Software:VR Baseball '99

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VR Baseball '99
VR Baseball 99 cover.jpg
Developer(s)VR Sports
Publisher(s)Interplay Entertainment
Platform(s)PlayStation
Release
  • NA: May 22, 1998[1]
  • EU: January 1999
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Singleplayer, multiplayer

VR Baseball 99 is a video game developed by VR Sports and published by Interplay for PlayStation in 1998.

An enhanced version of the game for Microsoft Windows, VR Baseball 2000, was released in October 1998.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings70%[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame3.5/5 stars[3]
EGM7.125/10[4]
Game Informer7/10[5]
GameFan89%[6][lower-alpha 1]
GamePro4/5 stars[7][lower-alpha 2]
GameSpot5.3/10[8]
Next Generation3/5 stars[9]
OPM (US)3.5/5 stars[10]

The game received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2] Next Generation said, "It may not be as complex as MLB '99, but VR Baseball will provide several hours of simple, clean, baseball pleasure."[9]

Notes

  1. In GameFan's early viewpoint of the game, one critic gave it 89, and the other 88.
  2. GamePro gave the game two 4/5 scores for graphics and overall fun factor, 3/5 for sound, and 4.5/5 for control.

References

  1. "VR BASEBALL '99 HITS STORE SHELVES WITH AN IMPROVED LOOK AND AGGRESSIVE ATTITUDE". May 22, 1998. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20000819134758/http://www.vrsports.com/press/vrbb99.html. Retrieved December 21, 2020. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "VR Baseball 99 for PlayStation". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on January 2, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190102173845/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/199229-vr-baseball-99/index.html. Retrieved December 21, 2020. 
  3. Sutyak, Jonathan. "VR Baseball 99 - Review". All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141115004251/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=11774&tab=review. Retrieved December 21, 2020. 
  4. EGM staff (August 1998). "VR Baseball 99". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (109). 
  5. "VR Baseball '99". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (63). July 1998. Archived from the original on September 14, 1999. https://web.archive.org/web/19990914002426/http://www.gameinformer.com/cgi-bin/review.cgi?sys=psx&path=jul98&doc=vrbase. Retrieved December 21, 2020. 
  6. Higgins, Geoff "El Nino"; Mowatt, Todd "Video Cowboy" (June 1998). "VR Baseball '99". GameFan (Metropolis Media) 6 (6): 54. https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_6_Issue_06/page/n55/mode/2up. Retrieved December 21, 2020. 
  7. Air Hendrix (July 1998). "VR Baseball '99". GamePro (IDG Entertainment) (118): 76. Archived from the original on January 16, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050116190251/http://gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/277.shtml. Retrieved December 21, 2020. 
  8. MacDonald, Ryan (June 24, 1998). "VR Baseball 99 Review [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000""]. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on January 12, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050112033302/http://www.gamespot.com/ps/sports/vrbaseball99/review.html. Retrieved December 21, 2020. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 "VR Baseball '99". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (46): 126. October 1998. https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_46/page/n129/mode/2up. Retrieved December 21, 2020. 
  10. "VR Baseball 99". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Ziff Davis) 1 (11). August 1998. 

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