<s>
Links	B-Application
LS	I-Application
1998	I-Application
is	O
a	O
golf	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Access	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Links	B-Application
video	O
game	O
series	O
,	O
following	O
Links	B-Application
LS	I-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
well	O
received	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Links	B-Application
LS	I-Application
1999	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Links	B-Application
LS	I-Application
1998	I-Application
Edition	O
includes	O
six	O
game	O
modes	O
and	O
features	O
Arnold	O
Palmer	O
as	O
a	O
playable	O
golfer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Links	B-Application
LS	I-Application
1998	I-Application
debuted	O
at	O
#4	O
on	O
PC	O
Data	O
's	O
computer	O
game	O
sales	O
chart	O
for	O
the	O
month	O
of	O
July	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
1998	O
,	O
Links	B-Application
LS	I-Application
1998	I-Application
claimed	O
positions	O
in	O
PC	O
Data	O
's	O
monthly	O
top	O
20	O
from	O
January	O
through	O
March	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
first	O
six	O
months	O
of	O
1998	O
,	O
Links	B-Application
LS	I-Application
1998	I-Application
was	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
 '	O
16th-best-selling	O
computer	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
average	O
retail	O
price	O
of	O
$43	O
for	O
the	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excluding	O
hunting	O
and	O
fishing	O
games	O
,	O
Links	B-Application
LS	I-Application
1998	I-Application
was	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
 '	O
best-selling	O
computer	O
sports	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
with	O
sales	O
of	O
193,434	O
units	O
and	O
revenues	O
of	O
almost	O
$8	O
million	O
for	O
1998	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
GameSpot	O
and	O
the	O
Academy	O
of	O
Interactive	O
Arts	O
&	O
Sciences	O
all	O
nominated	O
Links	B-Application
LS	I-Application
1998	I-Application
as	O
their	O
pick	O
for	O
the	O
best	O
computer	O
sports	O
title	O
of	O
1997	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
awards	O
went	O
variously	O
to	O
Baseball	B-Application
Mogul	I-Application
,	O
CART	B-Application
Precision	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
,	O
FIFA	B-Application
:	I-Application
Road	I-Application
to	I-Application
World	I-Application
Cup	I-Application
98	I-Application
and	O
NHL	B-Application
98	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
wrote	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
made	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
best	O
golf	O
simulation	O
even	O
better	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
those	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
remarked	O
,	O
"	O
Each	O
time	O
Access	O
Software	O
releases	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
[	O
of	O
Links ]	O
,	O
it	O
gets	O
harder	O
and	O
harder	O
to	O
fathom	O
how	O
this	O
game	O
could	O
get	O
any	O
better	O
-	O
yet	O
it	O
does.	O
"	O
</s>
