Bass Masters 2000

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Nintendo 64

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00001XDK0
• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 3 x 0.8 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Release Date: December 16, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,722 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Product Description

For those who enjoy the lure of fishing but can't stand the early hours, Bassmasters 2000 offers the realism, detailed graphics, and inevitable fun one expects from a fishing simulation game endorsed by B.A.S.S. (Bass Anglers Sportsman Society).

Bassmasters 2000 takes virtual anglers to highly detailed re-creations of the same lakes that are on the Bassmaster tournament circuit. Presented in a television-style format, the game features angling legends Shaw Grigsby and Roland Martin providing up-to-the-moment commentary and expert advice. Off the lake, players can visit a virtual tackle shop to upgrade bait and equipment, and the create-an-angler mode lets players choose a distinct personality. A split-screen, two-player mode offers a witness to confirm or deny that inevitable tale about the big one that got away. --Eric Twelker

GameSpot Review

Feel the need to get out on the lake and do some fishing, but you just can't break away from the daily grind long enough to make the trip? Perhaps you need to reorganize your priorities, my friend. But until that day, you can always use THQ's latest fishing game, Bassmasters 2000, to tide you over. The game has a lot of impressive features, such as real lakes, color commentary, and even a create-an-angler mode. You can choose from several different modes of play including a speed-fishing mode that lets you jump right into the action, a casting game that helps improve your casting accuracy, a two-player split-screen mode, and a tournament mode. One of the best things about Bassmasters 2000 is its wonderfully designed control scheme, which really makes you feel as though you have a fishing rod in your hands. The analog stick controls your rod very precisely. In addition, the game has reel speeds, and it also lets you change the amount of drag you have set. All of these things are taken into account when you hook a fish, so knowing the basics of fishing is essential. If you've got your drag set too high, or you try to reel the fish in too fast when it's fighting, or you're not fast enough when it's not fighting, the line could break, or the fish could simply slip off the hook. Whatever the outcome, playing the game is a whole lot of fun thanks to the responsive controls and true-to-life setup, which makes playing more about what you do and how you do it than about sheer luck. As in any business, catching big bass is all about location. Bassmasters 2000 does a wonderful job of representing this fact by putting the fish right where they'd be in real life, based on the weather conditions and time of day. Your cherry bass boat, outfitted with a depth finder, makes finding good fishing spots a fun little activity. Visually, all of the different types of fish and lakes look accurate, as do your angler, boat, and gear. The camera angle that shows the underwater action, letting you scan for nearby bass, is pretty good. Being able to see a fish as it's about to strike your lure is actually pretty exciting - you'll wish you could have such a view in real life. The game features several sizes of fish, so you know which ones are worth your time. Even the sound and music in Bassmasters 2000 are rather good, although the color commentary provided by Shaw Grisby becomes a little unnerving after awhile. He mostly just belts out stupid one liners that are either insulting or overly happy, like "You can't catch any fish without getting your bait wet," or the constant "Nice cast!" In any case, the game's audio does get the job done, with lots of decent sound effects and a couple of backwoods-style music tracks. In the end, Bassmasters 2000 is a great game with wonderful controls, true-to-life fish behavior, and great graphics and sound. This game will definitely please any angler, whether a real-life bass-fishing expert or a beginner looking for some practice.--Ryan Mac Donald--Copyright © 1998 GameSpot Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of GameSpot is prohibited.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Game, January 25, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Bass Masters 2000 (Game Cartridge)

This game is great. If you like to fish in the real world this game is for you. If you know how to fish and apply the same techniques to the game you'll have fun. This game though isn't for non-fisherman because they will find it too tough.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good but not great, December 28, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Bass Masters 2000 (Game Cartridge)

Bass Masters 2000 is a well designed and beautiful game, but it has a few problems. The 2 player mode only lets you fish head-to-head. It would be great to have the option to allow both anglers to fish off the same boat. The fishfinders are difficult to read and the manual offers no tips on how to read them. On 2 player mode the fishfinder disappears. Also, you begin with 3 lakes to fish on and only one is worth the time. Lake Shasta is a huge bottomless pit and all the fish hang out at low depths where the fish are impossible to see and where it takes your lure way too much time to reach. Much of the game is like that. And the underwater cam only lets you view around you, not below you or down in the depths, so casting in deep water (where the fish are) is a crap shoot. These lakes have very few fish in them which means you waste your whole day cruising in the boat looking for fish which eats up all your time. Here's a tip though -- play two player mode and the time cannot run out while you are cruising in your boat because they can't penalize the other player's time while he's fishing. I know they are going for realism but I'm a gamer and don't have the time to waste on waiting. That's why I'm virtual fishing instead of real fishing. By the time you've hooked a couple of small fish the time limit is up and you have to start over. The underwater cam is great, but when objects are in your line of view you lose the ability to see everything except that object. And I already mentioned it's limited view range. The developers of this game could have had the foresight to cater to a less patient gamer audience and sacrifice a bit of realism in the name of a higher replay value. True fishers with fishing knowledge will find this game outstanding but the rest of us want some action. This game is good but not great. Bass Masters 2001 should be much better if they listen to comments like these. Enjoy and happy fishing!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Landing the big one, January 22, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Bass Masters 2000 (Game Cartridge)

Lots of fishing games are out for lots PSX and PC but this is only the second one out for the N64. Having played both, Bass Masters 2000 is far and away the better of the two. The controls make sense. There are arcade modes, four full lakes, casting competitions, speed fishing and tournaments.

This is a great game. It's the only fishing you need on the N64.