The 1999 installment of EA Sports college football game. NCAA 99 features the 1998 rosters of over a hundred division 1A teams with accurate stadiums, uniforms, and (in some cases) fight songs. There are also 80 "historical" teams that allow you to recreate great college football games of the past. The featured exhibition game is a match up between the 1997 AP Poll national champion Michigan Wolverines and the 1997 Coaches Poll champion Nebraska Cornhuskers.
The game received favorable reviews on both platforms according to the
review aggregation website
GameRankings.[3][4]Next Generation said of the PlayStation version, "Although it doesn't break any new ground, NCAA 99 has enough new features and improvements to make it a worthwhile purchase."[21]
The staff of PC Gamer US nominated the PC version as the best sports game of 1998, although it lost to NBA Live 99. They wrote that the former "turned out to be the year's finest pigskin offering, despite a healthy challenge from EA Sports' own Madden NFL 99."[26]
Notes
^GamePro gave the PC version 3/5 for graphics, 4.5/5 for sound, 4/5 for control, and 3.5/5 for overall fun factor.
^GamePro gave the PlayStation version two 4.5/5 scores for graphics and sound, and two 4/5 scores for control and overall fun factor.
^GameSpot staff (September 4, 1998).
"New and Upcoming Releases". GameSpot. Ziff Davis. Archived from
the original on February 2, 1999. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
^Bates, Jason (September 11, 1998).
"NCAA Football 99 (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis.
Archived from the original on September 17, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
^Perry, Douglass C. (August 28, 1998).
"NCAA Football '99 (PS)". IGN. Ziff Davis.
Archived from the original on November 27, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
^Smolka, Rob (November 1998).
"NCAA Football 99". PC Gamer. Vol. 5, no. 11. Imagine Media. Archived from
the original on March 11, 2000. Retrieved April 7, 2021.