NBA Basketball 2000
{{Short description|1999 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| image = NBA Basketball 2000 cover.jpg
| caption =
| developer = Radical Entertainment
| publisher = Fox Sports Interactive
| series =
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|October 31, 1999 (PS)|NA|November 3, 1999 (PC)|EU|1999}}
| platforms = PlayStation, Windows
| genre = Sports (Basketball)
| modes = Single-player, Multiplayer
}}
NBA Basketball 2000 is a video game developed by Radical Entertainment, published by Fox Sports Interactive and distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in North America and Activision internationally for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation in 1999.
Reception
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| GR_PC = 46%{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/198056-nba-basketball-2000/index.html |title=NBA Basketball 2000 for PC |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525181756/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/198056-nba-basketball-2000/index.html |archivedate=May 25, 2019 |accessdate=February 12, 2021}}
| Allgame_PC = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Wigmore |first=Glenn |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=20745&tab=review |title=NBA Basketball (PC) - Review |website=AllGame |publisher=All Media Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116042933/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=20745&tab=review |archivedate=November 16, 2014 |accessdate=February 12, 2021}}
| CNG_PS = 8/10{{cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Lew |date=February 23, 2000 |url=http://gamecenter.com/Consoles/Sony/Nbabball2000/ |title=NBA Basketball 2000 (PS) |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816190536/http://gamecenter.com/Consoles/Sony/Nbabball2000/ |archivedate=August 16, 2000 |accessdate=February 12, 2021}}
| CGSP_PC = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Abner |first=William |date=November 23, 1999 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/024/102/nbab2k_review.html |title=NBA Basketball 2000 |website=Computer Games Strategy Plus |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030630095858/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/024/102/nbab2k_review.html |archivedate=June 30, 2003 |accessdate=February 12, 2021}}
| EGM_PS = 6/10{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=NBA Basketball 2000 |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=125 |date=December 1999}}
| EuroG_PC = 4/10{{cite web |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=February 12, 2000 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/nbab2k |title=NBA Basketball 2000 (PC) |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030702225926/http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=198 |archivedate=July 2, 2003 |url-status=live |accessdate=February 12, 2021}}
| GameFan_PS = 62%{{cite magazine |author1=Joe Kidd |author2=Higgins, Geoff "El Nino" |url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_7_Issue_12/page/n95/mode/2up |title=NBA Basketball 2000 (PS) |magazine=GameFan |publisher=Shinno Media |volume=7 |issue=12 |date=December 1999 |page=95 |accessdate=February 12, 2021}}{{efn|In GameFan{{'}}s viewpoint of the PlayStation version, one critic gave it 61, and the other 62.}}
| GSpot_PC = 5.1/10{{cite web |last=Poole |first=Stephen |date=December 3, 1999 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/nba-basketball-2000-review/1900-2543757/ |title=NBA Basketball 2000 Review (PC) [date mislabeled as "May 1, 2000"] |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=February 12, 2021}}
| IGN_PS = 7.2/10{{cite web |last=Zdyrko |first=David |date=November 24, 1999 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/11/25/nba-basketball-2000 |title=NBA Basketball 2000 (PS) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=February 12, 2021 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124074559/https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/11/25/nba-basketball-2000 |url-status=live }}
| OPMUK_PS = 6/10{{cite magazine |last=Buxton |first=Chris |url=https://archive.org/details/opm054/page/n117/mode/2up |title=NBA Basketball 2000 |magazine=Official UK PlayStation Magazine |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=54 |date=January 2000 |page=118 |accessdate=February 12, 2021}}
| PCA_PC = 1/10{{cite magazine |author=PCA staff |url=https://archive.org/details/PCXL18Feb2000/page/n93/mode/2up |title=NBA Basketball 2000 |magazine=PC Accelerator |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=18 |date=February 2000 |page=92 |accessdate=February 12, 2021}}
| PCGUS_PC = 15%{{cite magazine |last=Smolka |first=Rob |url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Gamer_Issue_70_March_2000/page/n125/mode/2up |title=NBA Basketball 2000 |magazine=PC Gamer |publisher=Imagine Media |volume=7 |issue=3 |date=March 2000 |page=121 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315135633/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/07/nba_basketball.html |archivedate=March 15, 2006 |url-status=live |accessdate=February 12, 2021}}
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The PlayStation version received above-average reviews, while the PC version received unfavorable reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.
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- {{moby game|id=/nba-basketball-2000}}
{{Radical Entertainment}}
Category:Fox Interactive games
Category:PlayStation (console) games
Category:Radical Entertainment games
Category:Video games developed in Canada
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
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