NBA 2K1

NBA 2K1 is a basketball video game. It is the second installment in the NBA 2K series of video games. It was developed by Visual Concepts and published by Sega (as Sega Sports). It was the first NBA 2K game to feature online multiplayer and the first game to feature street courses instead of playing a game inside the arena in the first game, famous street courts such as The Cage, Rucker Park, Franklin Park, and Goat Park. It was released on October 31,[1] 2000 in North America with the Dreamcast. Rapper Redman appears in the video game.

NBA 2K1
North American Dreamcast cover art featuring Allen Iverson
Developer(s)Visual Concepts
Publisher(s)Sega
SeriesNBA 2K
Platform(s)Dreamcast
Release
  • NA: October 31, 2000
  • JP: March 29, 2001
Genre(s)Sports

The game along with the rest of the 2K titles on the Dreamcast have had their online components revived and are completely playable online. [2]

Gameplay

New features were added to NBA 2K1. This includes the new Association, General Manager, and Street modes. The game features rosters from the 2000–01 NBA season.

Cover

The cover athlete was featured as Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers until the release of ESPN NBA 2K5.

Reception

Rob Smolka reviewed the Dreamcast version of the game for Next Generation, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "Highly recommended, but frankly, we were expecting a lot more based on the improvement of NFL 2K1 over NFL 2K."[13] The game was a runner-up for GameSpot's annual "Best Multiplayer Game" and "Best Sports Game (Traditional)" awards among console games, which went to Quake III Arena and NFL 2K1, respectively.[15]

The game received "universal acclaim" according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[3] In Japan, Famitsu gave it 30 out of 40.[6]

Game Informer ranked it at 95 on its top 100 video games of all-time list. The staff praised the developers for maintaining the quality gameplay of its predecessor while adding online, new settings, and a Franchise mode.[16]

References
  1. https://segaretro.org/NBA_2K1
  2. https://dreamcastlive.net/games/
  3. "NBA 2K1 for Dreamcast Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  4. Grandstaff, Matt. "NBA 2K1 - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  5. EGM staff (January 2001). "NBA 2K1 (DC)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Archived from the original on January 28, 2001. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  6. "ドリームキャスト - NBA 2K1". Famitsu. 915: 53. June 30, 2006.
  7. Anderson, Paul (January 2001). "NBA 2K1". Game Informer (93): 119.
  8. "REVIEW for Sega Sports NBA 2K1". GameFan. November 6, 2000.
  9. Kilo Watt (October 31, 2000). "NBA 2K1 Review for Dreamcast on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  10. Ahmed, Shahed (October 31, 2000). "NBA 2K1 Review". GameSpot. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  11. Hiscock, Josh (November 27, 2000). "NBA 2K1". PlanetDreamcast. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  12. Justice, Brandon (November 7, 2000). "NBA2K1". IGN. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  13. Smolka, Rob (February 2001). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 4 no. 2. Imagine Media. p. 75.
  14. Saltzman, Marc (November 28, 2000). "NBA 2K1 is a slam-dunk". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Archived from the original on November 18, 2007. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  15. GameSpot Staff (January 5, 2001). "Best and Worst of 2000". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 13, 2002.
  16. Cork, Jeff (August 2001). "Game Informer's Top 100 Games Of All Time (Circa Issue 100)". Game Informer (100). Retrieved November 24, 2013.
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