Was tere ever a patch that fixed Sierra Sports FBPro '99?

BigJohn&TheLions · 11-18-2003, 06:39 PM

I was just wondering if there was ever a patch that made Sierra Sports FB Pro '99 even close to usable. What a disappointment that game was. So close to perfect. I was a complete addict to the series, as I am to FOF...

yabanci · 11-18-2003, 06:42 PM

my girlfriend was named Tere, but she was never a patch.

VPI97 · 11-18-2003, 06:53 PM

No...they chose to recall the game instead of tying to fix it.

mckerney · 11-18-2003, 07:03 PM

Not by Sierra, though I believe some people who didn't return their games put patches together to make it a playable game.

Sidhe · 11-18-2003, 07:17 PM

..but they did not really make it a playable game. They tried valiantly.

MizzouRah · 11-18-2003, 07:20 PM

Yeah, what a piece of crap '99 was. I was so pumped about the game, then I loaded it onto my pc.

Todd

damnMikeBrown · 11-18-2003, 08:11 PM

I've still got it around here somewhere.

You wouldn't think it would be that difficult to take an fof style game, and graphically represent it. For Jim, yeah, 1 man show, impossible. Geez thuogh, that was a huge series.

BigJohn&TheLions · 11-18-2003, 08:19 PM

'99 was SOOOO close. It was great until you actually tried to play a game. It killed the whole Sierra Sports department. I still play Baseball Pro '98 and you see on billboards in the outfields other games that were apparently in development like Boxing...

sabotai · 11-18-2003, 09:04 PM

I remember like it was yesterday...

The .07 patch (forget if it was 2.07 or 1.07) made it playable from a simming standpoint. Note playable in that you could sim year after year without it crashing....everything workign the way it should was a different story. However, it was playable and possible to enjoy it (for simming only)

The two major problems with FOFPro 99 at the time when they recalled it was the arcade mode was complete broken and the play editor was only really half done. A lot of the logic assignments didn't work the way they were supposed to. Plus, the sim times per game were...a lot. Peopel think Puresim is slow...

SnowMan · 11-18-2003, 09:16 PM

Still got the game in a box around here somewhere......man what a let down. A sad day in football pc game history.

Tasan · 11-18-2003, 09:40 PM

Yeah I never returned it. I installed it the other day actually, and grabbed the last patches out there. It did sim, and I liked what they did with their sims. You could watch each play unfold in Xs and Os, and you could accellerate that to fast speed, but it was too slow. Like sabotai said, think Puresim times 10 to the slowness factor. I laugh now when I think back that the FBPro series used to be the reason I would upgrade my computer every year or so.

FBPro · 11-18-2003, 09:43 PM

I've still got FBPro 99 in original box w/ CD & manual. What a waste..."let's dump football and baseball so we can concentrate on a "real" sport........BULLRIDING"

Buccaneer · 11-18-2003, 09:45 PM

I felt that NFL Legends '98 was the biggest failure of all in sports sims.

uglytuco · 11-19-2003, 01:25 AM

FBPro was just the greatest FB game ever. Id still guess that I spent more time with that through the years than I have with FOF, and thats saying a lot. And there were so many awesome utilities out there for it. Anyone remember EA Gelat?

I made the most incredile historic leagues with that game, kind of the basis for what I did with the last version of FOF and am now trying to do with this version.

Anytime someone brings up FBPro, it causes me to sit and reminisce for awhile. Kinda sick, isnt it?

BigJohn&TheLions · 11-19-2003, 01:40 AM

I remember my fisrt teams. I won 3 straight superbowls with the lions. Lost my starting quarterback to a career-ending injury in the nfc championship game, then his backup won it all for 2 more years. I switched to the jets and traded all my starters for lions backups. I proceded to beat the lions in the superbowl. What a great game for the time.
'97 was the best. I could never get over how 98 had the QB line up over the guard.

Alf · 11-19-2003, 02:08 AM

For those interested, I am in an active FB Pro 98 league and we have 2-3 teams owner less => go check http://afl.atfreeweb.com (I am the 49ers there)

3ric · 11-19-2003, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by uglytuco
FBPro was just the greatest FB game ever. Id still guess that I spent more time with that through the years than I have with FOF, and thats saying a lot. And there were so many awesome utilities out there for it. Anyone remember EA Gelat?

I made the most incredile historic leagues with that game, kind of the basis for what I did with the last version of FOF and am now trying to do with this version.

Anytime someone brings up FBPro, it causes me to sit and reminisce for awhile. Kinda sick, isnt it?

Lorne Sundby... had all his utilities, licensed of course!

Alf · 11-19-2003, 02:39 AM

The guy from PureSim : Shaun Sullivan and his FP Edit tools

MizzouRah · 11-19-2003, 07:16 AM

What about EA gelet and his rosters.

..and I agree '97 was the best installment of the game.

Todd

Bee · 11-19-2003, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Buccaneer
I felt that NFL Legends '98 was the biggest failure of all in sports sims.

I'm sure that one killed you considering your love of historic rosters, etc. That game was a major disappointment.

-Mojo Jojo- · 11-19-2003, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MizzouRah
What about EA gelet and his rosters.

..and I agree '97 was the best installment of the game.

Todd

I still swear by the '95 edition. Everything was downhill from there...

Raiders Army · 11-19-2003, 08:27 AM

I still have Football Pro 99, also. I just came across Total Control Football as well

Darkiller · 11-19-2003, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alf
For those interested, I am in an active FB Pro 98 league and we have 2-3 teams owner less => go check http://afl.atfreeweb.com (I am the 49ers there)

wowow didn't know that :-)))

Darkiller · 11-19-2003, 09:03 AM

Dola.

FB pro '95 was a blast. I still have it but don't play it anymore. It's been replaced in my "heart" by the FOF series.

However, I do understand very well obviously those who keep playing those "old" games years and years after... I do just the same with FOF2.

Sidhe · 11-19-2003, 09:23 AM

I too still have the FBPro99 and two other versions. What a strange bunch we are to keep them.. I can't even play them on my computer anymore. I definitely had the most fun with 95, but the rules changes made that one obsolete.

I guess Jim has lucked himself into a bunch of hardcore hobbyists now. Well he deserves it.

Coffee Warlord · 11-19-2003, 09:30 AM

Sierra did that to me not once, but *twice*.

#1) FBPro99, of course. What an utter, utter disappointment.

#2) Red Baron 2. They finally did patch it and patch it and patch it, but even in it's final incarnation, it wasn't nearly as 'cool' as its predecessor.

Hawglaw · 11-19-2003, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 3ric
Lorne Sundby... had all his utilities, licensed of course!

Remember how you would have to set up a .bat file to run all of those utilitites? Man, what memories...

cartman · 11-19-2003, 10:45 AM

There are still a bunch of people looking for FBPro '99 patches. I used to keep them on my site until a couple of years ago. I still see 10 to 15 times per week in my weblogs where people try to download them.

mrskippy · 11-19-2003, 10:46 AM

At least Sierra is coming out with a Liesure Suit Larry sequel.

I'll try to find a link. Woot!!!

mrskippy · 11-19-2003, 10:47 AM

Dola

http://www.sierra.com/product.do?gamePlatformId=607

fof playa · 11-19-2003, 03:07 PM

To go off-topic on an off-topic post, anyone else a GK fan out there? Sins of the Fathers kicked major ass! All-time favorite game.

Butter · 11-19-2003, 03:16 PM

Yeah, all those games were great. Sins of the Fathers was terrific. I still have fond memories of the giant swinging axe towards the end slicing me up seemingly hundreds of times.

11-18-2003, 06:53 PM	#3
VPI97 Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Kennesaw, GA	No...they chose to recall the game instead of tying to fix it. __________________ CT & Jivin - "Surprisingly Entertaining"

11-18-2003, 08:19 PM	#8
BigJohn&TheLions College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New York	'99 was SOOOO close. It was great until you actually tried to play a game. It killed the whole Sierra Sports department. I still play Baseball Pro '98 and you see on billboards in the outfields other games that were apparently in development like Boxing... __________________ In the immortal words of a great alcoholic, "Can't we all just get along?"

11-18-2003, 09:40 PM	#11
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	Yeah I never returned it. I installed it the other day actually, and grabbed the last patches out there. It did sim, and I liked what they did with their sims. You could watch each play unfold in Xs and Os, and you could accellerate that to fast speed, but it was too slow. Like sabotai said, think Puresim times 10 to the slowness factor. I laugh now when I think back that the FBPro series used to be the reason I would upgrade my computer every year or so. __________________ 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

11-18-2003, 09:43 PM	#12
FBPro College Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SE	I've still got FBPro 99 in original box w/ CD & manual. What a waste..."let's dump football and baseball so we can concentrate on a "real" sport........BULLRIDING" __________________ GM RayCo Raiders-est. 2004-2012 Charter member of the IHOF-RayCo GM GM Tennessee Titans PFL 2011-2014 GM Tennessee Titans FOWL 2020-2025

11-19-2003, 01:40 AM	#15
BigJohn&TheLions College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New York	I remember my fisrt teams. I won 3 straight superbowls with the lions. Lost my starting quarterback to a career-ending injury in the nfc championship game, then his backup won it all for 2 more years. I switched to the jets and traded all my starters for lions backups. I proceded to beat the lions in the superbowl. What a great game for the time. '97 was the best. I could never get over how 98 had the QB line up over the guard. __________________ In the immortal words of a great alcoholic, "Can't we all just get along?"

11-18-2003, 06:42 PM	#2
yabanci College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2003	my girlfriend was named Tere, but she was never a patch.

11-18-2003, 07:03 PM	#4
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Not by Sierra, though I believe some people who didn't return their games put patches together to make it a playable game.

11-18-2003, 07:17 PM	#5
Sidhe H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NOVA USA	..but they did not really make it a playable game. They tried valiantly.

11-18-2003, 07:20 PM	#6
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Yeah, what a piece of crap '99 was. I was so pumped about the game, then I loaded it onto my pc. Todd

11-18-2003, 08:11 PM	#7
damnMikeBrown College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH	I've still got it around here somewhere. You wouldn't think it would be that difficult to take an fof style game, and graphically represent it. For Jim, yeah, 1 man show, impossible. Geez thuogh, that was a huge series.

11-18-2003, 09:04 PM	#9
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	I remember like it was yesterday... The .07 patch (forget if it was 2.07 or 1.07) made it playable from a simming standpoint. Note playable in that you could sim year after year without it crashing....everything workign the way it should was a different story. However, it was playable and possible to enjoy it (for simming only) The two major problems with FOFPro 99 at the time when they recalled it was the arcade mode was complete broken and the play editor was only really half done. A lot of the logic assignments didn't work the way they were supposed to. Plus, the sim times per game were...a lot. Peopel think Puresim is slow...

11-18-2003, 09:16 PM	#10
SnowMan High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Georgia via Alaska via Washington	Still got the game in a box around here somewhere......man what a let down. A sad day in football pc game history.

11-18-2003, 09:45 PM	#13
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	I felt that NFL Legends '98 was the biggest failure of all in sports sims.

11-19-2003, 01:25 AM	#14
uglytuco n00b Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: South Park, PA	FBPro was just the greatest FB game ever. Id still guess that I spent more time with that through the years than I have with FOF, and thats saying a lot. And there were so many awesome utilities out there for it. Anyone remember EA Gelat? I made the most incredile historic leagues with that game, kind of the basis for what I did with the last version of FOF and am now trying to do with this version. Anytime someone brings up FBPro, it causes me to sit and reminisce for awhile. Kinda sick, isnt it?

11-19-2003, 02:08 AM	#16
Alf Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Rennes, France	For those interested, I am in an active FB Pro 98 league and we have 2-3 teams owner less => go check http://afl.atfreeweb.com (I am the 49ers there) __________________ FOFL - GML - IHOF - FranceStats

11-19-2003, 02:39 AM	#18
Alf Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Rennes, France	The guy from PureSim : Shaun Sullivan and his FP Edit tools __________________ FOFL - GML - IHOF - FranceStats

11-19-2003, 07:16 AM	#19
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	What about EA gelet and his rosters. ..and I agree '97 was the best installment of the game. Todd

11-19-2003, 08:27 AM	#22
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	I still have Football Pro 99, also. I just came across Total Control Football as well

11-19-2003, 09:03 AM	#24
Darkiller FOF2 Guy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Paris, France	Dola. FB pro '95 was a blast. I still have it but don't play it anymore. It's been replaced in my "heart" by the FOF series. However, I do understand very well obviously those who keep playing those "old" games years and years after... I do just the same with FOF2. __________________ FOF2 lives on / Continue to support the best game ever ! - Owner of the San Francisco 49ers in FOF2 - Charter member of the IHOF and owner of the Paris Musketeers franchise (FOF2004) - Chairman of the IHOF Hall of Fame - Athletic Director of the Brigham Young Cougars in TCY FOF Legend: Hall of Fame QB Brock Sheriff #5, one of the most popular player in Front Office Football history.

11-19-2003, 09:23 AM	#25
Sidhe H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NOVA USA	I too still have the FBPro99 and two other versions. What a strange bunch we are to keep them.. I can't even play them on my computer anymore. I definitely had the most fun with 95, but the rules changes made that one obsolete. I guess Jim has lucked himself into a bunch of hardcore hobbyists now. Well he deserves it.

11-19-2003, 09:30 AM	#26
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Sierra did that to me not once, but twice. #1) FBPro99, of course. What an utter, utter disappointment. #2) Red Baron 2. They finally did patch it and patch it and patch it, but even in it's final incarnation, it wasn't nearly as 'cool' as its predecessor.

11-19-2003, 10:45 AM	#28
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	There are still a bunch of people looking for FBPro '99 patches. I used to keep them on my site until a couple of years ago. I still see 10 to 15 times per week in my weblogs where people try to download them. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

11-19-2003, 10:46 AM	#29
mrskippy Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: California	At least Sierra is coming out with a Liesure Suit Larry sequel. I'll try to find a link. Woot!!!

11-19-2003, 10:47 AM	#30
mrskippy Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: California	Dola http://www.sierra.com/product.do?gamePlatformId=607

11-19-2003, 03:07 PM	#31
fof playa Banned Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Duluth	To go off-topic on an off-topic post, anyone else a GK fan out there? Sins of the Fathers kicked major ass! All-time favorite game.

11-19-2003, 03:16 PM	#32
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Yeah, all those games were great. Sins of the Fathers was terrific. I still have fond memories of the giant swinging axe towards the end slicing me up seemingly hundreds of times. __________________ My listening habits

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