Information about 2000 In Video Gaming
Notable events of 2000 in video gaming. See also history of computer and video games.
This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 2000. For video and console games, see 2000 in video gaming.
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| Platform Key | |
| PS3 | PlayStation 3 |
| Wii | Wii |
| X360 | Xbox 360 |
| PS2 | PlayStation 2 |
| XB | Xbox |
| GCN | Nintendo GameCube |
| PSP | PlayStation Portable |
| NDS | Nintendo DS |
| GBA | Game Boy Advance |
| GBC | Game Boy Color |
| GB | Game Boy |
| PS1 | PlayStation |
| DC | Dreamcast |
| Win | Windows-based personal computer |
| Mac | Apple Macintosh personal computer |
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Events
- May 11-13 — 6th annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo); the 3rd annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E³
- June 26 — International Game Developers Association renamed from Computer Game Developers Association
- July - IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) hosts 1st annual Executive Summit
- Reuters reports that the Sony PlayStation 2 console will export controls by Trade Ministry of Japan since the PS2 is sophisticated enough for military application
- NPD Group, Inc. reports that Electronic Arts ranks 1st in third-party video game publishing in the USA, ahead of Infogrames Entertainment SA
- Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts the 3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards inducts Hironobu Sakaguchi of Square Enix to the AIAS Hall of Fame
- BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) hosts the 3rd annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards for multimedia technologies; 7 of 20 awards go to video games; awards David Bowie in part for his contributions to the video game (for PC)
- Gama Network hosts the 2nd annual Independent Games Festival (IGF)
- Nintendo sells its 100,000,000th Game Boy handheld console
- Sega.com launches SegaNet, their online console gaming network
- 1st annual Sega Dreamcast Championships (featuring the Sonic Adventure video game)
Notable releases
- January 31 - The Sims (PC)
- February 29 - Dead or Alive 2 (DC)
- February 29 - (DC)
- February 29 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (GBC, N64)
- March 31 - ''EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark (PC)
- April 30 - (PC)
- May 15 - Vagrant Story (PS)
- May 22 - Perfect Dark (N64)
- June 1 - Evolva (PC)
- June 13 - (PC)
- June 26 - Deus Ex (PC)
- June 29 - Diablo II (PC)
- June 29 - Icewind Dale (PC)
- June 29 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (DC)
- June 30 - '' (PC)
- July 7 - Final Fantasy IX (Japan) (PS)
- August 16 - Chrono Cross (PS)
- August 24 - (PC)
- August 27 - (PC)
- September 19 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS)
- September 24 - (PC)
- September 30 - RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes (PC)
- October 15 - Pokémon Gold and Silver (Game Boy Color)
- October 21 - (PC)
- October 22 - Quake III Arena (DC)
- October 25 - (PS2)
- October 26 - (N64)
- October 26 - Tekken Tag Tournament (PS2)
- October 31 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PC)
- November 7 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (DC)
- November 8 - Counter-Strike (PC retail version)
- November 8 - Escape from Monkey Island (PC)
- November 9 - The Operative: No One Lives Forever (PC)
- November 13 - Kessen (PS2)
- November 13 - Skies of Arcadia (DC)
- November 14 - Final Fantasy IX (North America) (PS)
- November 16 - Sacrifice (PC)
- November 16 - The Longest Journey (PC)
- November 20 - Banjo Tooie (N64)
- November 23 - (PC)
- December 4 - EverQuest: The Scars of Velious (PC)
- December 18 - Quake III: Team Arena (PC)
Hardware
- Bandai's WonderSwan Color handheld in Japan
- SEGA's Naomi 2 arcade console
- Sony's PlayStation 2 (PS2) home console
- Toymax's Activision TV Games controller/console
Business
- Electronic Arts Inc. acquires DreamWorks Interactive, LLC (games division of DreamWorks SKG)
- Infogrames, Inc. acquires Hasbro Interactive, Inc. (including the Game.com division and the rights to the Atari label); Infogrames also acquires Paradigm Entertainment, Inc.
- Microsoft Corporation acquires Bungie Software Products Corp.
- nVidia Corporation acquires 3Dfx Interactive, Inc.
- Sony Corporation acquires Verant Interactive, Inc.
- Looking Glass Studios goes out of business.
- THQ Inc. acquires Volition
- Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. acquires Red Storm Entertainment, Inc.
- SNK goes out of business
- Summer — 21-6 Productions founded
- Sega Rosso renamed (formerly SEGA's AM5 team)
- Smilebit founded (formerly SEGA's AM6 R&D division)
- Yeti Interactive founded
- Mattel, Inc. sells Learning Co. to Gores Technology Group
- All of SEGA's the internal consumer research & development divisions become individual developer companies
- Midway / Williams announces to cease the Atari Games label
Lawsuits
- Nintendo of America, Sega America, Electronic Arts, Inc v. Yahoo!, Inc.; The lawsuit is over piracy negligence and profiting from counterfeit video game products sold on Yahoo! Auctions. The lawsuit is fully dropped in 2001 in order to cooperate against piracy.
- Nintendo commits over USD$80 million to issuing gloves to over 1,000,000 children after numerous reports of serious hand injuries from the controllers while playing certain stages of Mario Party (for N64).
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- see also: 1999 in games, 2001 in games
This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 2000. For video and console games, see 2000 in video gaming.
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Video games were introduced as a commercial entertainment medium in 1971, becoming the basis for an important entertainment industry in the late 1970s/early 1980s in the United States, Japan, and Europe.
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Flash memory input
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- SD/MMC*
- CompactFlash/Microdrive*
- HDMI 1.3a out
- S/PDIF out
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WII may refer to:
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- Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
- Wii, a video game console released by Nintendo
See also
- World War II (WWII)
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PlayStation 2 in the original black colour]]
Manufacturer Sony Computer Entertainment
Type Video game console
Generation Sixth generation era
First available March 4, 2000
October 26, 2000
November 24, 2000
November 30, 2000
December 1, 2004
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Manufacturer Sony Computer Entertainment
Type Video game console
Generation Sixth generation era
First available March 4, 2000
October 26, 2000
November 24, 2000
November 30, 2000
December 1, 2004
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NA November 15, 2001
JP February 22, 2002
AU March 14, 2002
EU March 14, 2002
System storage 8-10GB Internal HDD, 8MB memory card
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JP February 22, 2002
AU March 14, 2002
EU March 14, 2002
System storage 8-10GB Internal HDD, 8MB memory card
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Nintendo GameCube (GCN) is Nintendo's fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. The system itself is the most compact and least expensive, next to the Dreamcast, of the sixth generation era consoles.
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JP December 12, 2004
NA March 24, 2005
KR May 2, 2005
EU September 1, 2005
AU September 1, 2005
System storage Memory Stick PRO Duo
Connectivity Wi-Fi (802.
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KR May 2, 2005
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AU September 1, 2005
System storage Memory Stick PRO Duo
Connectivity Wi-Fi (802.
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Nintendo DS (sometimes abbreviated NDS or DS) is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in 2004 in Canada, U.S., and Japan.
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Game Boy Color (ゲームボーイカラー
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Game Boy (ゲームボーイ Gēmu Bōi
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PlayStation (プレイステーション
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Dreamcast (ドリームキャスト Dorīmukyasuto
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Microsoft Windows
Screenshot of Windows Vista Ultimate, the latest version of Microsoft Windows.
Company/developer: Microsoft Corporation
OS family: MS-DOS/9x-based, Windows CE, Windows NT
Source model: Closed source
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Screenshot of Windows Vista Ultimate, the latest version of Microsoft Windows.
Company/developer: Microsoft Corporation
OS family: MS-DOS/9x-based, Windows CE, Windows NT
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personal computer (PC) is a computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals.
It is unknown who coined the phrase with the intent of a small affordable computing device but John W.
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It is unknown who coined the phrase with the intent of a small affordable computing device but John W.
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Macintosh, commonly known as Mac, is a brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. Named after the McIntosh variety of apple, the original Macintosh was released on January 24, 1984.
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Platform Key
PS3 PlayStation 3
Wii Wii
X360 Xbox 360
PS2 PlayStation 2
XB Xbox
GCN Nintendo GameCube
PSP PlayStation Portable
NDS Nintendo DS
GBA Game Boy Advance
GBC Game Boy Color
GB Game Boy
PS1 PlayStation
DC Dreamcast
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Wii Wii
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PS2 PlayStation 2
XB Xbox
GCN Nintendo GameCube
PSP PlayStation Portable
NDS Nintendo DS
GBA Game Boy Advance
GBC Game Boy Color
GB Game Boy
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PS2 PlayStation 2
XB Xbox
GCN Nintendo GameCube
PSP PlayStation Portable
NDS Nintendo DS
GBA Game Boy Advance
GBC Game Boy Color
GB Game Boy
PS1 PlayStation
DC Dreamcast
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Wii Wii
X360 Xbox 360
PS2 PlayStation 2
XB Xbox
GCN Nintendo GameCube
PSP PlayStation Portable
NDS Nintendo DS
GBA Game Boy Advance
GBC Game Boy Color
GB Game Boy
PS1 PlayStation
DC Dreamcast
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May 11 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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Events
- 330 - Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma
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