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Sydney 2000

Sydney 2000 is the official Video Game of the Olympic Games. It features 32 countries represented in 12 events: 100M Sprint, 110M Hurdles, Hammer, Javelin, Triple Jump, High Jump, 100M Freestyle Swimming…

70 31 July 2000

Sydney 2000 is a sport developed by Attention To Detail, released 31 July 2000 on Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Sydney 2000 is

Sydney 2000 is a sport game developed by Attention To Detail and released in 2000. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sydney 2000 is the official Video Game of the Olympic Games. It features 32 countries represented in 12 events: 100M Sprint, 110M Hurdles, Hammer, Javelin, Triple Jump, High Jump, 100M Freestyle Swimming, Olympic Sprint Cycling, Skeet Shooting, Super Heavyweight Weight Lifting, 10M Platform Diving and Kayak K1 Slalom.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Olympic Games series

Sydney 2000 is the 27th of 48 entries we hold in the Olympic Games series. The next entry was Athens 2004 in 2004. Its critic score of 70 is 6 points above the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games at 74.

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How it was received

Sydney 2000 holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Sydney 2000 launched on 31 July 2000, within three weeks of Paper Mario, Grandia II, Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 and Kiss: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Paper Mario, Grandia II, Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000, Kiss: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Sydney 2000 come out?
Sydney 2000 was released on 31 July 2000 for Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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