International Track & Field 2000

International Track & Field 2000 is a track and field game for PlayStation in 1999 and Nintendo 64 in 2000. It was released in Europe under the name International Track & Field: Summer Games on the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color,[lower-alpha 1] and in Japan as Ganbare! Nippon! Olympics 2000 (がんばれ！ニッポン！オリンピック2000, Ganbare! Nippon! Orimpikku 2000), where it was licensed by the Japanese Olympic Committee. Versions were also released for the Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Color as ESPN International Track & Field in North America.[lower-alpha 2] Maurice Greene (sprinter), a former men's WR holder in the 100M dash, is the cover athlete.[5]

International Track & Field 2000
International Track & Field 2000 box art.
North American Nintendo 64 cover art
Developer(s)Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (PS1)
Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka (GBC, N64, DC, & PS2)
Publisher(s)Konami
Platform(s)PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: December 10, 1999[1]
  • JP: July 13, 2000
  • EU: 2000
Game Boy Color
  • NA: December 10, 1999[1]
  • JP: July 13, 2000
  • EU: September 8, 2000
Nintendo 64
  • NA: May 28, 2000[2]
  • JP: July 13, 2000
  • EU: September 6, 2000
Dreamcast
  • JP: August 31, 2000
  • EU: September 22, 2000
  • NA: September 27, 2000[3]
PlayStation 2
  • JP: August 31, 2000
  • NA: October 26, 2000[4]
  • EU: December 8, 2000
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

The PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast versions received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[11][12] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 30 out of 40 for the PlayStation version,[25] 29 out of 40 for the N64 version,[24] and 25 out of 40 for the Game Boy Color version.[23] The earliest reviews of the game came from Nintendo Power, which gave the N64 version a score of 7.3 out of 10 in the March 2000 edition,[45] and from GameFan and Game Informer, which gave it favorable reviews respectively in their April 2000 edition,[28][26] even though the game itself was not out until months later. Jes Bickham of N64 Magazine gave the same console version 86% months before its European release; the reviewer was positive to its gameplay despite calling it "simple".[48] GamePro was positive to the PlayStation 2 version of the game, praising the gameplay, graphics, the selection of sport events and controls, despite calling it similar to other Olympic themed games.[49][lower-alpha 3]

Eric Bratcher of NextGen reviewed PlayStation and Playstation 2 versions; the reviewer gave the score two out of five to the former version, while the latter got the score three out of five.[42][43]

The PlayStation 2 version was a runner-up for the "Best Sports Game" award at the Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine 2000 Editors' Awards, which went to Madden NFL 2001.[50]

See also

Notes
  1. Also known as International Track & Field 2 on the PlayStation and International Track & Field on the PlayStation 2 in Europe.
  2. The Dreamcast version is also known as ESPN International Track & Field in Europe.
  3. GamePro gave the PlayStation 2 version 5/5 for graphics, 4/5 for sound, and two 4.5/5 scores for control and fun factor.

References
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