High Heat Baseball 1999, also known as High Heat Baseball or High Heat, is a video game released in 1998, and is the first game in the High Heat Major League Baseball video game series.
| High Heat Baseball 1999 | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Team .366 |
| Publisher(s) | The 3DO Company |
| Series | High Heat Major League Baseball |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Gameplay
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Pitcher performance statistics affect how well that pitcher throws at the beginning of a game compared to later, how often he uses a given type of pitch, and how well he performs against right-handed or left-handed batters.[4]
Development
editHigh Heat Baseball 1999 was developed by Team .366, an internal development team of The 3DO Company.[5] Development begin in 1995 for 3DO's Opera system, then moved to the Panasonic M2, before finally being targeted towards PCs.[4] A PlayStation port of the game was announced,[4][5] but was never released.
The developers opted to cut out between-play action such as the ball being returned to the pitcher after a ball or strike, in order to keep games down to about a half-hour for players who do not have time for long gaming sessions.[4]
Reception
edit| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 72%[6] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| AllGame |   [7] |
| CNET Gamecenter | 7/10[9] |
| Computer Gaming World | [8] |
| GameRevolution | B+[10] |
| GameSpot | 7.8/10[11] |
| IGN | 7/10[12] |
| PC Gamer (US) | 86%[13] |
The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[6]
References
edit- ^ "New Releases". GameSpot. April 1, 1998. Archived from the original on September 30, 2000. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
- ^ Ocampo, Jason (April 8, 1998). "High Heat in Season". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on July 5, 2003. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ "3DO Awards Hal Riney & Partners Corporate Account". Business Wire. April 2, 1998. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2021 – via The Free Dictionary.
- ^ a b c d "NG Alphas: High Heat Baseball". Next Generation. No. 40. Imagine Media. April 1998. pp. 66–67.
- ^ a b Air Hendrix (April 1998). "Baseball's Starting Lineup: High Heat Baseball". GamePro. No. 115. IDG. p. 84.
- ^ a b "High Heat Baseball 1999 for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ Weston, Alan. "High Heat Baseball [1999] - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ Coffey, Robert (August 1998). "Bush League (High Heat Baseball 1999 Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 169. Ziff Davis. p. 204. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ "GAMECENTER.COM - Reviews - High Heat Baseball 1999". gamecenter.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 1999. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Anderson, Tom (April 1998). "High Heat Baseball 1999 Review". Game Revolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on June 13, 1998. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ Ryan, Michael E. (April 29, 1998). "High Heat Baseball 1999 Review [date mislabeled as "May 1, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 28, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ Bates, Jason (August 13, 1998). "High Heat Baseball 1999". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ Smolka, Rob (July 1998). "High Heat Baseball [1999]". PC Gamer. Vol. 5, no. 7. Imagine Media. Archived from the original on December 12, 1999. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
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