Trophy Bass

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Trophy Bass
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Developer Dynamix
Publisher Sierra On-Line
SeriesTrophy Bass
Platforms Windows, Macintosh
Release1995
Genre Fishing

Trophy Bass is a 1995 fishing video game developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra On-Line. It is the first game in the Trophy Bass franchise.

Reception

Combined sales of the game and its sequel, Trophy Bass 2, surpassed 500,000 units by November 1997. [5] In the United States, Trophy Bass was the 10th best-selling computer game of 1997, with 356,280 units sold. [6] The following year, it fell to 21st place, selling an additional 231,901 copies. Its revenue in 1998 alone was estimated at $2.42 million. [7] The first two Trophy Bass games together topped 1.5 million units in sales by July 1999. [8]

Ned Gaskins of PC Gamer US summarized it as "a great simulation, and a hell of a lot of fun." He wrote, "[W]hen you haul in your first 14-pound bass (they exist, really!), Trophy Bass proves to be as exhilarating as any shoot-'em-up. It's just an all-around good game, and one you'll spend hours at a stretch playing." [2] In Computer Gaming World , Kevin Turner called it "a wonderfully entertaining game", and wrote that "anyone with a passing interest in fishing, or looking for an alternative sports game (besides golf) will love Trophy Bass." [1]

Trophy Bass was a runner-up for Computer Gaming World's 1995 "Sports Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to NBA Live 95 . The editors wrote that Trophy Bass "rewards patient gamers with the best fishing simulation yet." [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Turner, Kevin (February 1996). "Fishful Thinking". Computer Gaming World . No. 139. pp. 174, 176.
  2. 1 2 Gaskins, Ned (February 1996). "Trophy Bass". PC Gamer US . Archived from the original on March 9, 2000.
  3. ↑ Snyder, Frank; Chapman, Ted; Honeywell, Steve (January 1996). "Stuff That Fish!". Computer Game Review . Archived from the original on December 21, 1996. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  4. ↑ Klett, Steve (January 1996). "Trophy Bass". PC Entertainment . Archived from the original on October 18, 1996.
  5. ↑ Staff (November 5, 1997). "In Brief..." PC Gamer US . Archived from the original on February 18, 1998.
  6. ↑ Staff (April 1998). "The Best-Selling Games of 1997". PC Gamer US . 5 (4): 44.
  7. ↑ Staff (April 1999). "The Numbers Game". PC Gamer US . 6 (4): 50.
  8. ↑ McClendon, Bill (July 6, 1999). "Trophy Bass 3D Hits the Shelves". CNET Gamecenter . Archived from the original on August 17, 2000.
  9. ↑ Staff (June 1996). "The Computer Gaming World 1996 Premier Awards". Computer Gaming World . No. 143. pp. 55, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 67.
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