NFL Football Pro '99 is a sports video game featuring American football teams from the National Football League (NFL) developed and published by Sierra On-Line for Microsoft Windows in 1998. It is part of the Front Page Sports Football series.
Development, release, and recall Sierra announced that it was retiring the Front Page Sports logo while upgrading graphics with an all-new 3D engine (at the time it was developed). The game was eventually released on December 22, 1998. However, due to a number of complaints addressing too many flaws, glitches, and bugs in the system, the game was recalled on January 20, 1999. Sierra president David Grenewetzki released the following statement:
Sierra also stated that it would do a better job starting with the release of NFL Football Pro 2000 in 1999. However, said game was eventually cancelled in February 1999.
Reception PC Accelerator gave the game a score of zero, calling it "the worst piece of sports software we have ever seen in a shrink-wrapped box. It should never have left the building, and the decision to send it out to stores will stick with Sierra Sports for the next few years. And deservedly so." Computer Games Magazine refused a review, instead writing an article detailing its bugs, highlighting the odd plays which included many field goal formations but few pass plays.
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