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Sega Bass Fishing

Explore the exciting sport of Bass fishing! Based on the Dreamcast hit, motor out to eight different fishing locations to catch the biggest and baddest Bass possible! Choose between fourteen different lures…

67 1 December 1997

Sega Bass Fishing is an arcade developed by AM1, released 1 December 1997 on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and Dreamcast. The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.

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What Sega Bass Fishing is

Sega Bass Fishing is an arcade game developed by AM1 and released in 1997. It was published by Activision Value. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Dreamcast, Arcade, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Explore the exciting sport of Bass fishing! Based on the Dreamcast hit, motor out to eight different fishing locations to catch the biggest and baddest Bass possible! Choose between fourteen different lures, and compete in four tournaments. Start off as an amateur, and work your way up to the pros in the Masters Classic tournament. Get hooked!
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 12 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Sega Bass Fishing holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 1 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 3.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4, 2GB RAM and DirectX 9.0c compatible, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 series, ATI Radeon™ X1600 Video Card with 256MB RAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Sega Bass Fishing launched on 1 December 1997, within three weeks of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Diddy Kong Racing, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers and Time Crisis II. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Diddy Kong Racing, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Time Crisis II.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

Sega Bass Fishing — frequently asked questions

When did Sega Bass Fishing come out?
Sega Bass Fishing was released on 1 December 1997 for PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Dreamcast, Arcade, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Sega Bass Fishing?
At minimum, Sega Bass Fishing needs 3.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4, 2GB RAM, DirectX 9.0c compatible, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 series, ATI Radeon™ X1600 Video Card with 256MB RAM graphics, 410MB Hard Drive space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Sega Bass Fishing?
The main story of Sega Bass Fishing takes around 1 hrs.
How many GB is Sega Bass Fishing?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "410MB Hard Drive space" and the recommended line says "4GB Hard Drive space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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