MLB 2000
This game is basically an update to MLB 99 with a few new features. The game contains depictions of the real teams, stadiums, stats, and players that reflect their real life counterparts. The modes returning…
MLB 2000 is a sport developed by 989 Studios, released 28 February 1999 on PlayStation.
What MLB 2000 is
MLB 2000 is a sport game developed by 989 Studios and released in 1999. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment of America. It is available on PlayStation only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This game is basically an update to MLB 99 with a few new features. The game contains depictions of the real teams, stadiums, stats, and players that reflect their real life counterparts. The modes returning from the previous game include quick play, season, playoffs, spring training, and home run derby. One of the new modes is general manager mode. In this mode, players can draft, create, trade, call up, waive, release, and sign players. Another new mode is the manager mode. In this mode, players can check out scouting reports during the game, warm up relievers in the bullpen, and try to get their team to the World Series and hopefully win it.
How it plays
Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the MLB series
MLB 2000 is the 26th of 129 entries we hold in the MLB series. The next entry was Interplay Sports Baseball 2000 in 1999. Its critic score of 80 is 4 points above the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is MLB 06: The Show at 90.
How it was received
MLB 2000 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 70% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What it launched against
MLB 2000 launched on 28 February 1999, within three weeks of Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, Final Fantasy VIII, Silent Hill and Syphon Filter. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, Final Fantasy VIII, Silent Hill, Syphon Filter.
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