Sammy Sosa Softball Slam

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Sammy Sosa Softball Slam
Sammy Sosa Softball Slam cover.jpg
Developer(s) The 3DO Company
Publisher(s) The 3DO Company
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
Release
  • NA: February 29, 2000 [1]
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Sammy Sosa Softball Slam is a baseball video game developed and published by The 3DO Company in 2000. It is one of the games to feature then-Chicago Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa on the cover, the other being Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 .

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Reception

The PC version received mixed reviews, while the PlayStation version received unfavorable reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [2] [3]

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