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Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge

Fisherman's Bait brings the simple fishing gameplay of the original arcade title to the Playstation. Reel in 6 different fish like the Rainbow Trout and Largemouth Bass using 7 kinds of lure. Once you get a…

65 1 March 1998

Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge is an arcade developed by Konami, released 1 March 1998 on PlayStation and Arcade.

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What Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge is

Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge is an arcade game developed by Konami and released in 1998. It is available on PlayStation and Arcade.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Fisherman's Bait brings the simple fishing gameplay of the original arcade title to the Playstation. Reel in 6 different fish like the Rainbow Trout and Largemouth Bass using 7 kinds of lure. Once you get a bite, drag your catch by pressing buttons in alternating fashion. Challenge Tournament mode and catch as many fish as you can in the set time limit!
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 26% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1998 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge launched on 1 March 1998, within three weeks of Xenogears, 1080° Snowboarding and Battlezone. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Xenogears, 1080° Snowboarding, Battlezone.

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When did Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge come out?
Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge was released on 1 March 1998 for PlayStation and Arcade.

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