NHL Championship 2000

i'm tellin' ya, this game is fantastic!! it is ultra realistic....sound effects are top notch...the presentation is like a real broadcast...the play by play is wonderful (Kenny Albert and John Davidson are terrific. the gameplay is awesome...the framerate is a little shakey, but trust me, you should still buy this gem of a hockey game. it CRUSHES ea sports, and i was an ea faithful for years...

all in all, any playstation sports fan should have this game in their collection....

peace and remember to always put the biscuit in the basket!!!


EA Sports is dead...long live Fox!   January 13, 2002
Wow..ultra-fast learning curve on this game so can begin having a blast ASAP!
Very professionally done. The fact all the players names are used is a major bonus.
Get it if you can find it!


True to real hockey   July 14, 2000
This is Fox's first attempt at a serious hockey game and promises to begin a long line of games similar to the EA series. As their first try, I think this game is wonderful. It does lack some of the fancier features and that say NHL 2000 has, but NHL 2000 is like the 10th NHL game in that series, they've made those refinements over time. Radical and Fox will do better with this game too, but right now you can't beat the value. The game is challenging and features accurate play on the ice. You actually have to PASS THE PUCK to get up the ice with it as opposed to continuous end to end rushes in your more arcade style games like NHL 2000 and such. The computer controlled players will also actually play defense and stop easy passes into typical scoring areas. The graphics may not be superior to NHL 2000 but I like that the ice surface seems more accurately represented (NHL's players always look small to me out there) and the goalies in this game look much better than NHL 2000. I love the various save animations and how certain goalies will be more likely to make certain saves based on their style. Check this game out if you want more realism than you've seen before or check out NHL 2000 if you want to see a ton of goals scored all the time.


True to real hockey   July 14, 2000
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This is Fox's first attempt at a serious hockey game and promises to begin a long line of games similar to the EA series. As their first try, I think this game is wonderful. It does lack some of the fancier features and that say NHL 2000 has, but NHL 2000 is like the 10th NHL game in that series, they've made those refinements over time. Radical and Fox will do better with this game too, but at $19.99 you can't beat the value. The game is challenging and features accurate play on the ice. You actually have to PASS THE PUCK to get up the ice with it as opposed to continuous end to end rushes in your more arcade style games like NHL 2000 and such. The computer controlled players will also actually play defense and stop easy passes into typical scoring areas. The graphics may not be superior to NHL 2000 but I like that the ice surface seems more accurately represented (NHL's players always look small to me out there) and the goalies in this game look much better than NHL 2000. I love the various save animations and how certain goalies will be more likely to make certain saves based on their style. Check this game out if you want more realism than you've seen before or check out NHL 2000 if you want to see a ton of goals scored all the time.


Weak. Save your money.   June 14, 2000
 1 out of 3 found this review helpful

I have always been a big video-hockey-game player, from the original Nintendo Hockey and Blades of Steel games back in the mid 80's, all the way up through the many generations of Sega EA Hockey. This one was a gift, so I accepted it as such and I figured what the hey...

I have never been so disappointed by a hockey game in my gaming life.

There are several minor yet annoying glitches in the programming such as:

1. Line changes are painfuly slow. Changing on the fly is a joke. Every time you try to change during play, the other teams goaltender freezes the puck before the new line even gets in.

2. No matter how you try to set it up, the goaltender cannot be switched from default starter to any of the backup keepers until after the game has begun. Then when you switch, the net is empty for a good 5-8 seconds after the puck drops (allowing ample oppurtunity for the opposition to score).

3. The graphics are poor compared to games by other companies.

4. There is NO (and I mean absolutely NONE) ceremonious ending to a grueling season of play. Kenny Albert says congratulations (inserted into his normally annoying parting comments found in every other game of the season) and that's it. No graphic of the team skating with the cup, no awards presentation, NADA. Even Blades Of Steel from 15 years ago had a more exciting ending to the season then this.

5. The game cheats. Your goalie can stand on his head for 59 minutes and have a shutout going, and without fail, the other team will wreck the shutout bid with a shot that would never go in otherwise (no joke - shot by a low rated player from behind the blue line, through a defender and between the goalies legs).

I could go on about the numerous other little things, but I think you get the point. Do yourself a favor, buy a different game and warn others about this awful game. I am personally appauled that FOX duped me into spending my time playing a game that is so anti-climactic when I could have just exchanged this piece of crap for an EA game.