Trophy Bass

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.

Trophy Bass
Developer(s)	Dynamix
Publisher(s)	Sierra On-Line
Series	Trophy Bass
Platform(s)	Windows, Macintosh
Release	1995
Genre(s)	fishing video game

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Computer Gaming World	[1]
PC Gamer (US)	90%[2]
Computer Game Review	84/78/75[3]
PC Entertainment	B−[4]

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. Turner, Kevin (February 1996). "Fishful Thinking". Computer Gaming World. No. 139. pp. 174, 176.
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.
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.