1st Annual RPG Awards - 1998


Best System for RPGs
1) Playstation
2) Super Nintendo
3) Sega CD
Top Write In: PC
Best Storyline
1) Lunar: Eternal Blue
2) Final Fantasy VII
3) Final Fantasy III (VIj)
Top Write In: Chrono Trigger
Quest Length
1) Final Fantasy VII
2) Final Fantasy III (VIj)
3) Lunar: Eternal Blue
Top Write In: Vay
Most Innovative
1) Panzer Dragoon Saga
2) Final Fantasy VII
3) Chrono Trigger
Top Write In: Suikoden
Best Graphics
1) Final Fantasy VII
2) Dragon Force
3) Castlevania Symphony Of The Night
Top Write In: Grandia
Best Soundtrack
1) Final Fantasy III (VIj)
2) Lunar: Eternal Blue
3) Grandia (Write In)
Top Write In: Grandia
Best Import
1) Grandia
2) Final Fantasy V
3) Xenogears
Top Write In: n/a
Best Battles
1) Dragon Force
2) Panzer Dragoon Saga (Write In)
3) Final Fantasy VII
Top Write In: Panzer Dragoon Saga
Coolest Hero/Heroine
1) Cloud (FFVII)
2) Link (Zelda)
3) Alex (Lunar TSS)
Top Write In: Rudy (Wild ARMs)
Coolest Villian
1) Ghaleon (Lunar: The Silver Star)
2) Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)
3) Magus (Chrono Trigger)
Top Write In: Zeromus (Final Fantasy II (IVj))
Coolest Faction
1) The Turks (Final Fantasy VII)
2) The Returners (Final Fantasy III (VIj))
3) The Liberation Army (Suikoden)
Top Write In: n/a
Hardest Battle
1) Borgan (Lunar EB)
2) Omni-Zophar (Lunar EB)
3) Ruby Weapon (Final Fantasy VII)
Top Write In: Kefka (Final Fantasy III (VIj))
Hardest Dungeons
1) Alundra
2) Lufia and the Fortress of Doom
3) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Top Write In: Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Best Ending
1) Chrono Trigger
2) Final Fantasy VII
3) Lunar: Eternal Blue
Top Write In: Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Best Intro
1) Wild ARMs
2) Final Fantasy III (VIj)
3) Lunar: Eternal Blue
Top Write In: Dragon Force
Best Voice Acting
1) Ghaleon (Lunar: The Silver Star)
2) Alucard (Castlevania SotN)
3) Gaw (Popful Mail)
Top Write In: Quark (Lunar: The Silver Star)
Most Wanted
1) Final Fantasy VIII
2) Zelda 64
3) Grandia
Top Write In: Lunar Eternal Blue Saga
Best Packaging
1) Dragon Force (Working Designs)
2) Alundra (Working Designs)
3) Lunar: Eternal Blue (Working Designs)
Top Write In: Breath of Fire III (Capcom)
Best Translation
1) Lunar: Eternal Blue (Working Designs)
2) Final Fantasy VII (Square/SCEA)
3) Suikoden (Konami)
Top Write In: Lunar: The Silver Star (Working Designs)
Best PSX RPG
1) Final Fantasy VII
2) Wild ARMs
3) Suikoden
Top Write In: Breath of Fire III
Best PSX Action RPG
1) Castlevania SotN
2) Alundra
3) n/a
Top Write In: n/a
Best PSX Strategy RPG
1) Final Fantasy Tactics
2) Tactics Ogre
3) Ogre Battle
Top Write In: n/a
Best Saturn RPG
1) Panzer Dragoon Saga
2) Shining the Holy Ark
3) Albert Odyssey
Top Write In: n/a
Best Saturn Action RPG
1) Magic Knight Rayearth
2) Dark Savior
3) n/a
Top Write In: n/a
Best Saturn Strategy RPG
1) Dragon Force
2) Shining Force III
3) Iron Storm
Top Write In: Sakura Taisen Import
Best 16 Bit RPG
1) Lunar: Eternal Blue (tie)
2) Final Fantasy III (VIj) (tie)
3) Phantasy Star IV
Top Write In: Final Fantasy V Import
Best 16 Bit Action RPG
1) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
2) Secret of Mana
3) Popful Mail
Top Write In: Seiken Densetsu 3 Import
Best 16 Bit Strategy RPG
1) Shining Force II
2) Dark Wizard
3) Ogre Battle
Top Write In: n/a
Best Miscellaneous RPG
1) Final Fantasy
2) Phantasy Star
3) Final Fantasy Legend III(Write In)
Top Write In: Final Fantasy Legend III
Best Miscellaneous Action RPG
1) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
2) The Legend of Zelda
3) The Legend of Zelda: Adventures of Link
Top Write In: n/a
Overall Best RPG
1) Lunar: Eternal Blue (tie)
2) Final Fantasy VII (tie)
3) Final Fantasy III (VIj) (tie)
Top Write In: Panzer Dragoon Saga
Overall Best Action RPG
1) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
2) Magic Knight Rayearth
3) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Top Write In: Castlevania SotN
Overall Best Strategy RPG
1) Dragon Force
2) Shining Force III
3) Final Fantasy Tactics
Top Write In: Sakura Taisen