Software:High Heat Baseball 2000

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Short description: 1999 sports video game
High Heat Baseball 2000
Developer(s)Team .366
Publisher(s)The 3DO Company
SeriesHigh Heat Major League Baseball
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation
ReleaseWindows
PlayStation
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

High Heat Baseball 2000 is a video game released in 1999, and is the second game in the High Heat Major League Baseball video game series.

Gameplay

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
PCPS
AllGameStarStarStar[5]StarStar[6]
CGSPStarStarStarStar[7]N/A
CGWStarStarStarStarHalf star[8]N/A
EGMN/A2.625/10[9]
Game InformerN/A3.5/10[10]
GameFanN/A75%[11]
GameProStarStarStarStarHalf star[12]N/A
GameRevolutionN/AC+[13]
GameSpot8.6/10[14]2.9/10[15]
IGN9/10[16]4.5/10[17]
OPM (US)N/AStar[18]
PC Gamer (US)88%[20]N/A
Aggregate score
GameRankings86%[3]50%[4]

The PC version received "favorable" reviews, while the PlayStation version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[3][4] In Computer Gaming World, Dave Salvator wrote, "HH2K has so much going for it that if you're a hard-core baseball fan looking to get in the action, the game says hello like the business end of a Louisville Slugger."[8]

Daily Radar's Andrew S. Bub described the PC version as a commercial disappointment.[21] It sold 46,238 copies in the U.S. by the end of 1999, according to PC Data.[22] Bub wrote, "Shame on you for letting EA Sports' all-flash-no-substance Triple Play 2000 outsell this gem."[21]

The PC version won Computer Gaming World's 1999 "Sports Game of the Year" award,[23] and was a runner-up in the magazine's overall "Game of the Year" category.[24] The staff declared it "simply one of the best games of the year. Period."[23] PC Gamer US likewise named it the best sports game of 1999, and wrote that it "marked the series' transformation into one of the most complete sports sims on the market."[25] Computer Games Strategy Plus declared it the "Sports Game of the Year", and its staff described it as "the most playable, most enjoyable, and flat out best arcade baseball game that you can buy".[26] PC Accelerator and GameSpot also named it the sports game of the year.[27] It was also a finalist for the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' "Computer Sports Game of the Year" award, which was ultimately given to FIFA 2000.[28]

References

  1. ↑ "High Heat Baseball 2000". http://pc.ign.com/games/11036.html. 
  2. ↑ "Trip Guarantees High Heat". May 18, 1999. http://www.psxnation.com/news/051899a.shtml. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "High Heat Baseball 2000 for PC". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190530100405/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/142322-high-heat-baseball-2000/index.html. Retrieved March 29, 2020. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "High Heat Baseball 2000 for PlayStation". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190527020350/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/197564-high-heat-baseball-2000/index.html. Retrieved March 29, 2020. 
  5. ↑ Roberts, Joshua. "High Heat Baseball 2000 (PC) - Review". All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141115031754/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=16791&tab=review. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  6. ↑ Marriott, Scott Alan. "High Heat Baseball 2000 (PS) - Review". All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141115031747/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17517&tab=review. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  7. ↑ Abner, William (April 27, 1999). "High Heat Baseball 2000". Strategy Plus, Inc.. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050406124337/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/019/083/hh2k_review.html. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Salvator, Dave (July 1999). "Goin' to the Show (High Heat Baseball 2000 Review". Computer Gaming World (Ziff Davis) (180): 140. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_180.pdf. Retrieved March 29, 2020. 
  9. ↑ EGM staff (1999). "High Heat Baseball 2000". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis). 
  10. ↑ "High Heat Baseball 2000 (PS)". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (74). June 1999. https://www.gameinformer.com/reviews/review_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=3122. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  11. ↑ Higgins, Geoff "El Nino" (June 1999). "High Heat Baseball 2000 (PS)". GameFan (Shinno Media) 7 (6): 72. https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_7_Issue_06/page/n73/mode/2up. Retrieved October 28, 2020. 
  12. ↑ Olafson, Peter (1999). "High Heat [Baseball 2000 Review for PC on GamePro.com"]. GamePro (IDG Entertainment). Archived from the original on September 28, 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20040928111726/http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/637.shtml. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  13. ↑ Leong, George (June 1999). "High Heat Baseball 2000 Review (PS)". CraveOnline. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151001124456/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/high-heat-baseball-2000. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  14. ↑ Ryan, Michael E. (May 6, 1999). "High Heat Baseball 2000 Review (PC) [date mislabeled as "May 1, 2000""]. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090215035959/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sports/highheatbaseball2000/review.html. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  15. ↑ MacDonald, Ryan (June 3, 1999). "High Heat Baseball 2000 Review (PS) [date mislabeled as "April 28, 2000""]. CBS Interactive. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/high-heat-baseball-2000-review/1900-2547888/. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  16. ↑ Bates, Jason (April 9, 1999). "High Heat Baseball 2000 (PC)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/04/09/high-heat-baseball-2000-3. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  17. ↑ Perry, Douglass C. (May 21, 1999). "High Heat Baseball 2000 (PS)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/05/21/high-heat-baseball-2000. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  18. ↑ Kujawa, Kraig (July 1999). "High Heat Baseball 2000". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Ziff Davis) 2 (10): 63. https://archive.org/details/Official_US_PlayStation_Magazine_Volume_2_Issue_10_1999-07_Ziff_Davis_US/page/n63/mode/2up. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  19. ↑ PCA staff (June 1999). "High Heat [Baseball 2000"]. PC Accelerator (Imagine Media) (10): 99. https://archive.org/details/PCXL10Jun1999/page/n97/mode/2up. Retrieved May 10, 2021. 
  20. ↑ Smolka, Rob (July 1999). "High Heat Baseball 2000". PC Gamer (Imagine Media) 6 (7): 101. https://archive.org/details/pcgamer199907/page/n103/mode/2up. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Bub, Andrew S. (January 3, 2000). "Andrew's Views Presents the First Annual "System Shocks and Trespassers Awards"". Imagine Media. Archived from the original on March 3, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20000303080322/http://www.dailyradar.com/columns/game_column_27.html. 
  22. ↑ PC Gamer staff (April 2000). "PC Gamer Editors' Choice Winners: Does Quality Matter?". PC Gamer (Imagine Media) 7 (4): 33. https://archive.org/details/PCGamer_April_2000/page/n35/mode/2up. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 CGW staff (March 2000). "The 2000 Premier Awards (Sports Game of the Year)". Computer Gaming World (Ziff Davis) (188): 80. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_188.pdf. Retrieved March 29, 2020. 
  24. ↑ CGW staff (March 2000). "The 2000 Premier Awards (Inside the Smoke-Filled Offices of CGW)". Computer Gaming World (Ziff Davis) (188): 71. 
  25. ↑ PC Gamer staff (March 2000). "The Sixth Annual PC Gamer Awards (Best Sports Game)". PC Gamer (Imagine Media) 7 (3): 54. https://archive.org/details/PCGamerMarch2000/page/n59/mode/2up. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  26. ↑ CGSP staff (March 6, 2000). "The Computer Games Awards Feature: Sports Game of the Year". Strategy Plus, Inc.. Archived from the original on April 1, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050401235727/http://cdmag.com/articles/026/150/sports_racing.html#sports. Retrieved March 30, 2020. 
  27. ↑ "High Heat Baseball(TM) 2000 Named Best Computer Sports Game in a Clean Sweep". March 1, 2000. Archived from the original on April 17, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010417131348/http://www.3do.com/investors/pr_030100.html. 
  28. ↑ "Third Interactive Achievement Awards: Personal Computer". Archived from the original on September 3, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20000903024505/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html. Retrieved June 10, 2021. 
  • 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]

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History

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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]

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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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