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in 1998.

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 $ million in ) for the rights, which spanned several years and multiple gaming platforms.

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 ''

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''. 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.

Reception

The PC version received "favorable" reviews, while the PlayStation version received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website

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'' called the former "a sharp golf game, compatible with last June's '' PGA Tour Pro'' software updates and course discs."

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:PGA Tour Golf, Tiger Woods 99 1998 video games EA Sports games Golf video games PlayStation (console) games Tiger Woods video games Video games developed in Canada Windows games