NHL Blades of Steel 2000 (original) (raw)

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2000 video game

NHL Blades of Steel 2000
Developer(s) Konami (PS)Climax Studios (GBC)
Publisher(s) Konami
Platform(s) PlayStation, Game Boy Color
Release PlayStationNA: February 22, 2000[2]UK: February 2000[1]JP: March 30, 2000Game Boy ColorNA: April 21, 2000[3]
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

NHL Blades of Steel 2000[a] is a set of two hockey video games published by Konami for PlayStation and Game Boy Color in 2000. A Nintendo 64 version had been planned (and was even reviewed by Game Informer while in development),[4] but was later cancelled. NHL Blades of Steel 2000 is the third and last game in the Blades of Steel series following Blades of Steel for the NES and NHL Blades of Steel '99 for the Nintendo 64.

The Game Boy Color version received average reviews, while the PlayStation version received unfavorable reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[5][6] Game Informer gave the latter console version a mixed review while it was still in development.[9] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.[8]

  1. ^ Japanese: NHL ブレイズ オブ スティール 2000, Hepburn: NHL Bureizu obu Sutīru 2000

  2. ^ In GameFan's early viewpoint of the PlayStation version, one critic gave it 58 and the other 60.

  3. ^ "NHL: Blades of Steel 2000". Chipsworld. Archived from the original on July 7, 2002. Retrieved July 7, 2024.

  4. ^ "New Releases". EB World. Archived from the original on February 29, 2000. Retrieved July 7, 2024.

  5. ^ "Recently Released". Game Boy Station. May 22, 2000. Archived from the original on May 30, 2000. Retrieved July 7, 2024.

  6. ^ a b Helgeson, Matt (January 2000). "NHL Blades of Steel 2000 (N64)". Game Informer. No. 81. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on May 27, 2000. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

  7. ^ a b "NHL Blades of Steel 2000 for Game Boy Color". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 9, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

  8. ^ a b "NHL Blades of Steel 2000 for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

  9. ^ Nicholls, Shawn. "NHL Blades of Steel 2000 (GBC) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

  10. ^ a b "NHL ブレイズ オブ スティール 2000". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

  11. ^ a b Helgeson, Matt (December 1999). "NHL Blades of Steel 2000 (PS)". Game Informer. No. 80. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on May 27, 2000. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

  12. ^ Higgins, Geoff "El Nino"; Rodriguez, Tyrone "Cerberus" (January 2000). "[NHL] Blades Of Steel 2000 (PS)". GameFan. Vol. 8, no. 1. Shinno Media. p. 88. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

  13. ^ MacDonald, Ryan (March 9, 2000). "NHL Blades of Steel 2000 Review (PS) [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"]". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on November 20, 2001. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

  14. ^ Harris, Craig (April 28, 2000). "NHL Blades of Steel 2000 (GBC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

  15. ^ Zdyrko, David (April 13, 2000). "NHL Blades of Steel 2000 (PS)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

  16. ^ "NHL Blades of Steel 2000". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Vol. 3, no. 4. Ziff Davis. January 2000.