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* '''Best Game''': ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]). | * '''Best Game''': ''<b>Varicella</b>'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]). | ||
** Finalist: ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]). | ** Finalist: ''For a Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]). | ||
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; | ** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS). | ||
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]). | ** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]). | ||
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]). | ** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]). | ||
* '''Best Writing''': ''<b>For a Change</b>'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]). | * '''Best Writing''': ''<b>For a Change</b>'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; [[Z-code]]). | ||
** Finalist: ''Exhibition'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]). | ** Finalist: ''Exhibition'' ([[Ian Finley]]; [[TADS 2]]). | ||
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; | ** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS). | ||
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]). | ** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]). | ||
** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]). | ** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]). | ||
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** Finalist: ''Aisle'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]). | ** Finalist: ''Aisle'' ([[Sam Barlow]]; [[Z-code]]). | ||
** Finalist: ''Common Ground'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; [[TADS 2]]). | ** Finalist: ''Common Ground'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; [[TADS 2]]). | ||
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; | ** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS). | ||
** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]). | ** Finalist: ''The Mulldoon Legacy'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]). | ||
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]). | ** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]). | ||
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** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]). | ** Finalist: ''Worlds Apart'' ([[Suzanne Britton]]; [[TADS 2]]). | ||
* '''Best Puzzles''': ''<b>The Mulldoon Legacy</b>'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]). | * '''Best Puzzles''': ''<b>The Mulldoon Legacy</b>'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; [[Z-code]]). | ||
** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; | ** Finalist: ''Lunatix: The Insanity Circle'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; MS-DOS). | ||
** Finalist: ''Not Just An Ordinary Ballerina'' ([[Jim Aikin]]; [[Z-code]]). | ** Finalist: ''Not Just An Ordinary Ballerina'' ([[Jim Aikin]]; [[Z-code]]). | ||
** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]). | ** Finalist: ''Varicella'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; [[Z-code]]). | ||
Revision as of 08:36, 4 May 2005
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See also:
The winners were announced in a live, online ceremony on ifMUD. (Link to transcript should go here.) (Link to the full list of nominees for 1999.)
1999 XYZZY Award Winners
- Best Game: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Best Writing: For a Change (Dan Schmidt; Z-code).
- Best Story: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
- Best Setting: Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Best Puzzles: The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Best NPCs: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Best Individual Puzzle: The maze, in Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Best Individual NPC: Miss Sierra, in Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Best Individual PC: Primo Varicella, in Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Best Use of Medium: Aisle (Sam Barlow; Z-code).
1999 XYZZY Award Winners and Finalists
- Best Game: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: For a Change (Dan Schmidt; Z-code).
- Finalist: Lunatix: The Insanity Circle (Mike Snyder; MS-DOS).
- Finalist: The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
- Best Writing: For a Change (Dan Schmidt; Z-code).
- Finalist: Exhibition (Ian Finley; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Lunatix: The Insanity Circle (Mike Snyder; MS-DOS).
- Finalist: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
- Best Story: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Aisle (Sam Barlow; Z-code).
- Finalist: Common Ground (Stephen Granade; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Lunatix: The Insanity Circle (Mike Snyder; MS-DOS).
- Finalist: The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Best Setting: Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Erehwon (Richard Litherland; TADS 2).
- Finalist: For a Change (Dan Schmidt; Z-code).
- Finalist: The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Winter Wonderland (Laura A. Knauth; Z-code).
- Finalist: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
- Best Puzzles: The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Lunatix: The Insanity Circle (Mike Snyder; MS-DOS).
- Finalist: Not Just An Ordinary Ballerina (Jim Aikin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
- Best NPCs: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: A Day for Soft Food (Tod Levi; Z-code).
- Finalist: The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man (Neil deMause; TADS 2).
- Finalist: The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Finalist: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
- Best Individual Puzzle: The maze, in Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Break-In (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Baf's lists this as a finalist; Dylan's XYZZY page does not.
- Finalist: Stopping the flood, in For a Change (Dan Schmidt; Z-code).
- Finalist: The clone puzzle, in The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man (Neil deMause; TADS 2).
- Finalist: The gypsum flowers, in Jewel of Knowledge (Francesco Bova; Z-code).
- Dylan's XYZZY page lists this as a finalist; Baf's does not.
- Finalist: Getting the light upstairs, in The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold).
- Finalist: Break-In (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
- Best Individual NPC: Miss Sierra, in Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: Anatoly Domokov, in Exhibition (Ian Finley; TADS 2).
- Finalist: The wumpus, in Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Princess Charlotte, in Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: Lyric/Echo, in Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
- Best Individual PC: Primo Varicella, in Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: The player character in Aisle (Sam Barlow; Z-code).
- Finalist: The cat, in A Day for Soft Food (Tod Levi; Z-code).
- Finalist: The wife, in Exhibition (Ian Finley; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Sarah, in Winchester's Nightmare (Nick Montfort; Z-code).
- Best Use of Medium: Aisle (Sam Barlow; Z-code).
- Finalist: Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: Six Stories (Neil K. Guy; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Finalist: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).