Sydney 2000
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Attention to Detail | |
| Publishers | |
| Eidos Interactive | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 25, 2000 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 51 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Cinematic camera |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Sports |
| Sports | Mixed sports |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Oceania |
| Series | Summer Olympics |
| Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| Atlanta 1996 | 1996 |
| Sydney 2000 | 2000 |
| Athens 2004 | 2004 |
| Beijing 2008 | 2008 |
| London 2012 | 2012 |
| Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – The Official Video Game | 2021 |
| Olympics Go! Paris 2024 | 2024 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).
Sydney 2000 is a singleplayer cinematic camera sports game in the Summer Olympics series.
Availability
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\OLY2000.cfg[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Vert- image compared to 4:3. Use the FOV fix for an uncropped Hor+ image. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Vert- image compared to 4:3, FOV is way too low by default. Use the FOV fix for an uncropped Hor+ image. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Vert- image compared to 4:3, FOV is way too low by default. Use the FOV fix for an uncropped Hor+ image. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Vert- image compared to 4:3. Use the FOV fix for an uncropped Hor+ image. Use a DirectX wrapper like dgVoodoo2 to make higher resolutions like 4K work. |
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| Field of view (FOV) | Use the FOV fix to set a custom FOV value. | ||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Capped at 60 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Can switch between different control presets. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | SFX, music and commentary. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Greek | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | Versus |
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| LAN play | Versus |
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| Online play | |||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 7 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | |||
| Other | 8x CD-ROM drive | |||
Notes
- ↑ This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16