persons picks and then
give the over-all winners in each category.
Best Game of 1999 nominees.
Infinity Yak
1. R-Type DX
2. Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
3. Yar's Revenge
The Rani
Survival Kids, in my opinion, is the best game I played in 1999. (No
runner-ups)
Adrock
1. Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
2. Mario Golf
3. Pokémon Yellow
Charizard 2000
1. Pokémon Yellow
2. Harvest Moon GBC
3. Super Mario Bros. Deluxe.
Philip
1. Survival Kids
2. Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
3. Game and Watch Gallery 3.
WINNER (By Votes) = Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Runner-Ups: Survival Kids, Pokémon Yellow: Special Color
Edition
Game most in need of a sequel.
Infinity Yak
1. Mario Golf
2. Harvest Moon GBC
3. Motocross Maniacs 2
The Rani
I'd quite like to see a sequel to Survival Kids. (No Runner-Ups)
Adrock
1. Survival Kids
2. Harvest Moon GBC
3. Game & Watch Gallery 3.
Charizard2000
1. Survival Kids
2. Harvest Moon GBC
3. Classic Bubble Bobble
Philip
1. Mario Golf
2. Survival Kids
3. Harvest Moon GBC.
The Winner (By Votes) = Harvest Moon GBC/Survival Kids (TIE!)
Runner-Ups: Mario Golf
Game that has done the most for Game Boy in 1999.
Infinity Yak
1. Pokémon Yellow
2. R-Type DX
3. Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
The Rani
I begrudgingly must admit that Pokemon Yellow (with the other Pokemon
Games)
had done much to make the Gameboy Color a must-have item for children
all
over the world. As much as I love Survival Kids, I don't think
the life sim
genre could have singlehandedly done as much.
Adrock
1. Ken Griffey Jr's Slugfest
2. Mickey's Adventure Racing
3. Pokémon Yellow.
Charizard 2000
1. Ken Griffey Jr.s Slugfest
2. Pokémon Yellow
3. Survival Kids
Philip
1. Pokémon Yellow
2. Survival Kids/Harvest Moon GBC
3. Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
The Winner (By Votes) = Pokémon Yellow
Runner-Ups = Survival Kids, Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest/Super
Mario Bros. Deluxe (Tie)
Best Villan.
Infinity Yak
1. Captain Syrup
2. The Zorgonites
3. Your own mind
The Rani
Love them bad mushrooms. (No runner-ups)
Adrock
1. Mewtwo
2. Bowser
3. Captain Syrup
Charizard 2000
1. Bowser
2. Mewtwo
3. Your own mind
Philip
1. Mewtwo
2. Captain Syrup
3. Behemoth
The Winner (By Votes) = Captain Syrup/Mewtwo (TIE!)
Runner-Ups = Your own mind.
Best Hero.
Infinity Yak
1. Mario
2. Duke Nukem
3. Ace Harding.
The Rani
Mery rules.
Adrock
1. Ash
2. Mario
3. Wario
Charizard 2000
1. Mario
2. Duke Nukem
3. Ash
Philip
1. Mery
2. Wario
3. Maya the Bee
The Winner (By Votes) = Mario
Runner-Ups = Mery/Wario/Ash/Duke Nukem (A four way tie...)
Most unique Item.
Infinity Yak
1. Super Hoe
2. The Explodo-Molar
3. Mushrooms
The Rani
Just going by the names of these items, I'd have to say that the
Explodo-Molar sounds pretty darned unique. (No Runner-Ups)
Adrock
1. Impractical Whip
2. Super Hoe
3. Mushrooms
Charizard 2000
1. That woman
2. Woogie
3. Explodo-Molar
Philip
1. The Explodo-Molar
2. That woman
3. your "Woogie"
The Winner (By Votes) = The Explodo-Molar
Runner-Ups: Super Hoe/Your Woogie/That Woman/Mushrooms (Another
four way tie..)
Most Unusual Genre of 1999.
Infinity Yak
Survival. (No Runner-Ups)
The Rani
I'd have to say that farming video games are definitely a sort you
just
don't see every day.
Adrock
1. Survival
2. Farming
3. Monster Raising
Charizard 2000
1. Educational
2. Farming
3. Monster-Raising.
Philip
1. No-Die
2. Click and Point
3. Farming
The Winner (By Votes) = Farming
The Runner-Ups: Monster Raising/Survial (Tie)
Most over-used Genre of 1999.
Infinity Yak
Monster Raising
The Rani
Sports. Entirely too much sports this year.
Adrock
1. Monster Raising
2. Retro
3. Side-Scrolling
Charizard 2000
1. Sports
2. shooters
3. side-scrolling
Philip
1. Monster raising
2. side-scrolling
3. retro
The Winner (By Votes) = Monster Raising/Side Scrolling
Runner-Ups = Sports, Retro
Most over-hyped game of 1999.
Infinity Yak
1. Pokémon Pinball
2. Tarzan
3. R-Type DX
The Rani
Frogger. Frogs are Not, I repeat, Not that special.
Adrock
1. Tarzan
2. Frogger
3. Pokémon Yellow
Charizard 2000
1. Mickey's Adventure Racing
2. Tarzan
3. Frogger
Philip
1. Pokémon Yellow
2. Tarzan
3. Mickey's Adventure Racing
The Winner (By Votes) = Tarzan
Runner-Ups: Frogger, Pokémon Yellow/Mickey's Adventure
Racing
Best Developer/publisher (Aside from Nintendo)
1. Konami
2. Vatical
3. Crawfish (sorry, it wasn't in the list, but I had to ;)
The Rani
Konami. Begrudgingly, Konami. With many reservations,
Konami.
Adrock
1. Konami
2. Natsume
3. Camelot
Charizard 2000
1. Rare
2. Konami
3. Crave
Philip
1. Konami
2. Camelot
3. Natsume
The Winner (By votes) = Konami
Runner-Ups: camelot/Natsume (Tie)
Best use of "GBC Dedicated" mode in 1999.
Infinity Yak
1. Super Mario Bros. DX
2. Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest,
3. V-Rally: Edition 1999
The Rani
Super Mario Bros. DX
Adrock
1. Super Mario Bros. DX
2. Mario Golf GBC
3. Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest
Charizard 2000
1. Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest
2. Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
3. Mario Golf
Philip
1. Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest
2. V-Rally: Edition 1999
3. Duke Nukem
The Winner (By Votes) = Super Mario Bros. Deluxe/Ken Griffey Jr.'s
Slugfest (Tie!)
Runner-Ups: Mario Golf/V-Rally Edition 1999 (Tie!)
Worst use of "GBC Dedicated" Mode in 1999.
Infinity Yak
Missile Command (No runner-ups)
The Rani
Missile Command. Oh please. What pretty colored lines..
this is my idea of a
DX game done well. Yeah right.
Adrock
1. Marble Madness
2. Spawn
3. Missile Command
Charizard 2000
1. Marble Madness
2. Catwoman
3. Rampage 2
Philip
1. Catwoman
2. Spawn
3. Missile Command
The Winner (By Votes) = Missile Command
Runner-Ups: Marble Madness/Spawn/Catwoman (three way tie.)
-Philip Wesley- |
