Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf

Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf (also known as just Tiger Woods 99) is a sports video game developed by Adrenalin Entertainment and published by EA Sports for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation in 1998.

Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf
Developer(s)Adrenalin Entertainment
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesPGA Tour
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
  • NA: August 31, 1998
  • EU: 1998
PlayStation
  • NA: October 31, 1998
  • EU: December 1998
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Development

In mid-1997 EA Sports signed an exclusive deal with Tiger Woods, to use his name and likeness on their line of golf games. EA Sports reportedly paid approximately $10 million (equivalent to $16 million in 2019) for the rights, which spanned several years and multiple gaming platforms.[1]

Easter egg

The first 100,000 pressings of Tiger Woods 99 for the PlayStation contained an Easter egg. If the disc is loaded into a computer, directories for files of the game would appear along with a QuickTime file titled ZZDUMMY.DAT. When played, it is a VHS recording of Jesus vs. Santa by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, commonly recognized as a precursor to South Park. The episode was apparently sneaked onto the disc by an employee at Electronic Arts, and according to the metadata it was converted four days before being added to the disc. EA recalled these copies of the game a few months after it was released, calling the episode "objectionable to consumers", and subsequent versions did not contain the file.[2][3]

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
PCPS
AllGame[4][5]
CVG5/5[6]N/A
EGMN/A6.12/10[7]
Game Informer7.75/10[8]N/A
GamePro[9][10]
GameRevolutionB[11]N/A
GameSpot7.7/10[12]7.5/10[13]
IGN7.8/10[14]7.1/10[15]
Next Generation[16]N/A
OPM (US)N/A[17]
PC Gamer (US)84%[18]N/A
Entertainment WeeklyA[19]N/A
Aggregate score
GameRankings76%[20]73%[21]

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "it's a sharp golf game, compatible with last June's PGA Tour Pro software updates and course disks."[16]

The PC version received "favorable" reviews, while the PlayStation version received "average" reviews according to video game review aggregator GameRankings.[20][21]

References
  1. "Gaming Gossip". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 99. Ziff Davis. October 1997. p. 38.
  2. Plunkett, Luke. "When South Park Got an EA Sports Game Pulled off the Shelves". Kotaku. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  3. "The Tiger Woods 99 Recall - Retro Junk Article". Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  4. Sutyak, Jonathan. "Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf (PC) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  5. Marriott, Scott Alan. "Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf (PS) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  6. Randell, Kim (1999). "PC Review: Tiger Woods '99 [sic]". Computer and Video Games. Archived from the original on July 13, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  7. "Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf (PS)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. 1999.
  8. Bergren, Paul (November 1998). "Tiger Woods 99 [PGA Tour Golf] (PC)". Game Informer. No. 67. FuncoLand. p. 74.
  9. Morris, Daniel (1998). "Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf Review for PC on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  10. Air Hendrix (1999). "Tiger Woods 99 Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  11. Dr. Moo (December 1998). "Tiger Woods '99 [sic] Review (PC)". Game Revolution. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  12. McDonald, Tim (September 21, 1998). "Tiger Woods 99 [PGA Tour Golf] Review (PC)". GameSpot. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  13. Mielke, James (December 7, 1998). "Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf Review (PS)". GameSpot. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  14. Ward, Trent C. (August 31, 1998). "Tiger Woods '99 [sic] (PC)". IGN. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  15. Harris, Craig (November 24, 1998). "Tiger Woods '99 [sic] (PS)". IGN. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  16. "Finals". Next Generation. No. 48. Imagine Media. December 1998. p. 138.
  17. "Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. 1999.
  18. Whitta, Gary (November 1998). "Tiger Woods 99 [PGA Tour Golf]". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on January 17, 2000. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  19. Walk, Gary Eng (October 2, 1998). "Tiger Woods '99 PGA Tour Golf (PC)". Entertainment Weekly. No. 452. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  20. "Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  21. "Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf for PlayStation". GameRankings. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
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