NCAA Football 99
{{short description|1998 video game}}
{{Infobox VG
|title = NCAA Football 99
|image = NCAA Football 99 cover.jpg
|developer = EA Tiburon
|publisher = EA Sports
|designer =
|engine =
|released = PlayStation
{{vgrelease|NA|August 6, 1998{{cite web |author=GameSpot staff |date=August 6, 1998 |url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_08/06_new/index.html |title=Today's Releases |website=GameSpot |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990218135652/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_08/06_new/index.html |archivedate=February 18, 1999 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 7, 2021}}}}Windows
{{vgrelease|NA|September 4, 1998{{cite web |author=GameSpot staff |date=September 4, 1998 |url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_09/03_new/index.html |title=New and Upcoming Releases |website=GameSpot |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990202130656/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_09/03_new/index.html |archivedate=February 2, 1999 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 7, 2021}}}}
|genre = Sports
|modes = Single player, Multiplayer
|platforms = PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
}}
NCAA Football 99 is a sports video game released by EA Sports in 1998, the 1999 installment of its college football game series. The cover features University of Michigan cornerback Charles Woodson.
Gameplay
NCAA Football 99 includes the 1998 rosters of more than one hundred teams from division 1A and features stadiums, uniforms, and fight songs for the teams. The game includes 80 historical so that players can recreate past college football games. It also features an exhibition game between the 1997 AP Poll national champion team Michigan Wolverines against the 1997 Coaches Poll champion team Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Reception
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| GR_PC = 78%{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/198102-ncaa-football-99/index.html |title=NCAA Football 99 for PC |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527094724/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/198102-ncaa-football-99/index.html |archivedate=May 27, 2019 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 7, 2021}}
| Allgame_PC = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Cook |first=Brad |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=19100&tab=review |title=NCAA Football 99 (PC) - Review |website=AllGame |publisher=All Media Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116032132/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=19100&tab=review |archivedate=November 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 8, 2021}}
| CNG_PC = 8/10{{cite web |last=Falk |first=Hugh |date=October 13, 1998 |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-2163,00.html |title=NCAA Football 99 (PC) |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816100434/http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-2163,00.html |archivedate=August 16, 2000 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 8, 2021}}
| CGSP_PC = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Weston |first=Al |date=October 13, 1998 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/014/178/ncaa99_review.html |title=NCAA Football 99 |website=Computer Games Strategy Plus |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030709064303/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/014/178/ncaa99_review.html |archivedate=July 9, 2003 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 8, 2021}}
| CGW_PC = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |last=McCauley |first=Dennis |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_174.pdf |title=College Try (NCAA Football 99 Review) |magazine=Computer Gaming World |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=174 |date=January 1999 |pages=350–51 |accessdate=April 8, 2021}}
| EGM_PS = 8.625/10{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=NCAA Football 99 |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=111 |date=October 1998}}
| GI_PS = 7.75/10{{cite magazine |last1=Anderson |first1=Paul |last2=Storm |first2=Jon |last3=Reiner |first3=Andrew |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/cgi-bin/review.cgi?sys=psx&path=sep98&doc=ncaa |title=NCAA Football [99] - PlayStation |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=65 |date=September 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990930044112/http://www.gameinformer.com/cgi-bin/review.cgi?sys=psx&path=sep98&doc=ncaa |archive-date=September 30, 1999 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 8, 2021}}
| GamePro_PC = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Morris |first=Daniel |url=http://gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/699.shtml |title=NCAA Football 99 Review for PC on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG Entertainment |year=1998 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041222030040/http://gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/699.shtml |archivedate=December 22, 2004 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 8, 2021}}{{efn|GamePro gave the PC version 3/5 for graphics, 4.5/5 for sound, 4/5 for control, and 3.5/5 for overall fun factor.}}
| GamePro_PS = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |author=The Rookie |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/373.shtml |title=NCAA Football '99 Review for PC on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG Entertainment |issue=120 |date=September 1998 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041209061804/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/373.shtml |archivedate=December 9, 2004 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 8, 2021}}{{efn|GamePro gave the PlayStation version two 4.5/5 scores for graphics and sound, and two 4/5 scores for control and overall fun factor.}}
| GameRev_PC = C+{{cite web |last=Cooke |first=Mark |date=October 1998 |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33150-ncaa-football-99-review |title=NCAA Football 99 Review (PC) |website=GameRevolution |publisher=CraveOnline |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919085352/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/ncaa-football-99 |archivedate=September 19, 2015 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 8, 2021}}
| IGN_PC = 7/10{{cite web |last=Bates |first=Jason |date=September 11, 1998 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/09/12/ncaa-football-99 |title=NCAA Football 99 (PC) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=April 7, 2021 |archive-date=September 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917065603/http://www.ign.com/articles/1998/09/12/ncaa-football-99 |url-status=live }}
| NGen_PS = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_48/page/n131/mode/2up |title=NCAA Football 99 (PS) |magazine=Next Generation |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=48 |date=December 1998 |page=130 |accessdate=April 7, 2021}}
| OPM_PS = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite magazine |title=NCAA Football 99 |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |volume=2 |issue=1 |date=October 1998}}
| PCA_PC = 8/10{{cite magazine |author=PCA staff |url=https://archive.org/details/PCXL03Nov1998/page/n107/mode/2up |title=NCAA Football 99 |magazine=PC Accelerator |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=3 |date=November 1998 |page=109 |accessdate=April 7, 2021}}
| PCGUS_PC = 92%{{cite magazine |last=Smolka |first=Rob |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/66.html |title=NCAA Football 99 |magazine=PC Gamer |publisher=Imagine Media |volume=5 |issue=11 |date=November 1998 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000311104056/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/66.html |archivedate=March 11, 2000 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 7, 2021}}
| rev1 = The Cincinnati Enquirer
| rev1_PC = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |last=Bottorff |first=James |year=1998 |url=http://cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/ncaafootball.html |title=EA gives the olf college try |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |publisher=Gannett Company |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011074332/http://cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/ncaafootball.html |archivedate=October 11, 2000 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 8, 2021}}
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The game received favorable reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Next Generation said of the PlayStation version, "Although it doesn't break any new ground, NCAA 99 has enough new features and improvements to make it a worthwhile purchase."
The staff of PC Gamer US nominated the PC version as the best sports game of 1998, although it lost to NBA Live 99. They wrote that the former "turned out to be the year's finest pigskin offering, despite a healthy challenge from EA Sports' own Madden NFL 99."{{cite magazine |author=PC Gamer staff |title=The Fifth Annual PC Gamer Awards |magazine=PC Gamer |publisher=Imagine Media |volume=6 |issue=3 |date=March 1999 |pages=64, 67, 70–73, 76–78, 84, 86–87}}
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/ncaa-football-99}}
{{NCAA Football games}}
Category:College football video games
Category:EA Sports College Football
Category:Electronic Arts games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:PlayStation (console) games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
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