Links LS 1999

1998 sports video game

1998 video game

Links LS 1999

Developer(s)| Access Software
Publisher(s)|

* NA: Access Software
* EU: Eidos Interactive

Series| Links
Platform(s)| Microsoft Windows
Release|

* NA: October 21, 1998[1]
* EU: 1998

Genre(s)| Sports
Mode(s)| 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

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Reception

Aggregate scoreAggregator| Score

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GameRankings| 85%[2]
Review scoresPublication| Score

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AllGame| [3]
CNET Gamecenter| 9/10[4]
Computer Games Strategy Plus| [5]
Computer Gaming World| [6]
GameRevolution| A−[7]
GameSpot| 9.1/10[8]
PC Accelerator| 9/10[9]
PC Gamer (US)| 94%[10]
PC PowerPlay| 86%[11]
PC Zone| 50%[12]

The game received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2]

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.[13] 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.[14]

The game was a finalist for Computer Gaming World's 1998 "Best Sports" award, which ultimately went to FIFA: Road to World Cup 98, FIFA 99 and World Cup 98 (collectively).[15] 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."[16] 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 GameSpot's Best & Worst of 1998 Awards, all of which also went to FIFA 99.[17][18][19]

## References

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1. ^ GameSpot staff (October 21, 1998). "New Releases [date mislabeled as "April 28, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 15, 1999. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
2. ^ a b "Links LS 1999 for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
3. ^ Redwood, Stephen. "Links LS 1999 - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
4. ^ Goble, Gordon (November 5, 1998). "Links LS 1999". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
5. ^ Hulsey, Joel (November 11, 1998). "Links LS 1999". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
6. ^ Atkin Sr., Denny (March 1999). "Swing Set (Links LS 1999 Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 176\. Ziff Davis. pp. 184–85. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
7. ^ Hubble, Calvin (December 1998). "Links LS 1999 Review". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
8. ^ McDonald, Tim (November 12, 1998). "Links LS 1999 Review [date mislabeled as "May 1, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on September 24, 2004. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
9. ^ PCA staff (January 1999). "Links LS 99 [sic]". PC Accelerator. No. 5\. Imagine Media. p. 99. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
10. ^ Smolka, Rob (January 1999). "Links LS 1999". PC Gamer. Vol. 6, no. 1\. Imagine Media. Archived from the original on March 7, 2000. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
11. ^ Soropos, George (January 1999). "Links 99 [sic]". PC PowerPlay. No. 32\. Next Media Pty Ltd. p. 104. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
12. ^ Presley, Paul (December 1998). "Links LS '99 [sic]". PC Zone. No. 70\. Dennis Publishing. p. 104. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
13. ^ Rosano, Paul (February 28, 1999). "Reviews Matter Little in Sales". Hartford Courant. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
14. ^ Rosano, Paul (February 13, 2000). "The Best Don't Always Sell". Hartford Courant. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
15. ^ CGW staff (April 1999). "Computer Gaming World's 1999 Premier Awards (Best Sports)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 177\. Ziff Davis. p. 100. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
16. ^ PC Gamer staff (March 1999). "The Fifth Annual PC Gamer Awards". PC Gamer. Vol. 6, no. 3\. Imagine Media. pp. 64, 67, 70–73, 76–78, 84, 86–87.
17. ^ "Second Interactive Achievement Awards: Personal Computer". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on November 4, 1999. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
18. ^ Gamecenter staff (January 29, 1999). "The CNET Gamecenter Awards for 1998! (Sports Nominees)". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
19. ^ GameSpot staff (1999). "The Best & Worst of 1998 (Sports Game of the Year - Nominees)". GameSpot. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 1, 2000. Retrieved August 27, 2021.

## External links

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* Links LS 1999 at MobyGames

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