Ultimate Fighting Championship (video game)

Ultimate Fighting Championship is the first video game based on the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts tournament. It was first developed by Anchor Inc. for the Sega Dreamcast on August 29, 2000, then by Opus for the Sony PlayStation on November 13 the same year, and finally by Fluid Studios for the Game Boy Color on November 27 the same year. All three versions of the game were published by Crave Entertainment[2] in North America, while Ubi Soft published the three versions in Europe and Capcom publishing the PlayStation and Dreamcast versions in Japan.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
North American PlayStation cover art
Developer(s)Anchor Inc. (Dreamcast)
Opus (PlayStation)
Fluid Studios (Game Boy Color)
Publisher(s)Crave Entertainment (US)
Ubi Soft (PAL)
Capcom (JP)
Platform(s)Dreamcast, PlayStation, Game Boy Color[1]
ReleaseDreamcast
  • NA: August 29, 2000
  • EU: 2000
PlayStation
  • NA: November 13, 2000
  • EU: 2001
Game Boy Color
  • NA: November 27, 2000
  • EU: 2001
Genre(s)Versus fighting, Sports
Mode(s)single player, multiplayer

Fighters

Reception

The Dreamcast version received "generally favorable reviews", just two points shy of "universal acclaim", while the PlayStation version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3][4] Dan Morris of NextGen said of the former console version in its October 2000 issue, "No-holds-barred fighting gets a world-class Dreamcast translation, with gameplay that's both lifelike and exciting."[24] Five issues later, however, Daniel Erickson said in his review of the latter console version, "If Ultimate Fighting Championship had first appeared on PlayStation, we might have been more impressed with its originality and more likely to overlook some of its glaring flaws. After the excellent Dreamcast version, however, all we can see is how much worse this PlayStation outing is."[25] In Japan, where both the Dreamcast and PlayStation versions were ported and published by Capcom on January 25, 2001, Famitsu gave it a score of 32 out of 40 for the former console version,[12] and 24 out of 40 for the latter one.[13]

UFC's Dreamcast was a runner-up for GameSpot's annual "Best Dreamcast Game" award, losing to NFL 2K1. Conversely, its PlayStation version was nominated in the "Most Disappointing Game" and "Worst Game" categories among console titles; the editors dubbed it "a pixellated, stiffly playing abomination."[27]

See also

References
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  4. "Ultimate Fighting Championship for PlayStation Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive.
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  7. Edge staff (November 2000). "Ultimate Fighting Championship (DC)". Edge. No. 90. Future Publishing. p. 98. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  8. "Ultimate Fighting Championship (DC)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis. 2000.
  9. Einhorn, Ethan (March 2001). "Ultimate Fighting Championship (GBC)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 140. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 9, 2001. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  10. EGM staff (December 2000). "Ultimate Fighting Championship (PS)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 137. Ziff Davis.
  11. Bramwell, Tom (March 1, 2001). "Ultimate Fighting Championship (Dreamcast)". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  12. "ドリームキャスト - ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP". Famitsu (in Japanese). Vol. 915. Enterbrain. June 30, 2006. p. 45.
  13. "UFC アルティメット ファイティング チャンピオンシップ [PS]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  14. Fitzloff, Jay (January 2001). "Ultimate Fighting Championship (PS)". Game Informer. No. 93. FuncoLand. p. 102.
  15. Van Stone, Matt "Kodomo"; Ngo, George "Eggo"; Mylonas, Eric "ECM" (October 2000). "UFC [sic] (DC)". GameFan. Vol. 8 no. 10. Shinno Media. p. 17. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  16. Weitzner, Jason "Fury" (October 2000). "UFC [sic] (DC)". GameFan. Vol. 8 no. 10. Shinno Media. pp. 42–43. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  17. The D-Pad Destroyer (August 30, 2000). "Ultimate Fighting Championship Review for Dreamcast on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  18. Dr. Moo (September 2000). "Ultimate Fighting Championship Review (DC)". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
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  20. Mad Carl (September 26, 2000). "Ultimate Fighting Championship [date mislabeled as "May 30, 2000"]". PlanetDreamcast. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
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  22. Harris, Craig (December 11, 2000). "Ultimate Fighting Championship (GBC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  23. Cleveland, Adam (November 9, 2000). "Ultimate Fighting Championship (PS)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  24. Morris, Dan (October 2000). "Ultimate Fighting Championship (DC)". NextGen. No. 70. Imagine Media. pp. 104–5. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  25. Erickson, Daniel (March 2001). "Ultimate Fighting Championship (PS)". NextGen. No. 75. Imagine Media. p. 88. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  26. "Ultimate Fighting Championship". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 40. Ziff Davis. January 2001.
  27. GameSpot Staff (January 5, 2001). "Best and Worst of 2000". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 13, 2002.
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