NHL 2000

NHL 2000
Cover art featuring Chris Pronger on the St. Louis Blues
Developer(s)	EA Canada Tiertex Design Studios (GBC)
Publisher(s)	EA Sports
Series	NHL series
Platform(s)	Game Boy Color, PlayStation, Windows
Release date(s)	Game Boy Color EU: August 1999 NA: February 2000 Windows NA: August 31, 1999 EU: 1999 PlayStation NA: September 30, 1999 EU: 1999
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer, multiplayer online

NHL 2000 is an ice hockey video game developed by Electronic Arts Canada. It was released in 1999 and was the successor to NHL 99. The game did not boast great improvements to the game from NHL 99, nor did NHL 2001 feature any idea the two previous versions didn't until NHL 2002.

The tagline of this game was, "Only the physical will survive." The main cover man was Chris Pronger then of the St. Louis Blues. The cover man for versions sold in the majority of Europe was Markus Naslund of the Vancouver Canucks. Richard Šmehlík of the Buffalo Sabres was on the cover of the game in the Czech Republic.

Features

A season mode (later developed into a Franchise mode) with a retirement feature, drafting, and player trades were added to the series in NHL 99, and similar gameplay was used in this version, as well. NHL 2000 kept features from NHL 99; for example, created players can use any photo for their face, which is textured onto the head.

Another mode in NHL 2000 is the Tournament mode, in which the user chooses 16 countries (only 18 countries were available in the game) to play a round robin. After the round robin, eight teams are eliminated and then the remaining eight have a "playoff," but instead of it being out of seven games it was single-elimination. Eventually, a winner is crowned gold in the championship match. There is also a third place match for the losers of the semi-finals.

The game has a total of 28 NHL teams, including the new expansion Atlanta Thrashers, which was the only team in the game that didn't exist in the 1998-99 season. Online leagues of the game also became more organized.

Daryl Reaugh left the series as colour commentator in this game and was replaced by Bill Clement. Jim Hughson remained as play-by-play announcer throughout the series.

Reception

Reception

Review scores Publication Score GBC PC PS AllGame [1] [2] [3] EGM N/A N/A 8.67/10[4] GameFan N/A N/A 75%[5] Game Informer N/A N/A 8.5/10[6] GamePro N/A [7] N/A Game Revolution N/A B[8] B[9] GameSpot 4.4/10[10] 9/10[11] 9.2/10[12] GameSpy N/A 86%[13] N/A IGN 5/10[14] 8.2/10[15] 9.1/10[16] OPM (US) N/A N/A [17] PC Gamer (US) N/A 89%[18] N/A USA Today N/A N/A [19] Aggregate score GameRankings 61%[20] 82%[21] 84%[22]

The PlayStation and PC versions received "favorable" reviews, while the Game Boy Color version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.^[22][21][20]

References

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6. McNamara, Andy; Anderson, Paul; Reiner, Andrew (October 29, 1999). "NHL 2000 - PlayStation". Game Informer. Archived from the original on December 4, 2000. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
7. Werner, Nash (1999). "NHL 2000 Review for PC on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
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10. Trueman, Doug (February 16, 2000). "NHL 2000 Review (GBC)". GameSpot. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
11. Ryan, Michael E. (September 20, 1999). "NHL 2000 Review (PC)". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 15, 2003. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
12. MacDonald, Ryan (October 8, 1999). "NHL 2000 Review (PS)". GameSpot. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
13. Bowen, Kevin (October 6, 1999). "NHL 2000 (PC)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on February 3, 2002. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
14. Harris, Craig (January 28, 2000). "NHL 2000 (GBC)". IGN. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
15. Blevins, Tal (September 29, 1999). "NHL 2000 (PC)". IGN. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
16. Bhatt, Andy (October 1, 1999). "NHL 2000 (PS)". IGN. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
17. "NHL 2000". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. November 1999.
18. Morris, Daniel (1999). "NHL 2000". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
19. Mowatt, Tom (April 14, 2000). "More value for your puck: NHL games pass on aggressive realism to hockey fans". USA Today. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
20. "NHL 2000 for Game Boy Color". GameRankings. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
21. "NHL 2000 for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
22. "NHL 2000 for PlayStation". GameRankings. Retrieved June 21, 2015.

External links

• NHL 2000 at MobyGames
• NHL 2000 (Game Boy Color) at MobyGames