Links LS 1999 explained

Developer:Access Software
Series:Links
Platforms:Microsoft Windows
Genre:Sports
Modes:Single-player, multiplayer

Links LS 1999 is a video game developed and published by Access Software for Microsoft Windows in 1998, and is part of the Links video game series.

Reception

The game received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.

Excluding hunting and fishing games, the game was the tenth-best-selling computer sports game of the U.S. during 1998, with sales of 95,176 units.[1] In 1999, it was the country's fourth-highest computer sports seller, again discounting hunting, fishing and racing games. It sold 114,784 copies and earned $5.1 million in the region that year.[2]

The game was a finalist for Computer Gaming Worlds 1998 "Best Sports" award, which ultimately went to , FIFA 99 and World Cup 98 (collectively).[3] PC Gamer US likewise nominated the game as the best sports game of 1998, although it lost to NBA Live 99. They wrote, "[W]hile the changes weren't revolutionary, enough was done to keep Links LS 1999 at the forefront of the very competitive golf category."[4] It was also a finalist for the "PC Sports Game of the Year" award at the AIAS' 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, for the Best Sports Game award at the 1998 CNET Gamecenter Awards, and for the "Sports Game of the Year" award at GameSpots Best & Worst of 1998 Awards, all of which also went to FIFA 99.[5] [6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Reviews Matter Little in Sales . Rosano, Paul . February 28, 1999 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20180402045909/http://articles.courant.com/1999-02-28/sports/9902280213_1_software-sales-ea-sports-hard-core-gamers . April 2, 2018 . live . April 20, 2021.
  2. News: The Best Don't Always Sell . Rosano, Paul . February 13, 2000 . Hartford Courant . Tribune Publishing . https://web.archive.org/web/20180402045951/http://articles.courant.com/2000-02-13/sports/0002130175_1_ea-sports-pc-data-microsoft-golf . April 2, 2018 . live . April 20, 2021.
  3. Computer Gaming World's 1999 Premier Awards (Best Sports) . CGW staff . Computer Gaming World . Ziff Davis . 177 . April 1999 . 100 . April 20, 2021.
  4. The Fifth Annual PC Gamer Awards . PC Gamer staff . PC Gamer . Imagine Media . 6 . 3 . March 1999 . 64, 67, 70–73, 76–78, 84, 86–87.
  5. Web site: Second Interactive Achievement Awards: Personal Computer . . https://web.archive.org/web/19991104003923/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html . November 4, 1999 . dead . August 23, 2021.
  6. Web site: The CNET Gamecenter Awards for 1998! (Sports Nominees) . Gamecenter staff . January 29, 1999 . Gamecenter . CNET . https://web.archive.org/web/20000818005940/http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards98/ss11b.html . August 18, 2000 . dead . August 27, 2021.
  7. Web site: The Best & Worst of 1998 (Sports Game of the Year - Nominees) . GameSpot staff . 1999 . GameSpot . Ziff Davis . https://web.archive.org/web/20001001101557/http://gamespot.com/features/awards1998/genre8.html . October 1, 2000 . dead . August 27, 2021.

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