Editing EverQuest (section)

===Accolades===
''Everquest'' was named GameSpot's 1999 Game of the Year in its Best & Worst of 1999 awards, remarking that after the game's release in March, the whole gaming industry was grounded to a halt, that a least one prominent game developer blamed ''EverQuest'' for product delays, and that for several weeks GameSpot's editors were spending more time exploring Norrath than they were doing their jobs.<ref name=GS2>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818054737/http://www.gamespot.com/features/1999/p4_01a.html |url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/1999/p4_01a.html |archive-date=August 18, 2000 |website=[[GameSpot]] |title=GameSpot's The Best & Worst of 1999 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The website would also include the game in their list of the Greatest Games of All Time in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041115160814/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/p-60.html |url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/p-60.html |archive-date=2004-11-15 |access-date=October 15, 2018 |title=The Greatest Games of All Time |date=September 17, 2004 |author=Kasavin, Greg |website=[[GameSpot]] |url-status=live}}</ref> GameSpot UK would also rank the title 14th on its list of the 100 Best Computer Games of the Millennium in 2000, calling it "a technological tour de force" and the first online RPG to bring the production values of single-player games to the online masses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.co.uk:80/pc.gamespot/features/gotm_uk/14.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001010074356/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/features/gotm_uk/14.html |archive-date=October 10, 2000 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |website=[[GameSpot|GameSpot UK]] |title=The 100 Best Computer Games of the Millennium |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences]] named ''EverQuest'' their "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Online Game of the Year|Online Game of the Year]]" during the [[3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interactive.org:80/iaa/winners_online.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815235454/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/winners_online.html |title=AIAS - Interactive Achievement Awards: Online |archive-date=August 15, 2000 |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=October 15, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> while Game Revolution named it the Best PC RPG of 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.game-revolution.com/articles/awards/pc-awards.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000301032352/http://www.game-revolution.com/articles/awards/pc-awards.htm |archive-date=March 1, 2000 |access-date=June 11, 2018 |publisher=[[Game Revolution]] |title=Best PC Games of 1999 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> It was included in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's Best of 1999 in the "Tech" category,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com:80/time/reports/bestof99/technology-page1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816065342/http://www.time.com/time/reports/bestof99/technology-page1.html |title=TIME: The Best of 1999: Technology |archive-date=August 16, 2000 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' would include the game in their Top Ten Hall of Fame Video Games of the '90s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://everquest.station.sony.com:80/main/awards.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010306054909/http://everquest.station.sony.com/main/awards.jsp |archive-date=2001-03-06 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |publisher=Sony Online Entertainment |title=EverQuest Awards |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, Sony Online Entertainment received a [[Technology & Engineering Emmy Award]] for ''EverQuest'' under the category of "Development of Massively Multiplayer Online Graphical Role Playing Games".<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of 59th Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards Announced by National Television Academy at Consumer Electronics Show |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206110159/http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/tech_2k7_winners.html |archive-date=February 6, 2009 |url=http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/tech_2k7_winners.html|publisher=The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS)|access-date=12 March 2012}}</ref> During the 2nd annual [[Game Developers Choice Awards|Game Developers Choice Online Awards]] in 2011, ''EverQuest'' received a Hall of Fame award for its long-term advancement of online gaming, such as being the first MMORPG to feature a [[video-gaming clan|guild]] system and [[raid (gaming)|raiding]].<ref name=GDC>{{cite web |url=http://www.gdconlineawards.com/archive/gdcoa_2nd.html |title=Game Developers Choice Online Awards |publisher=Game Developer's Choice Online Archives |access-date=October 21, 2018 |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107090357/http://gdconlineawards.com/archive/gdcoa_2nd.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Editors of ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' and GameSpot each nominated ''EverQuest'' for their 1999 "Role-Playing Game of the Year" awards, both of which ultimately went to ''[[Planescape: Torment]]''.<ref name=cgwpremier1999>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | title=The 2000 Premier Awards; The Very Best of a Great Year in Gaming | date=March 2000 | issue=188 | pages=69–75, 78–81, 84–90}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816190752/http://www.gamespot.com/features/1999/p3_05.html |url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/1999/p3_05.html |archive-date=2000-08-16 |title=GameSpot's The Best & Worst of 1999 - Role-Playing Game of the Year, Nominees |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=October 13, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[CNET|CNET Gamecenter]] likewise nominated it in this category, but gave the award to ''[[Asheron's Call]]''.<ref name=gamecenter1999>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000606180348/http://gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards99/ | url=http://gamecenter.com:80/Features/Exclusives/Awards99/ | title=The Gamecenter Awards for 1999! | author=The Gamecenter Staff | date=January 21, 2000 | archive-date=June 6, 2000 | work=[[CNET|CNET Gamecenter]] | url-status=dead | access-date=May 31, 2018 | df=mdy-all}}</ref> GameSpot would also nominate the title for Best Multiplayer Game of 1999, but would give the award to ''[[Quake III Arena]]''.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823200025/http://www.gamespot.com/features/1999/p2_06.html |url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/1999/p2_06.html |archive-date=2000-08-23 |title=GameSpot's The Best & Worst of 1999 - Best Multiplayer Game |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=October 13, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, [[1UP.com]] ranked ''EverQuest'' 57th on its list of the Top 100 Essential Games.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614172037/http://www.1up.com/features/cover-essential-100-part-two.html |url=http://www.1up.com/features/cover-essential-100-part-two.html |date=August 23, 2012 |archive-date=June 14, 2017|access-date=October 13, 2018 |title=1UP's Essential 100, Part Two |author=Parish, Jeremy |website=[[1UP.com]]}}</ref> [[Game Informer]] placed the game 33rd on their top 100 video games of all time in 2009.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Cork|first=Jeff|title=Game Informer's Top 100 Games Of All Time (Circa Issue 100)|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119071214/http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx|url-status=live|archive-date=November 19, 2009|access-date=2020-12-01|magazine=Game Informer|language=en}}</ref>