NFL Blitz 2000

It's back and it's better than ever! NFL Blitz 2000 adds 4-player support, new offensive and defensive plays, realistic weather conditions, new stadiums and a Tournament mode! Customize offensive and defensive plays to your liking. Call audibles at the line of scrimmage.

Released: 1999
Platforms: Arcade Dreamcast Game Boy Color Nintendo 64 PlayStation Windows
Genres: American football Sports
Developers: —
Publishers: Midway Games
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Comedy
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E PEGI 3

About

NFL Blitz 2000 is a video game released in the arcades in 1999 and then ported to the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Windows, and Game Boy Color. It is the third game in the NFL Blitz series.

Keywords

soccer
football
gravity
bink video
launch titles
year in the title
commentary
national football league
versus screen
touchdown
greatest hits
playstation underground

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Development

The game was announced for the Dreamcast in December 1998. It was showcased at E3 1999.

Reception

The Nintendo 64 version received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Hugh Norton-Smith of Hyper gave the same console version 91% and stated, "Unless you are a hardcore statistics fanatic, Blitz 2000 is a 5-star title worthy of anyone's cash. I wait for the next installment with bated breath and a case of Budweiser." Steve Bauman of Computer Games Strategy Plus gave the PC version four stars out of five, saying, "It's just that sort of attitude that shows NFL Blitz 2000 is ultimately bad for you.

It'll make you relish those late hits, laugh at those painful groin injuries and pulled hamstrings, and give your game pad the fiercest workout imaginable. But it's still, in the words of the in-game announcer, 'totally uncalled for, but awfully fun to watch.'" 9 out of 10, calling it "a nice diversion from the games geared to the hard-core fans." Tom Russo of NextGen said that the Dreamcast version was "As fast and fun as it ever was, but lacking the depth and one-player replayability of Sega's own NFL 2K."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
PlayStation	31 July 1999	North America · Europe 31 December 1999
Nintendo 64	18 August 1999	North America · Europe 31 December 1999
Dreamcast	9 September 1999	North America · Europe 8 December 1999
Windows	3 November 1999	North America
Arcade	31 December 1999	North America