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1999 in video games

1999 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Heroes of Might and Magic III, System Shock 2, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Final Fantasy VIII, Age of Empires II, Crash Team Racing, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, Grand Theft Auto 2, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Chrono Cross, Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold and Silver, and Donkey Kong 64, along with new titles such as Super Smash Bros., Silent Hill, Syphon Filter, Driver, EverQuest, Homeworld, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and Planescape: Torment.

The year's most critically acclaimed video game was the Dreamcast title Soulcalibur, which remains among the highest-rated games of all time on Metacritic. The best-selling home video game worldwide was the Game Boy title Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow for the second year in a row, while the year's highest-grossing arcade game in Japan was Sega's Virtua Striker 2.

Events

Hardware

Top-rated games

Game of the Year awards

The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1999.

Critically acclaimed titles

Metacritic and GameRankings

Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.

Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame

The following video game releases in 1999 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.[22]

Financial performance

Best-selling video game consoles

Best-selling home video games

The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games (console games or computer games) of 1999 in Japan, the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.

The following titles were the top ten highest-grossing home video games of 1999 in the United States and Europe.

United States

In the United States, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1999.

Japan

In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1999.

Europe

In Europe, the following titles were the top ten highest-grossing home video games of 1999.[40]

In the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, the following titles were the best-selling home video games of 1999.

Australia

In Australia, the following titles were the top ten best-selling console games of 1999.[46]

Highest-grossing arcade games in Japan

In Japan, the following titles were the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1999.[47]

Notable releases

Business

Acquisitions

Lawsuits

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Dance Dance Revolution sold 1,005,441 units.[36] Dance Dance Revolution 2ndReMix sold 899,000 units.[33]

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