Software:F1 Championship Season 2000

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Short description: 2000 video game
Not to be confused with F1 2000 (video game) or Formula One 2000 (video game).
F1 Championship Season 2000
Developer(s)Visual Science (PS)
Image Space Incorporated (PC)
EA Redwood Shores (PS2)
Tiertex Design Studios (GBC)
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesF1
Platform(s)PlayStation, Windows, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color, Mac OS X
ReleasePlayStation, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color
  • EU: 29 September 2000 (PS)[1]
  • EU: 15 December 2000 (PS2)
  • EU: 2000 (GBC)
  • NA: 19 December 2000[2]
Windows
  • NA: 30 November 2000
  • EU: 8 December 2000
Mac OS X
25 November 2002
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

F1 Championship Season 2000 is a racing video game based on the 2000 Formula One season, and was released by EA Sports for PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color, and Mac OS X.

Gameplay

The game features the 11 teams and 22 drivers which competed in the 2000 season (with the exception of Luciano Burti), a scenario mode, and 17 tracks. Cigarette and alcohol sponsors are replaced:

  • Jordan's Benson & Hedges sponsorship is replaced by "Buzzin Hornets".
  • Ferrari's Marlboro is completely censored.
  • British American Racing's Lucky Strike is replaced by "Look Alike" with the logo blocked out.
  • McLaren's West is replaced by "Mika" And "David".
  • Prost's Gauloises is replaced with a bar code.
  • Jaguar Racing's Beck's is replaced with "Best's".
  • Benetton's Mild Seven is replaced by "Benetton".

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
GBCMacintoshPCPSPS2
CGSPN/AN/A4/5[13]N/AN/A
EGMN/AN/AN/AN/A6.33/10[14][lower-alpha 1]
FamitsuN/AN/AN/AN/A28/40[16]
Game InformerN/AN/AN/AN/A7.75/10[17]
GameSpot6.7/10[18]N/A8.6/10[19]8.4/10[20]7.5/10[21]
GameSpyN/AN/A75%[22][23]N/A75%[24]
IGNN/AN/A9.2/10[25]N/A7.9/10[26]
Next GenerationN/AN/AN/AN/A3/5[29]
OPM (US)N/AN/AN/A3.5/5[30]2.5/5[31]
PC Gamer (US)N/AN/A90%[32]N/AN/A
Aggregate scores
GameRankings67%[3]N/A80%[4]75%[5]67%[6]
MetacriticN/AN/A70/100[7]66/100[8]71/100[9]

The PC, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2 versions received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[7][8][9] Chris Charla of NextGen was generally positive to the latter console version, praising the realistic driving model, detailed car models and damage, and AI, but criticized an assist mode as "poor" and called the graphics and some other visual effects as "unremarkable".[29] In Japan, where said console version was ported for release on 1 March 2001, Famitsu gave it a score of 28 out of 40.[16] Michael Lafferty of GameZone gave the PlayStation version seven out ot ten, and considered the title to be more restrictive in its fan-base than other racing games.[33]

Notes

  1. ↑ Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the PlayStation 2 version each a score of 6.5/10, 7/10, and 5.5/10.

References

  1. ↑ "F1 Championship Season 2000". http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=3097. 
  2. ↑ IGN staff (20 December 2000). "F1 Championship Season 2000 Available Now". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/21/f1-championship-season-2000-available-now. 
  3. ↑ "F1 Championship Season 2000 for Game Boy Color". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/gbc/458437-f1-championship-season-2000/index.html. 
  4. ↑ "F1 Championship Season 2000 for PC". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/370636-f1-championship-season-2000/index.html. 
  5. ↑ "F1 Championship Season 2000 for PlayStation". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/431702-f1-championship-season-2000/index.html. 
  6. ↑ "F1 Championship Season 2000 for PlayStation 2". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/291595-f1-championship-season-2000/index.html. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "F1 Championship Season 2000 critic reviews (PC)". Fandom. https://www.metacritic.com/game/f1-championship-season-2000/critic-reviews/?platform=pc. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "F1 Championship Season 2000 critic reviews (PS)". Fandom. https://www.metacritic.com/game/f1-championship-season-2000/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "F1 Championship Season 2000 critic reviews (PS2)". Fandom. https://www.metacritic.com/game/f1-championship-season-2000/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2. 
  10. ↑ Goble, Gord (11 January 2001). "F1 Championship Season 2000 - PC Review". CNET. http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0%2C6%2C0-5157%2C00.html. 
  11. ↑ Mahood, Andy (30 October 2000). "F1 Championship Season 2000 [EU Import - PlayStation Review"]. CNET. http://www.gamecenter.com/Psx/Reviews/F1cs2k/. 
  12. ↑ Mahood, Andy (12 January 2001). "F1 Championship Season 2000 - PlayStation 2 Review". CNET. http://www.gamecenter.com/Ps2/Reviews/F12k/. 
  13. ↑ Long, David J. (16 January 2001). "F1 Championship Season 2000". Strategy Plus, Inc.. http://www.cdmag.com/articles/031/110/f1champion-01.html. 
  14. ↑ Sewart, Greg; Hager, Dean; Davison, John (March 2001). "F1 Championship Season 2001 [sic (PS2)"]. Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (140): 114. https://retrocdn.net/images/f/fe/EGM_US_140.pdf. Retrieved 26 April 2024. 
  15. ↑ Sandhu, Mandip (22 November 2000). "F1 Championship Season 2000 (PSX) [EU Import"]. Greedy Productions Ltd.. http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=4476&full=1#mr_toppy. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "F1チャンピオンシップ シーズン2000 [PS2"] (in ja). Famitsu (Enterbrain). https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=9483. Retrieved 26 April 2024. 
  17. ↑ Anderson, Paul (February 2001). "F1 Championship Season 2000 (PS2)". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (94). https://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200102/R03.0806.1011.34913.htm. Retrieved 16 January 2019. 
  18. ↑ Provo, Frank (22 January 2001). "F1 Championship Season 2000 Review (GBC) [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006""]. Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/f1-championship-season-2000-review/1900-2677167/. 
  19. ↑ Ajami, Amer (8 December 2000). "F1 Championship Season 2000 Review (PC) [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006""]. Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/f1-championship-season-2000-review/1900-2662507/. 
  20. ↑ Provo, Frank (23 October 2000). "F1 Championship Season 2000 Review (PS) [EU Import [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]"]. Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/f1-championship-season-2000-review/1900-2643885/. 
  21. ↑ Provo, Frank (21 December 2000). "F1 Championship Season 2000 Review (PS2) [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006""]. Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/f1-championship-season-2000-review/1900-2667701/. 
  22. ↑ Husted, Scott B. (20 December 2000). "F1 Championship Season 2000 (PC)". GameSpy Industries. http://www.sportplanet.com/features/reviews/f1cs2k/. 
  23. ↑ "SportPlanet Reviews -- Index A - I". GameSpy Industries. http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/sportplanetindex/ai.shtm. 
  24. ↑ Hiscock, Josh (10 March 2001). "F1 Championship Racing 2000 Season [sic"]. GameSpy Industries. http://www.planetps2.com/features/reviews/2001/f1champ/. 
  25. ↑ Magruder, Randy (2 January 2001). "F1 Championship Season 2000 (PC)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/01/03/f1-championship-season-2000-4. 
  26. ↑ Magruder, Randy (20 December 2000). "F1 Championship Season 2000 (PS2)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/21/f1-championship-season-2000. 
  27. ↑ Lee, John (April 2003). "F1 Championship Season 2000". MacADDICT (Future US) (80): 60. https://archive.org/details/MacAddict-080-200304/page/n61/mode/2up. Retrieved 26 April 2024. 
  28. ↑ Cohen, Peter (17 April 2003). "The Game Room". Macworld (IDG Communications). https://www.macworld.com/article/152046/gameroom200304.html. Retrieved 26 April 2024. 
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Charla, Chris (March 2001). "F1 Championship Season 2000 (PS2)". NextGen (Imagine Media) (75): 80. https://archive.org/details/NextGen75Mar2001/page/n81/mode/2up. Retrieved 1 May 2020. 
  30. ↑ Davison, John (January 2001). "F1 Championship Season 2000 (PS)". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Ziff Davis) (40): 137. https://archive.org/details/official-u.-s.-playstation-magazine-issue-40-january-2001/page/136/mode/2up. Retrieved 26 April 2024. 
  31. ↑ Davison, John (February 2001). "F1 Championship Season 2000 (PS2)". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Ziff Davis) (41): 88. https://archive.org/details/official-u.-s.-playstation-magazine-issue-41-february-2001/page/88/mode/2up. Retrieved 26 April 2024. 
  32. ↑ Mahood, Andy (March 2001). "F1 Championship [Season 2000"]. PC Gamer (Imagine Media) 8 (3): 75. http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/07/f1_championship.html. Retrieved 16 January 2019. 
  33. ↑ Lafferty, Michael (29 January 2001). "F1 Championship Season 2000 (PSX)". http://psx.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r16405.htm. 
  • MobyGames is a commercial database website that catalogs information on video games and the people and companies behind them via crowdsourcing. This includes over 300,000 games for hundreds of platforms.[1] Founded in 1999, ownership of the site has changed hands several times. It has been owned by Atari SA since 2022.

Features

Edits and submissions to the site (including screenshots, box art, developer information, game summaries, and more) go through a verification process of fact-checking by volunteer "approvers".[2] This lengthy approval process after submission can range from minutes to days or months.[3] The most commonly used sources are the video game's website, packaging, and credit screens. There is a published standard for game information and copy-editing.[4] A ranking system allows users to earn points for contributing accurate information.[5]

Registered users can rate and review games. Users can create private or public "have" and "want" lists, which can generate a list of games available for trade with other registered users. The site contains an integrated forum. Each listed game can have its own sub-forum.

History

Logo used until March 2014

MobyGames was founded on March 1, 1999, by Jim Leonard and Brian Hirt, and joined by David Berk 18 months later, the three of which had been friends since high school.[6][7] Leonard had the idea of sharing information about computer games with a larger audience. The database began with information about games for IBM PC compatibles, relying on the founders' personal collections. Eventually, the site was opened up to allow general users to contribute information.[5] In a 2003 interview, Berk emphasized MobyGames' dedication to taking video games more seriously than broader society and to preserving games for their important cultural influence.[5]

In mid-2010, MobyGames was purchased by GameFly for an undisclosed amount.[8] This was announced to the community post factum , and the site's interface was given an unpopular redesign.[7] A few major contributors left, refusing to do volunteer work for a commercial website.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025} On December 18, 2013, MobyGames was acquired by Jeremiah Freyholtz, owner of Blue Flame Labs (a San Francisco-based game and web development company) and VGBoxArt (a site for fan-made video game box art).[9] Blue Flame Labs reverted MobyGames' interface to its pre-overhaul look and feel,[10] and for the next eight years, the site was run by Freyholtz and Independent Games Festival organizer Simon Carless.[7]

On November 24, 2021, Atari SA announced a potential deal with Blue Flame Labs to purchase MobyGames for $1.5 million.[11] The purchase was completed on 8 March 2022, with Freyholtz remaining as general manager.[12][13][14] Over the next year, the financial boost given by Atari led to a rework of the site being built from scratch with a new backend codebase, as well as updates improving the mobile and desktop user interface.[1] This was accomplished by investing in full-time development of the site instead of its previously part-time development.[15]

In 2024, MobyGames began offering a paid "Pro" membership option for the site to generate additional revenue.[16] Previously, the site had generated income exclusively through banner ads and (from March 2014 onward) a small number of patrons via the Patreon website.[17]

See also

  • IGDB – game database used by Twitch for its search and discovery functions

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sheehan, Gavin (2023-02-22). "Atari Relaunches The Fully Rebuilt & Optimized MobyGames Website". https://bleedingcool.com/games/atari-relaunches-the-fully-rebuilt-optimized-mobygames-website/. 
  2. ↑ Litchfield, Ted (2021-11-26). "Zombie company Atari to devour MobyGames". https://www.pcgamer.com/zombie-company-atari-to-devour-mobygames/. 
  3. ↑ "MobyGames FAQ: Emails Answered § When will my submission be approved?". Blue Flame Labs. 30 March 2014. http://www.mobygames.com/info/faq7#g1. 
  4. ↑ "The MobyGames Standards and Practices". Blue Flame Labs. 6 January 2016. http://www.mobygames.com/info/standards. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Miller, Stanley A. (2003-04-22). "People's choice awards honor favorite Web sites". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 
  6. ↑ "20 Years of MobyGames" (in en). 2019-02-28. https://trixter.oldskool.org/2019/02/28/20-years-of-mobygames/. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Plunkett, Luke (2022-03-10). "Atari Buys MobyGames For $1.5 Million". https://kotaku.com/mobygames-retro-credits-database-imdb-atari-freyholtz-b-1848638521. 
  8. ↑ "Report: MobyGames Acquired By GameFly Media". Gamasutra. 2011-02-07. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/report-mobygames-acquired-by-gamefly-media. 
  9. ↑ Corriea, Alexa Ray (December 31, 2013). "MobyGames purchased from GameFly, improvements planned". http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/31/5261414/mobygames-purchased-from-gamefly-improvements-planned. 
  10. ↑ Wawro, Alex (31 December 2013). "Game dev database MobyGames getting some TLC under new owner". Gamasutra. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/game-dev-database-mobygames-getting-some-tlc-under-new-owner. 
  11. ↑ "Atari invests in Anstream, may buy MobyGames". November 24, 2021. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-11-24-atari-invests-in-anstream-may-buy-mobygames. 
  12. ↑ Rousseau, Jeffrey (2022-03-09). "Atari purchases Moby Games". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/atari-purchases-moby-games. 
  13. ↑ "Atari Completes MobyGames Acquisition, Details Plans for the Site's Continued Support". March 8, 2022. https://www.atari.com/atari-completes-mobygames-acquisition-details-plans-for-the-sites-continued-support/. 
  14. ↑ "Atari has acquired game database MobyGames for $1.5 million" (in en-GB). 2022-03-09. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/atari-has-acquired-game-database-mobygames-for-1-5-million/. 
  15. ↑ Stanton, Rich (2022-03-10). "Atari buys videogame database MobyGames for $1.5 million". https://www.pcgamer.com/atari-buys-videogame-database-mobygames-for-dollar15-million/. 
  16. ↑ Harris, John (2024-03-09). "MobyGames Offering “Pro” Membership". https://setsideb.com/mobygames-offering-pro-membership/. 
  17. ↑ "MobyGames on Patreon". http://www.patreon.com/mobygames. 
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