''NFL 2K1'' is an

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that uses remediation, and was published by

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and developed by

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. It was released on

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on September 7, 2000 with multiple in-game commercialization like its Dreamcast ads in stadiums. Randy Moss of the Minnesota Vikings was featured as the cover athlete, until the release of ''

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''. Upon its release it outsold the

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version of '' Madden NFL 2001'' by 13,000 units in its first week, and 49,000 units its second week. In early 2000's, SegaNet was shutdown and the online features of the game were shut down as well until July 2017 when online features were brought back thanks t
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The game along with the rest of the 2K titles on the Dreamcast have had their online components revived and are completely playable online today.

Reception

''NFL 2K1'' received "universal acclaim" according to the

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ranks it as the joint third highest-rated game of all-time. Rob Smolka of '' NextGen'' called it "A great-playing game, both online and offline, and a significant advance over last year's version." In Japan, where the game was ported for release on March 29, 2001, ''

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'' gave it a score of 32 out of 40. The game won the awards for "Dreamcast Game of the Year", "Multiplayer Game of the Year", and "Sports Game of the Year" at the ''

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'' 2000 Gamers' Choice Awards (the latter at the 2000 Readers' Choice Awards); and was a runner-up for the overall Game of the Year award, which went to ''

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''. The game also won "Best Dreamcast Game" and "Best Sports Game (Traditional)" awards at ''

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''s Best and Worst of 2000 Awards, and was a runner-up for the "Best Multiplayer Game" and "Game of the Year" awards, both of which went to ''

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'' and ''

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'', respectively. The staff wrote that they "argued for more than an hour over whether

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's ''Chrono Cross'' or Sega's ''NFL 2K1'' should win the award for Game of the Year." Studies have been done on how effective in-game commercialization is in sports games on people, including ''NFL 2K1''.

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