NFL 2K1

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NFL 2K1
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Dreamcast Keyboard, Dreamcast Modem, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box
Genre: Super Real Sports (スーパーリアルスポーツ)[1][2], Sports[3]

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
JP
¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e[2] HDR-0144
Sega Dreamcast
US
51062
ESRB: Everyone
Sega Dreamcast
US
(Sega All Stars)

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NFL 2K1 is an American football game released as part of the 2K series of games. It was released exclusively on the Sega Dreamcast and is a sequel to NFL 2K. In Japan, a limited edition version titled NFL 2K1 Bible was released which came with a poster.

In North America, NFL 2K1 debuted on the same day as the SegaNet service launched, 7 September 2000[4].

History

Release

In the US, NFL 2K1 out-sold the PlayStation 2 release of Madden NFL 2001 during the first two weeks of sale, selling 139,000 units (versus 126,000) in its first week, and 208,000 (versus 159,000) by the end of week two[5]. 410,000 units had been sold by the first week of November 2000[5].

The games servers where shut down in the early 2000's when SegaNet shut down, however fans are currently working on brining the game back online sometime in 2018[6]

The game is also the highest scored Sega game on Metacritic[7].

The game online features was brought back online on 22 July 2017 with the use of DreamPi[8].

Magazine articles

Main article: NFL 2K1/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #145: "October 2000" (2000-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 [10]
84
94
77 [11]
80 №642, p36
88 [12]
Sega Dreamcast
84
Based on
6 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Bonus (YU) NTSC
96
[13]
DC-UK (UK) NTSC-U
80
[14]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
77
[11]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
88
[12]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
97
[15]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
80
[16]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
80
[17]
Fun Generation (DE) NTSC-U
84
[18]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
98
[19]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
100
[20]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
94
[21]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
100
[22]
Sega Dreamcast
89
Based on
12 reviews

NFL 2K1

Dreamcast, JP
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Cover
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Disc
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Jewel Case
Dreamcast, US
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Cover
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Disc
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Inlay
Dreamcast, US (Sega All Stars)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments

External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

  1. File:NFL2K1 DC JP pack back.jpg
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/010102/ (Wayback Machine: 2009-09-16 20:58)
  3. https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-11-01 19:55)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 46
  5. 5.0 5.1 Press release: 2000-11-28: Sega Sports NFL 2K1 Outsells the Competition on Its Debut; First Ever Online Console Game NFL 2K1 Becomes Number One Football Game This Fall
  6. http://www.dreamcastlive.net/games.html
  7. https://www.metacritic.com/company/sega (Wayback Machine: 2019-11-23 02:03)
  8. https://www.dreamcastlive.net/blogs/post/NFL-2K1-2K2-and-NCAA-2K2-Are-Back-Online/
  9. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 58
  10. DC-UK, "December 2000" (UK; 2000-10-23), page 82/83 (82)
  11. 11.0 11.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "2001-10 (2001-04-06,13)" (JP; 2001-03-23), page 23
  12. 12.0 12.1 Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33
  13. Bonus, "2/2001" (YU; 2001-03-25), page 36
  14. DC-UK, "December 2000" (UK; 2000-10-23), page 82
  15. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2000" (US; 2000-10-30), page 205
  16. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 151
  17. Famitsu, "2001-04-06" (JP; 2001-03-23), page 101
  18. Fun Generation, "11/2000" (DE; 2000-10-18), page 78
  19. GamePro, "December 2000" (US; 2000-1x-xx), page 175
  20. Gamers' Republic, "November 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 92
  21. Mega Fun, "12/2000" (DE; 2000-11-02), page 71
  22. Next Generation, "November 2000" (US; 2000-10-17), page 106


American Football games published by Sega
Joe Montana Football (Mega Drive) (Master System/Game Gear) (DOS) (1990) | Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football (1991) | NFL Sports Talk Football '93 Starring Joe Montana (1992) | Joe Montana's NFL Football (1993) | NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana (1993) | NFL '95 (1994) | Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders (1995) | NFL '97 (1996) | NFL 98 (1997)
Joe Montana NFL Football (IBM PC) (unreleased) | NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana (Game Gear) (unreleased)
College Football
College Football's National Championship (1994) | College Football's National Championship II (1995) | NCAA College Football 2K2 (2001) | NCAA College Football 2K3 (2002)
NFL 2K Series
NFL 2K (1999) | NFL 2K1 (2000) | NFL 2K2 (2001) | NFL 2K3 (2002) | ESPN NFL Football (2003) | ESPN NFL 2K5 (2004)