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Welcome to GameSpot's Game Collector, where we help you find the world's best games at the world's lowest prices. This week, we're proud to present 10 games that were recipients of our annual end-of-year awards two years ago, back in 1999. All these games were great for their time--but as a true testament to their superiority, amazingly enough, these games are still popular to this day. Note that while most of these are now available in refurbished "game of the year" editions, we've defaulted to pointing you to the original, less expensive versions--unless the rereleased versions offer significant benefits.
Totally Unreal (2001)
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Unreal Tournament received our award for Best Action Game of 1999. It appeared almost out of nowhere to quickly become the game of choice among many, if not most, fans of first-person shooters. No surprise, since it looks, sounds, and plays great, and it offered many more modes of play than its direct competitor Quake III Arena. The recent Totally Unreal bundle includes UT as well as its great-looking predecessor.
Outcast (1999)
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Outcast earned our award for Best Adventure Game of 1999 because of its incredibly vast, engrossing gameworld. As smart-talking Cutter Slade, you find yourself in an enormous, alien land in a parallel universe. It's filled with countless unique and interesting characters, but you need to find your way out--and standing between you and your escape is a powerful villain called Fae Rhan.
NASCAR Racing 3 (1999)
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Only this year was NASCAR Racing 3 finally surpassed as perhaps the single greatest racing simulation of all time--and that was on account of NASCAR Racing 4! Two years ago, we unanimously voted NASCAR Racing 3 as Driving Game of the Year. It was an easy choice--no other driving game so vividly re-created the thrills and challenges of automobile racing.
Pandora's Box (1999)
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Pandora's Box was the easy choice for Best Puzzle Game of 1999, as it combined several addictive, ingenious puzzle types in a context that encouraged you to try them all and keep going, all in an effort to unlock new and even more challenging puzzles. Pandora's Box was created by Alexey Pajitnov, the brilliant designer of Tetris, the world-famous puzzle game.
Planescape: Torment (1999)
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This unforgettable role-playing game became an instant classic among those who played it, and though it was released in the middle of December 1999, we quickly amended our ballots and named Planescape: Torment as Best RPG of 1999. It remains one of the best role-playing games to date and easily stands up to all other RPGs released since its time, especially on account of its outstanding story.
FreeSpace 2 (1999)
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FreeSpace 2 still remains perhaps the single greatest space combat simulation to date. Featuring stunning graphics, an engrossing plot, and truly impressive ship designs, FreeSpace 2 also combines the best traits of the popular Wing Commander and X-Wing space combat games. Not only did FreeSpace 2 easily win our Best Sci-Fi Sim of 1999 award, but it was a close candidate for Game of the Year.
MiG Alley (1999)
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Set during the Korean War, MiG Alley offers you a chance to fly some of the world's first fighter jets. This highly authentic simulation lets you pilot a wide variety of uniquely different aircraft, and it features some of the most intense dogfighting action to date. That's why, even though MiG Alley was released at the tail end of 1999, it was still heralded as the best simulation of that year.
High Heat Baseball 2000 (1999)
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3DO's High Heat Baseball series is still the most realistic baseball game on the market, and High Heat Baseball 2000 laid a lot of the groundwork for the series' continued success. The game did have some problems--yet no other sports game to date had simulated the great American pastime so exactingly, and with such drama and detail. That's why High Heat was the best choice for Best Sports Game of 1999.
Age of Empires II Gold Edition (2001)
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It seems like only yesterday when this brilliant historically themed real-time strategy game was released, because a lot of people are still eagerly playing it as though it were brand-new. Age of Empires II beat out its technically impressive rival, Homeworld, for the title of Best Strategy Game of 1999. The recent gold edition combines the original game with its excellent expansion pack.
EverQuest Trilogy (2001)
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We had many heated debates about which game we should grant our singular Game of the Year award, and when the dust finally settled, EverQuest was the victor. In hindsight, the choice seems much more obvious--EverQuest is still incredibly popular and stronger and better than ever. If you've missed out on this impressive online RPG, then the recent EverQuest Trilogy package is a great way to get into it.
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