''NASCAR Heat'' is a 2000
racing
In sport, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific go ...
video game
Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This fee ...
for the
PlayStation,
Microsoft Windows and
Game Boy Color. It was
developed by
Monster Games
Monster Games, Inc. is an American independent video game developer in Northfield, Minnesota, United States that specializes in racing games and ports in action, platforms and action role-playing game
An action role-playing game (often ab ...
and
published
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by
Hasbro Interactive
Hasbro Interactive was an American video game production and publishing subsidiary of Hasbro, the large game and toy company. Several of its studios were closed in early 2001 and most of its properties were sold to Infogrames (now Atari SA) whi ...
. The PlayStation version was co-developed with
Digital Illusions CE
EA Digital Illusions CE AB (trade name: DICE) is a Swedish video game developer based in Stockholm. The company was founded in 1992 and has been a subsidiary of Electronic Arts since 2006. Its releases include the ''Battlefield'', ''Mirror's E ...
.
Reception
The PC version received "favorable" reviews, while the PlayStation version received "mixed" reviews, according to the
review aggregation
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website
Metacritic
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.
[
The PC version was nominated for the Racing award at '' Computer Gaming World''s 2001 Premier Awards, which went to '']Motocross Madness 2
''Motocross Madness 2'' is a motocross racing video game that was developed by Rainbow Studios and published by Microsoft Studios, Microsoft Games.
This sequel to 1998's ''Motocross Madness (1998 video game), Motocross Madness'' was released in M ...
''.
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2000 video games
Digital Illusions CE games
Game Boy Color games
Majesco Entertainment games
NASCAR video games
PlayStation (console) games
Video games developed in the United States
Video games scored by Olof Gustafsson
Windows games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Pipe Dream Interactive games
Monster Games games
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