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989 Studios was a division of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) that developed games for the PlayStation consoles and Windows personal computers. Their titles include Twisted Metal 3 and 4, Syphon Filter and Syphon Filter 2, Jet Moto 3, Bust a Groove, EverQuest and others. It now exists as the 989 Sports brand owned by SCEA that produces sports titles. Image File history File links 989. ... Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. ... The PlayStation (Japanese: プレイステーション) is a video game console of the 32-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid 1990s. ... Microsoft Windows is a series of operating environments and operating systems created by Microsoft for use on personal computers and servers. ... Twisted Metal: Black screenshot. ... Screenshot of Syphon Filter. ... Jet Moto (Jet Rider in Europe) is a series of futuristic racing games for the PlayStation video game console. ... Bust-a-Groove is a hybrid music/fighting game for the Sony PlayStation released for the Japanese and American markets in 1998. ... EverQuest (EQ) is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was released on March 16, 1999. ...

The 989 Sports title evolved from a long history of name changes and corporate shuffling within Sony centered around operations in Foster City, California. Around August 1995, Sony Imagesoft was merged with the product development branch of SCEA, becoming Sony Interactive Studios America (SISA). On April 1998, SISA was renamed to 989 Studios. The 989 name came from their street address, 989 E. Hillsdale Boulevard in Foster City. The part of 989 developing EverQuest (and other online and PC games) broke off to become an independent studio named Verant Interactive in early 1999. On April 1, 2000, 989 Studios was merged back into SCEA as a first party development group, in order to prepare for the then-upcoming PlayStation 2. SCEA continues to release sports games under the 989 Sports brand. Subsequent reissues and sequels to 989's titles are published under the SCEA name instead of the 989 name. Foster City is a planned city located in San Mateo County, California. ... August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Foster City is a planned city located in San Mateo County, California. ... EverQuest (EQ) is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was released on March 16, 1999. ... Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is a computer game development division of Sony that mostly creates massively multiplayer online games. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ...

Reputation

989 Studios had gained a reputation for releasing sequels to popular SCEA titles that were inferior to their predecessors (Example: Twisted Metal III/4, Cool Boarders 3/4, 3Xtreme, Jet Moto 3). Their Twisted Metal titles came under great critical and commercial fire for being completely inferior to the first two games. This was mostly due to the change in developers (989 developed TMIII and 4 instead of SingleTrac (Now Incognito Entertainment), who developed TM 1 and 2). Incog Inc. ...

989 Sports' NFL GameDay was the only American Football video game to ship with the PlayStation US launch in 1995. This title forced EA Sports to cancel their Madden NFL PlayStation launch game. Two years later, NFL GameDay '98 was the first NFL game on PlayStation to feature polygonal players. This caused EA Sports to proclaim their own "V-Poly" (sprites) technology. Produced by Chris Whaley, the NFL GameDay series on PlayStation was the only NFL franchise to ever outsell Madden NFL head-to-head. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... EA Sports is a brand name used by Electronic Arts since 1993 to distribute games based on sports. ... Cover of the Gamecube version of Madden 06. ... A polygon (from the Greek poly, for many, and gonos, for angle) is a closed planar path composed of a finite number of sequential straight line segments. ... The term Sprite has several meanings: A sprite is a class of preternatural legendary creatures. ...

Their sports titles, while not inferior, mostly fell short of the quality that sports fans get from EA Sports titles.

989 Studios

• 3Xtreme (1999)
• Bust A Groove (Bust A Move in Japan) (1998)
• Cool Boarders 3 (1998)
• Cool Boarders 4 (1999)
• Cyberstrike 2 (1998) (Microsoft Windows)
• Everquest (Microsoft Windows)
• Jet Moto 3 (1999)
• Rally Cross 2 (1998)
• Running Wild (1998)
• Syphon Filter (1999)
• Syphon Filter 2 (2000)
• Twisted Metal III (1998)
• Twisted Metal 4 (1999)

Bust-a-Groove is a hybrid music/fighting game for the Sony PlayStation released for the Japanese and American markets in 1998. ... Microsoft Windows is a series of operating environments and operating systems created by Microsoft for use on personal computers and servers. ... EverQuest (EQ) is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was released on March 16, 1999. ... Jet Moto (Jet Rider in Europe) is a series of futuristic racing games for the PlayStation video game console. ... Screenshot of Syphon Filter. ... Syphon Filter screenshot. ... Twisted Metal: Black screenshot. ...

989 Sports

Published by 989 Sports

• NFL Xtreme (1998)
• NFL GameDay 99 (1998)
• NCAA Gamebreaker 99 (1998)
• NHL FaceOff 99 (1998)
• NCAA Final Four 99 (1998)
• MLB 2000 (1999)
• NFL Xtreme 2 (1999)
• NCAA GameBreaker 2000 (1999)
• NFL GameDay 2000 (1999)
• NHL FaceOff 2000 (1999)
• Supercross Circuit (1999)
• NCAA Final Four 2000 (1999)
• NBA Shootout 2000 (1999)

Published by SCEA under the 989 Sports brand

• MLB 2001 (2000)
• NCAA GameBreaker 2001 (2000)
• NFL GameDay 2001 (2000)
• NBA ShootOut 2001 (2000)
• Cool Boarders 2001 (2000)
• NCAA Final Four 2001 (2000)
• NCAA GameBreaker 2001 (2000)
• NCAA Final Four 2001 (2000)
• NHL FaceOff 2001 (2001)
• NBA ShootOut 2001 (2001)
• MLB 2002 (2001)
• NFL GameDay 2002 (2001)
• NBA ShootOut 2002 (2001)
• NCAA Final Four 2002 (2001)
• MLB 2003 (2002)
• NFL GameDay 2003 (2002)
• NCAA GameBreaker 2003 (2002)
• NHL FaceOff 2003 (2002)
• NBA ShootOut 2003 (2002)
• NCAA Final Four 2003 (2002)
• MLB 2004 (2003)
• NFL GameDay 2004 (2003)
• NCAA GameBreaker 2004 (2003)
• NBA ShootOut 2004 (2003)
• NCAA Final Four 2004 (2003)
• MLB 2005 (2004)
• NFL GameDay 2005 (2004)
• MLB 2006 (2005)
• Gretzky NHL (2005)
• NHL FaceOff 2005 (2005)
• NBA 06 (2005)
• Gretzky NHL 06 (2005)

MLB 2005 is a baseball video game for the Playstation and Playstation 2 made by 989 Sports. ...

External link

• 989 Sports