High Heat Baseball 2000 Explained

Developer:Team .366
Publisher:The 3DO Company
Series:High Heat Major League Baseball
Platforms:Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
Genre:Sports
Modes: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.

Reception

The PC version received "favorable" reviews, while the PlayStation version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. 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."

Daily Radars Andrew S. Bub described the PC version as a commercial disappointment.[1] It sold 46,238 copies in the U.S. by the end of 1999, according to PC Data.[2] Bub wrote, "Shame on you for letting EA Sports' all-flash-no-substance Triple Play 2000 outsell this gem."

The PC version won Computer Gaming Worlds 1999 "Sports Game of the Year" award,[3] and was a runner-up in the magazine's overall "Game of the Year" category.[4] The staff declared it "simply one of the best games of the year. Period." 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."[5] 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".[6] PC Accelerator and GameSpot also named it the sports game of the year.[7] 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.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andrew's Views Presents the First Annual "System Shocks and Trespassers Awards" . Bub, Andrew S. . January 3, 2000 . . Imagine Media . https://web.archive.org/web/20000303080322/http://www.dailyradar.com/columns/game_column_27.html . March 3, 2000 . dead.
  2. PC Gamer Editors' Choice Winners: Does Quality Matter? . PC Gamer staff . PC Gamer . Imagine Media . 7 . 4 . April 2000 . 33 . March 30, 2020.
  3. The 2000 Premier Awards (Sports Game of the Year) . CGW staff . Computer Gaming World . Ziff Davis . 188 . March 2000 . 80 . March 29, 2020.
  4. The 2000 Premier Awards (Inside the Smoke-Filled Offices of CGW) . CGW staff . Computer Gaming World . Ziff Davis . 188 . March 2000 . 71.
  5. The Sixth Annual PC Gamer Awards (Best Sports Game) . PC Gamer staff . PC Gamer . Imagine Media . 7 . 3 . March 2000 . 54 . March 30, 2020.
  6. Web site: The Computer Games Awards Feature: Sports Game of the Year . CGSP staff . March 6, 2000 . Computer Games Strategy Plus . Strategy Plus, Inc. . https://web.archive.org/web/20050401235727/http://cdmag.com/articles/026/150/sports_racing.html#sports . April 1, 2005 . dead . March 30, 2020.
  7. Web site: High Heat Baseball(TM) 2000 Named Best Computer Sports Game in a Clean Sweep . March 1, 2000 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20010417131348/http://www.3do.com/investors/pr_030100.html . April 17, 2001 . dead.
  8. Web site: Third Interactive Achievement Awards: Personal Computer . . https://web.archive.org/web/20000903024505/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html . September 3, 2000 . dead . June 10, 2021.

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