2000 in computing, games and technology

101 milestones from 2000: 29 computers and hardware, 14 peripherals, 10 software, 6 games, 27 games, 1 games, 4 movies, 7 events, 2 legal milestones, 1 world events.

Open 2000 in the interactive timeline The 2000s

Computers and hardware

• Nuon
• Cybiko
• Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD85
• Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD90
• Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD95
• Sony Mavica MVC-CD1000
• Kodak DC4800
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P1
• Canon Digital IXUS
• Nikon Coolpix 990
• Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro
• Transmeta Crusoe
• PlayStation 2 (Japan)
• AMD Athlon 1 GHz
• Compaq iPAQ H3600
• Canon EOS D30
• AMD Athlon Thunderbird
• AMD Duron
• PS one
• Power Mac G4 Cube
• Creative Nomad Jukebox
• Nokia 3310
• PlayStation 2 (North America)
• Sharp J-SH04
• Intel Pentium 4
• PlayStation 2 (Europe)
• IBM DiskOnKey
• WonderSwan Color
• Archos Jukebox 6000

Peripherals

• Logitech Cordless TrackMan Wheel
• Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
• Creative Inspire 5.1 5700
• Trek ThumbDrive
• IBM Deskstar 75GXP
• M-Systems DiskOnKey
• Dreamcast Jump Pack
• NVIDIA Quadro
• ATI Radeon
• NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS
• USB 2.0
• 3dfx Voodoo5 5500
• Apple Display Connector (ADC)
• Microsoft SideWinder Strategic Commander

Software

• Windows 2000
• Gnutella
• Pocket PC 2000
• LimeWire
• Mac OS X Public Beta
• MS-DOS 8.0
• Windows Me
• Google AdWords
• DirectX 8.0
• Netscape 6

Games

• The Sims
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
• Perfect Dark
• Diablo II
• Jet Set Radio
• Shenmue

Games

• Resident Evil Code: Veronica
• Star Wars: Force Commander
• Thief II: The Metal Age
• Tekken Tag Tournament
• Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles
• Ground Control
• Deus Ex
• Icewind Dale
• Final Fantasy IX
• Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
• The Sims: Livin' Large
• Homeworld: Cataclysm
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
• Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
• Skies of Arcadia
• Zeus: Master of Olympus
• Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
• Escape from Monkey Island
• Counter-Strike (retail release)
• No One Lives Forever
• Star Wars: Demolition
• Hitman: Codename 47
• Banjo-Tooie
• American McGee's Alice
• Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo
• Phantasy Star Online

Games

• Daikatana

Movies

• Final Destination
• Gladiator
• X-Men
• Cast Away

Events

• AOL announces it will buy Time Warner
• Bill Gates unveils the Xbox at GDC
• ILOVEYOU worm spreads worldwide
• JEDEC publishes the DDR SDRAM standard
• Judge orders Microsoft to be broken up
• Pets.com announces liquidation
• Nvidia announces the acquisition of 3dfx assets

Legal milestones

• Metallica sues Napster
• US presidential election ends in a recount

World events

• Nasdaq peaks during the dot-com bubble