High Heat Baseball 1999

High Heat Baseball 1999
High Heat Baseball 1999
Developer	Team .366
Publisher	The 3DO Company
Series	High Heat Major League Baseball
Platform	Microsoft Windows
Release	NA: April 1998;
Genre	Sports
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

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.

Gameplay

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

High 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

Aggregate score
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	72%^[6]

Review scores
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

^ "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. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2021. 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. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. 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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[1] "New Releases". GameSpot. April 1, 1998. Archived from the original on September 30, 2000. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

[2] 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.

[3] "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.

[NGen40-4] "NG Alphas: High Heat Baseball". Next Generation. No. 40. Imagine Media. April 1998. pp. 66–67.

[GPro115-5] Air Hendrix (April 1998). "Baseball's Starting Lineup: High Heat Baseball". GamePro. No. 115. IDG. p. 84.

[GR-6] "High Heat Baseball 1999 for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2020.

[7] Weston, Alan. "High Heat Baseball [1999] - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2020.

[8] Coffey, Robert (August 1998). "Bush League (High Heat Baseball 1999 Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 169. Ziff Davis. p. 204. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2020.

[9] "GAMECENTER.COM - Reviews - High Heat Baseball 1999". gamecenter.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 1999. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[10] Anderson, Tom (April 1998). "High Heat Baseball 1999 Review". Game Revolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on June 13, 1998. Retrieved March 30, 2020.

[11] 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.

[12] Bates, Jason (August 13, 1998). "High Heat Baseball 1999". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2020.

[13] 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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