Links LS 1999
{{short description|1998 sports video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| image = Links LS 1999 cover.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| developer = Access Software
| publisher = {{vgrelease|NA|Access Software|EU|Eidos Interactive}}
| series = Links
| engine =
| platforms = Microsoft Windows
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|October 21, 1998{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-releases/1100-2465272/ | title=New Releases [date mislabeled as "April 28, 2000"] | author=GameSpot staff | date=October 21, 1998 | website=GameSpot | publisher=CBS Interactive | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991115220145/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_10/21_release/index.html | archive-date=November 15, 1999 | url-status=live | access-date=April 20, 2021}}|EU|1998}}
| 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
{{Video game reviews
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| GR = 85%{{cite web | url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/63521-links-ls-1999/index.html | title=Links LS 1999 for PC | website=GameRankings | publisher=CBS Interactive | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526032834/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/63521-links-ls-1999/index.html | archive-date=May 26, 2019 | url-status=dead | access-date=April 20, 2021}}
| Allgame = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17757&tab=review | title=Links LS 1999 - Review | author=Redwood, Stephen | website=AllGame | publisher=All Media Network | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115070527/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17757&tab=review | archive-date=November 15, 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=April 20, 2021}}
| CNG = 9/10{{cite web | url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-2241,00.html | title=Links LS 1999 | author=Goble, Gordon | date=November 5, 1998 | website=Gamecenter | publisher=CNET | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816093203/http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-2241,00.html | archive-date=August 16, 2000 | url-status=dead | access-date=April 20, 2021}}
| CGSP = {{Rating|4.5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/015/101/links99_review.html | title=Links LS 1999 | author=Hulsey, Joel | date=November 11, 1998 | website=Computer Games Strategy Plus | publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207084235/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/015/101/links99_review.html | archive-date=February 7, 2005 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 28, 2020}}
| CGW = {{Rating|4.5}}{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_176.pdf | title=Swing Set (Links LS 1999 Review) | author=Atkin Sr., Denny | magazine=Computer Gaming World | publisher=Ziff Davis | issue=176 | date=March 1999 | pages=184–85 | access-date=April 20, 2021}}
| GameRev = A−{{cite web | url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33141-links-ls-1999-review | title=Links LS 1999 Review | author=Hubble, Calvin | date=December 1998 | website=GameRevolution | publisher=CraveOnline | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910135014/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/links-ls-1999 | archive-date=September 10, 2015 | url-status=live | access-date=April 20, 2021}}
| PCA = 9/10{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/PCXL05Jan1999/page/n97/mode/2up | title=Links LS 99 [sic] | author=PCA staff | magazine=PC Accelerator | publisher=Imagine Media | issue=5 | date=January 1999 | page=99 | access-date=April 20, 2021}}
| PCGUS = 94%{{cite magazine | url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/35.html | title=Links LS 1999 | author=Smolka, Rob | magazine=PC Gamer | publisher=Imagine Media | volume=6 | issue=1 | date=January 1999 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000307154228/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/35.html | archive-date=March 7, 2000 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 28, 2020}}
| PCPP = 86%{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/PCPowerplay-032-1999-01/page/n103/mode/2up | title=Links 99 [sic] | author=Soropos, George | magazine=PC PowerPlay | publisher=Next Media Pty Ltd | issue=32 | date=January 1999 | page=104 | access-date=April 20, 2021}}
| PCZone = 50%{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_70_December_1998/page/n103/mode/2up | title=Links LS '99 [sic] | author=Presley, Paul | magazine=PC Zone | publisher=Dennis Publishing | issue=70 | date=December 1998 | page=104 | access-date=April 20, 2021}}
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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.{{cite news | url=https://www.courant.com/hc-xpm-1999-02-28-9902280213-story.html | title=Reviews Matter Little in Sales | author=Rosano, Paul | date=February 28, 1999 | newspaper=Hartford Courant | publisher=Tribune Publishing | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402045909/http://articles.courant.com/1999-02-28/sports/9902280213_1_software-sales-ea-sports-hard-core-gamers | archive-date=April 2, 2018 | url-status=live | access-date=April 20, 2021}} 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.{{cite news | url=https://www.courant.com/hc-xpm-2000-02-13-0002130175-story.html | title=The Best Don't Always Sell | author=Rosano, Paul | date=February 13, 2000 | newspaper=Hartford Courant | publisher=Tribune Publishing | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402045951/http://articles.courant.com/2000-02-13/sports/0002130175_1_ea-sports-pc-data-microsoft-golf | archive-date=April 2, 2018 | url-status=live | access-date=April 20, 2021}}
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).{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_177.pdf | title=Computer Gaming World's 1999 Premier Awards (Best Sports) | author=CGW staff | magazine=Computer Gaming World | publisher=Ziff Davis | issue=177 | date=April 1999 | page=100 | access-date=April 20, 2021}} 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."{{cite magazine | title=The Fifth Annual PC Gamer Awards | author=PC Gamer staff | magazine=PC Gamer | publisher=Imagine Media | volume=6 | issue=3 | date=March 1999 | pages=64, 67, 70–73, 76–78, 84, 86–87}} 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html | title=Second Interactive Achievement Awards: Personal Computer | website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991104003923/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html | archive-date=November 4, 1999 | url-status=dead | access-date=August 23, 2021}}{{cite web | url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards98/ss11b.html | title=The CNET Gamecenter Awards for 1998! (Sports Nominees) | author=Gamecenter staff | date=January 29, 1999 | website=Gamecenter | publisher=CNET | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818005940/http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards98/ss11b.html | archive-date=August 18, 2000 | url-status=dead | access-date=August 27, 2021}}{{cite web | url=http://gamespot.com/features/awards1998/genre8.html | title=The Best & Worst of 1998 (Sports Game of the Year - Nominees) | author=GameSpot staff | year=1999 | website=GameSpot | publisher=Ziff Davis | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001001101557/http://gamespot.com/features/awards1998/genre8.html | archive-date=October 1, 2000 | url-status=dead | access-date=August 27, 2021}}
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References
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External links
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{{Links series}}
{{Access Software}}
Category:Access Software games
Category:Eidos Interactive games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
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