''Links LS 1999'' is a video game developed and published by

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for

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in 1998, and is part of the '' Links'' video game series.

Reception

The game received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website

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. Excluding hunting and fishing games, the game was the tenth-best-selling computer sports game of the U.S. during 1998, with sales of 95,176 units. In 1999, it was the country's fourth-highest computer sports seller, again discounting hunting, fishing and racing games. It sold 114,784 copies and earned $5.1 million in the region that year. The game was a finalist for ''

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''s 1998 "Best Sports" award, which ultimately went to '' FIFA: Road to World Cup 98'', ''

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'' and '' World Cup 98'' (collectively). '' PC Gamer US'' likewise nominated the game as the best sports game of 1998, although it lost to '' NBA Live 99''. They wrote, " ile the changes weren't revolutionary, enough was done to keep ''Links LS 1999'' at the forefront of the very competitive golf category." It was also a finalist for the "Sports Game of the Year" award at AIAS' Second Interactive Achievement Awards, for the Best Sports Game award at the 1998 '' CNET Gamecenter'' Awards, and for the "Sports Game of the Year" award at '' GameSpot''s Best & Worst of 1998 Awards, all of which also went to ''FIFA 99''.

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* 1998 video games Eidos Interactive games Golf video games Video games developed in the United States Windows games Windows-only games {{golf-videogame-stub