FIFA 2001 aims to immerse its fans with the most realistic football experience possible. Over 50 international teams, including England, France, Germany, Holland, Spain, and the United States have made the cut, while 17 of the planet's top leagues have been incorporated as well. New motion captured moves from Matthaus, Mendieta, Scholes, and other soccer legends support the game's realism, with animated linesman and authentic light sourcing add that much more to the presentation. Perhaps the most important features, though, are the advanced sets of artificial intelligence, in-game cinematic cutscenes, and a ton of game modes that have been specially built for tournaments from around the world.
This time, it's girl power that's taking the ball into the net. Mia Hamm Soccer Shootout is the first game to take on the increasingly popular sport of women's professional soccer. In this game, you can play a whole tournament, or pick it up for some simple pass-and-shoot. A total of 32 international teams are represented.
This game is a port of Telefoot Soccer 2000, which was a port of the Nintendo 64 game under the same name, which itself was the port of Michael Owen's WLS 2000.
NBA SHOOTOUT 2001 offers all the standard features you expect from a quality basketball title: Exhibition games, Season mode with in-depth stat tracking, and Playoff mode. You can also choose the style you want to play, either Simulation or Arcade mode. The Season mode gives you the chance to strut your stuff on the court, as awards for MVP, Rookie of the Year, scoring champion, rebounding champion, and Defensive Player of the Year are up for grabs. You'll also have a selection of over 400 plays to choose from, which include team-specific plays that fit a team's playing style. So the Lakers will have a lot of entry passes to the post to utilize Shaq, while the 76ers will feature plenty of isolation plays so Iverson can do what he does best.. You can also take on a friend in the Versus mode and see who is the best hoops maven.
The venerable golf simulation from Access (nee Microsoft) returns.
New features in this updated version include new graphics and ball physics, new courses and tour players, centimeter accurate greens, custom club distances; faster, easier online play and golfers that each have their own personalities.
Included in the game are some of your favourite golfing heros, Arnold Palmer, Sergio Garcia and Annika Sörenstam to mention a few. Play as them or against them.
There are six world-class courses featured in the game, San Diego's Aviara, Canada's Chateau Whistler, The Prince Course on Kauai, Hawaii; Westfields Golf Club, St Andrews Old Course and Mesa Roja fantasy course. More courses can be downloaded for free from the Web.
Also included in the game is the Arnold Palmer Course Designer. Build your dream course, from the tee to the fairway to the hole.
The Simpsons Bowling places the Simpson universe into an arcade bowling video game. It plays like standard bowling game, but with a little Simpson charm.
Exciting billiards action comes to the Game Boy Color with PRO POOL. Play a match against the computer or a friend, or play the Single-Player Speed Match and try to clear all of the balls off of the table as quickly as possible. In Hustle mode, you take the role of a pool hustler, traveling from bar to bar placing bets on games. Ultimately, you want to win enough money to buy your own bar. In all of these modes, six different games can be played: 8 Ball, 9 Ball, 6 Ball, 3 Ball, straight pool, and speed pool. And the competition will never get stale thanks to the 64 different computer opponents to play. Plus, an outstanding physics engine makes this the most realistic pool game available for the Game Boy Color. Try to become a great hustler with PRO POOL.
A fun arcade game in which we play the role of a fish enforcing revenge on ominous anglers. At each of the levels, we have to draw people into the water by all possible means. Production is maintained in an exceptionally ridiculous tone.
Big Mountain 2000 is a wintersports game where you can choose to race downhill with either a snowboard or skis. There are various characters to choose from, each of them with different skills. Three game modes are available in total, in which free ride, slalom and giant slalom can be chosen as track styles; game modes include championship, time attack and also a battle mode for multiplayer challenges.
Netto de Tennis is a tennis budget title released for the Dreamcast exclusively in Japan. It shares many similarities to Smash Stars, the tennis portion of the game Capcom Sports Club.
Based on the PBS children's cartoon, ARTHUR'S ABSOLUTELY FUN DAY offers up a ton of fun for fans of the show. In this single-player game for Game Boy Color, you play as Arthur, who wants to go to the ultimate amusement park, Wonder World. There are over 15 mini-games in Arthur's neighborhood (including air hockey, shooting hoops, cooking pancakes, and a whole lot more), each with its own style of gameplay, from simple timing exercises to mild puzzle solving. You get stars for completing them and once you have enough, you will earn a free pass to Wonder World, where all the mini-games are available for you to play whenever you like. ARTHUR'S ABSOLUTELY FUN DAY is an ideal choice for a younger gamer.
Designed for the armchair angler in mind, Bass Landing captures the essence of being on an actual lake and boat without the hassle of reaching into your tackle box and pulling back a handful of slime! There are five different lakes in all, ranging from the murky Lunker Lake to the mountainous clarity of Crystal Lake. Each contains natural and manmade hazards (branches, poles, rocks) and different kind of fish--depending on the kind of fish you want, choose your lake accordingly.
For instance, the Silver Carp can only be found in dark, murky lakes or swamps and the Spotted Bass resides in the chilly, colder water areas. While the name of the game is bass, there are 14 different types of fish including the small but feisty Blue Gill, massively dynamic Carp, and the multiplying Rainbow Trout.
In addition to his or her game, the armchair fisherman will need to know how his fishing rod works and what lures to use on the various fish. There are fifty different tools in all ranging from Spinner Bait to the MHB-665 B
Backyard Soccer MLS Edition gives you the chance to kick the ball around with America's professional soccer stars from the MLS and star women players from the US Olympic team.
Player's create a junior avatar of themselves and draft a team from other backyard kids and kid versions of 15 famous American soccer players then deck themselves out in their favorite uniforms and hit the field. Standard sports simulation game types are available including exhibition games and season play but the emphasis is on fun and accessibility for all ages.
The sequel to 'This Is Football', attempts to make a realistic yet enjoyable football game. Fully licenced by FIFAPro (International Association of Football Players' Unions) to use every players real name, dozens of the most famous football stadiums from around the world (Mexico, England, Italy, etc.) are faithfully represented while nearly every major football league, cup or competition is included.
The greatest pro wrestling simulator is now on Wonderswan, allowing you to bring the action with you anywhere you go. Involve yourself in MASTER OF RING, the new management mode taking you through the ranks of wrestling, and create a wrestling legend with the edit mode.
MTV SPORTS: Skateboarding Featuring Andy Macdonald puts the excitement of performing a 360-kickflip in the palm of your hand. Choose from four different skaters, including Andy Macdonald himself. Get used to the board and the controls with the Free Ride mode and, when you are ready for some action, try to meet the quotas for each of the 18 stages in the game. Some require that you earn a set amount of points, which you do by collecting the MTV icons, which are spread throughout the arena. To collect each one, you must perform a different trick. Other stages have more demanding quotas including navigating an obstacle course, collecting balloons, and crashing through items. Now you can skateboard anywhere with MTV SPORTS: Skateboarding Featuring Andy Macdonald.
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX is a video game released in 2000 featuring BMX Rider Dave Mirra and other professional BMX riders. It was developed by Z-Axis Ltd. and published by Acclaim Entertainment under their Acclaim Max Sports label. The game was released on the PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast and Microsoft Windows. The player's main objective in the game is to choose one of the riders and work their way through a total of 12 different levels, completing objectives to unlock new equipment. A sequel was released in 2001 entitled Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2.