NFL Quarterback Club 99
{{Short description|1998 video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = NFL Quarterback Club '99
| image = NFL Quarterback Club 99 cover 1.jpeg
| caption = North American packaging cover featuring Brett Favre.
| developer = Iguana Entertainment
| publisher = Acclaim Entertainment{{efn|Released under the Acclaim Sports label}}
| platforms = Nintendo 64
| series = NFL Quarterback Club
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|November 10, 1998{{cite web|url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_11/10_vg_pc_nflqb/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000116143427/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_11/10_vg_pc_nflqb/index.html|title=NFL QB Club '99 Ships|website=GameSpot|archivedate=January 16, 2000|date=November 10, 1998|accessdate=August 1, 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://www.acclaim.com/company/pressReleases/product/QBC99KicksOFFHolidays.html |title=NFL Quarterback Club '99 Kicks Off Acclaim Sports' Holiday Season |website=Acclaim Entertainment |date=November 5, 1998 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040826001909/http://www.acclaim.com/company/pressReleases/product/QBC99KicksOFFHolidays.html |archivedate=August 26, 2004 |url-status=dead}}|EU|December 1998}}
| genre = Sports
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
NFL Quarterback Club '99 Is a sports game released in November 1998, developed by Iguana Entertainment and published by Acclaim Entertainment for Nintendo 64.
Gameplay
The title is one of the first sports games to work with the Expansion Pak.{{cite web |url=http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/980924/acclaim_1.html |title=Acclaim Sports' NFL Quarterback Club 99 to Support Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak |website=Business Wire |publisher=Berkshire Hathaway |via=Yahoo.com |date=September 4, 1998 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19981203145008/http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/980924/acclaim_1.html |archivedate=December 3, 1998 |url-status=dead |accessdate=June 18, 2019}} The game features the ability to replay past Super Bowls and provides historical descriptions of them. NFL Quarterback Club '99 delivers all 31 teams and 3D rendered stadiums (also included are the Cleveland Browns). 1,500 players are featured in the game with over 250 motion-capture animations.{{cite news |last=Bassave |first=Roy |date=January 31, 1999 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JmBiAAAAIBAJ&q=NFL+Quarterback+Club+99&pg=PA43 |title=QB 99 kicks off new ballgame |newspaper=Telegraph Herald |publisher=Woodward Communications, Inc. |page=43 |accessdate=October 31, 2019}} Players, along with teams, uniforms, coaches, and playbooks can also be created and used in game.
The game features teams from NFL Europe.{{cite news |last1=Carter |first1=Chip |last2=Carter |first2=Jonathan |date=February 16, 1999 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TWowAAAAIBAJ&q=NFL+Quarterback+Club+99&pg=PA12 |title=Inside the video games |newspaper=Rome News-Tribune |publisher=Times-Journal Inc. |page=12 |accessdate=October 31, 2019}}
Development
As with the preceding game in the series, NFL Quarterback Club 98, Brett Favre served as the game's spokesman and cover player.{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Johnston|url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_02/05_qbc/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001016164317/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_02/05_qbc/index.html|title=Favre Signs to QBC '99|website=GameSpot|archivedate=October 16, 2000|date=February 5, 1998|accessdate=September 24, 2022}}{{cite magazine |title=Favre Signs to QBC '99 |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|issue=105|publisher=Ziff Davis|date=April 1998|page=24}} Play-by-play was handled by Mike Patrick, color calls by Randy Cross and referee calls by Jerry Markbreit. Charlie Weis and Dedric Ward served as consultants for the game.{{cite web|first=Kraig|last=Kujawa|url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_05/06_qbclub/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001010154821/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_05/06_qbclub/index.html|title=Quarterback Club Raises the Bar|website=GameSpot|archivedate=October 10, 2000|date=May 6, 1998|accessdate=November 14, 2022}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| GR = 78%{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/n64/198161-nfl-quarterback-club-99/index.html |title=NFL Quarterback Club 99 for Nintendo 64 |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512184637/https://www.gamerankings.com/n64/198161-nfl-quarterback-club-99/index.html |archivedate=May 12, 2019 |url-status=dead |accessdate=August 6, 2020}}
| Allgame = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Marriott |first=Scott Alan |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14368&tab=review |title=NFL Quarterback Club 99 - Review |website=AllGame |publisher=All Media Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114123441/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14368&tab=review |archivedate=November 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |accessdate=August 6, 2020}}
| CNG = 8/10{{cite web |last=Meyer |first=Bill |date=January 5, 1999 |url=http://gamecenter.com/Consoles/Nintendo/Nflqbc99/ |title=NFL Quarterback Club 99 |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823205256/http://gamecenter.com/Consoles/Nintendo/Nflqbc99/ |archivedate=August 23, 2000 |url-status=dead |accessdate=November 24, 2021}}
| EGM = 8/10{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=NFL Quarterback Club 99 |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=114 |date=January 1999}}
| GI = 8.25/10{{cite magazine |last1=Storm |first1=Jon |last2=Anderson |first2=Paul |last3=Reiner |first3=Andrew |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/cgi-bin/review.cgi?sys=n64&path=dec98&doc=qbc |title=NFL Quarterback Club 99 |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=68 |date=December 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990908184040/http://www.gameinformer.com/cgi-bin/review.cgi?sys=n64&path=dec98&doc=qbc |archive-date=September 8, 1999 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 6, 2020}}
| GamePro = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |author=The Rookie |url=http://www.nintendo64ever.com/scans/mags/Scan-Magazine-785-152.jpg |title=Sketchy A.I. and Bunk Passing Sack QB Club '99 |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG Entertainment |issue=124 |date=January 1999 |page=152 |accessdate=August 6, 2020}}
| GSpot = 7.5/10{{cite web |last=Broady |first=Vince |date=November 20, 1998 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/nfl-quarterback-club-99-review/1900-2543702/ |title=NFL Quarterback Club 99 Review [date mislabeled as "April 28, 2000"] |website=GameSpot |publisher=Red Ventures |accessdate=June 18, 2019}}
| Hyper = 80%{{cite magazine |last=Cheung |first=Kevin |url=http://www.nintendo64ever.com/scans/mags/Scan-Magazine-692-44.jpg |title=NFL Quarterback Club 99 |magazine=Hyper |publisher=Next Media Pty Ltd |issue=62 |date=December 1998 |page=44 |accessdate=August 6, 2020}}
| IGN = 8.4/10{{cite web |last=Casamassina |first=Matt |date=November 10, 1998 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/11/11/nfl-quarterback-club-99 |title=NFL Quarterback Club '99 |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=June 18, 2019}}
| N64 = 90%{{cite magazine |title=NFL Quarterback Club '99 |magazine=N64 Magazine |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=23 |date=January 1999}}
| NP = 8.5/10{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nintendo64ever.com/scans/mags/Scan-Magazine-356-123.jpg |title=NFL Quarterback Club '99 |magazine=Nintendo Power |publisher=Nintendo of America |volume=114 |date=November 1998 |page=123 |accessdate=August 6, 2020}}
}}
NFL Quarterback Club 99 received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.
During the 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the game was a finalist for "Console Sports Game of the Year" and "Outstanding Achievement in Software Engineering", both of which were ultimately awarded to 1080° Snowboarding and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, respectively.{{cite web |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_console.html |title=Second Interactive Achievement Awards: Console |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991011020746/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_console.html |archivedate=October 11, 1999 |url-status=dead |accessdate=November 24, 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_craft.html |title=Second Interactive Achievement Awards: Craft Award |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991011023932/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_craft.html |archivedate=October 11, 1999 |accessdate=November 24, 2021}}
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External links
- {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20000303054938/http://www.acclaimsports.com/qbc99/index.html}} (archived)
- {{moby game|id=/n64/nfl-quarterback-club-99}}
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Category:Acclaim Entertainment games
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Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games