Software:Sammy Sosa Softball Slam

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Short description: 2000 baseball video game
Sammy Sosa Softball Slam
Sammy Sosa Softball Slam cover.jpg
Developer(s)The 3DO Company
Publisher(s)The 3DO Company
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
Release
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Sammy Sosa Softball Slam is a baseball video game developed and published by The 3DO Company in 2000. It is one of the games to feature then-Chicago Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa on the cover, the other being Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001.

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
PCPS
CGSP1.5/5 stars[5]N/A
CGW2.5/5 stars[6]N/A
EGMN/A1.83/10[7]
Game InformerN/A5.75/10[8]
GameFanN/A72%[9]
GameSpotN/A3.3/10[10]
GameZone7.5/10[11]N/A
IGN4.6/10[12]3/10[13]
OPM (US)N/A2/5 stars[14]
Aggregate score
GameRankings50%[2]42%[3]

The PC version received mixed reviews, while the PlayStation version received unfavorable reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2][3]

References

  1. "Sammy Ships Soft Balls". Ziff Davis. February 29, 2000. https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/03/01/sammy-ships-soft-balls. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Sammy Sosa Softball Slam for PC". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190527015209/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/253448-sammy-sosa-softball-slam/index.html. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Sammy Sosa Softball Slam for PlayStation". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190501034953/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/198542-sammy-sosa-softball-slam/index.html. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  4. Bub, Andrew S. (May 2, 2000). "Sammy Sosa Softball Slam (PC)". CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20000816093013/http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-4076,00.html. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  5. Abner, William (May 30, 2000). "Sammy Sosa Softball Slam". Strategy Plus, Inc.. Archived from the original on May 30, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030530103116/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/028/047/sammys_review.html. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  6. Jones, George (June 2000). "Sammy Sosa Softball Slam". Computer Gaming World (Ziff Davis) (191): 125. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_191.pdf. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  7. EGM staff (June 2000). "Sammy Sosa Softball Slam". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (131). 
  8. "Sammy Sosa Softball Slam (PS)". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (86). June 2000. 
  9. Higgins, Geoff "El Nino"; Jacques Strap (June 2000). "Sammy Sosa Softball [Slam (PS)"]. GameFan (Shinno Media) 8 (6): 96. https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_8_Issue_06/page/n97/mode/2up. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  10. Stahl, Ben (March 10, 2000). "Sammy Sosa's Softball Slam [sic Review (PS) [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"]"]. CBS Interactive. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/sammy-sosas-softball-slam-review/1900-2549377/. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  11. Lafferty, Michael (May 22, 2000). "Sammy Sosa Softball Slam (PC)". Archived from the original on January 25, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010125221800/http://www.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r14056.htm. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  12. Steinberg, Scott (April 26, 2000). "Sammy Sosa Softball Slam (PC)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/04/27/sammy-sosa-softball-slam. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  13. Nix, Marc (March 20, 2000). "Sammy Sosa's Softball Slam [sic (PS)"]. Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/03/21/sammy-sosas-softball-slam. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 
  14. Zuniga, Todd (June 2000). "Sammy Sosa Softball Slam". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Ziff Davis) 3 (9): 108. https://archive.org/details/Official_U.S._Playstation_Magazine_Issue_33_June_2000/page/n105/mode/2up. Retrieved February 6, 2021. 

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