Electronic Arts’ EA Sports division dominated sports-based video games throughout the 1990s, having produced multiple FIFA Soccer, John Madden Football, and NBA Live titles. However, very few of these experiences ever set the world on fire in terms of quality, with the average review rating of an EA Sports release settling in around the mid-70s. The publisher’s first venture into America’s favorite pastime with Triple Play Baseball wouldn’t change this pattern, but it did open the door for the action sports game that would—SSX.