NFL Fever 2000

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NFL Fever 2000
NFL Fever 2000 cover.jpg
Cover featuring Mark Brunell
Developer(s) Microsoft Game Studios
Publisher(s) Microsoft Game Studios
Series NFL Fever
Platform(s) Windows
Release
  • NA: August 26, 1999 [1]
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

NFL Fever 2000 is an American football video game published and developed by Microsoft Game Studios for Windows in 1999. The game was followed by NFL Fever 2002 .

Reception

The game received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [2]

It was nominated for Computer Gaming World 's "Sports Game of the Year" award, which went to High Heat Baseball 2000 . [13]

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