Triple Play 97
- Model
- Triple Play
- Date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Genre
- baseball video game
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Key facts
• Title — Triple Play 97 • Developer — EA Canada Synergistic Software (PC) • Publisher — EA Sports • Series — Triple Play • Platforms — PlayStation, DOS, Windows • Genre — Sports Triple Play 97 is the second video game in the Triple Play series, published in 1996. The game's cover features Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres.
Development
The game was announced at E3 1996.
Reviews
• Electric Playground - September 10, 1996 • Entertainment Weekly - August 16, 1996 • Computer Gaming World - November 1996 • Computer Games Magazine - September 26, 1996 • PC Gamer - November 1996
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Triple Play 97 is associated with Canada.
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Reception
In 1998, PC Gamer declared it the 39th-best computer game ever released, and the editors called it "Triple Play 97 is fast, addictive, and, with its terrific presentation and two-man commentary, immerses the player in that authentic day-at-the-ballpark atmosphere like no other". IGN praised the graphics.
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reference work
- “Triple Play 97”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q72860973: Triple Play 97
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Online Gaming Review. 1997-02-27.
- 2.Electronic Arts To Ship Triple Play 97 For the PlayStation and PC-CD; EA SPORTS Signs Major League Baseball License to Fill Out Stellar Lineup. Business Wire. May 16, 1996.
- 3.Sterbakov, Hugh. Triple Play 97 Review. GameSpot. September 12, 1996.
- 4.Romero, Joshua. Triple Play 97 Review. Allgame.
- 5.The 50 Best Games Ever. PC Gamer US. 5. 10. 86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 98, 101, 102, 109, 110, 113, 114, 117, 118, 125, 126, 129, 130. October 1998.
- 6.Triple Play 97. IGN. November 27, 1996.
- 7.Electric Playground GAME REVIEWS: SONY - Triple Play '97.
- 8.Digital Review. Entertainment Weekly.
- 9.Triple Play 97 Review. Cdmag.com.
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