2006 in that country. Combined sales of Midnight Club console releases reached 2.5 million units in the U.S. by the latter date. The PS2 version was a runner-up for GameSpots annual "Best Driving Game" and "Best Game No One Played" awards, which went to Test Drive Le Mans and Samba de Amigo. The game won the award for "Racing Game of 2000" in both Editors' Choice and Readers' Choice at IGNs Best of 2000 Awards for PS2. Douglass C. Perry of IGN wrote of the PS2 version: "In addition to the litany of cars, the huge cities are riddled with secrets and original ways to make shortcuts, which makes single player gameplay and two-player games extremely fun." Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot called it "an extremely fun arcade-style racer." Shawn Sanders of GameRevolution, however, said, "While offering a decent helping of fun, the bland textures and ubiquitous gameplay make for a somewhat unexciting PS2 start." Kevin Rice of NextGen called it "An incredibly addictive arcade racer with excellent graphics and a rock-solid framerate. Oh, and you can hit pedestrians (by accident, of course). What's not to like?" For the GBA version, Nintendo Power called it "a decent if not repetitive drive." Skyler Miller of Allgame felt Midnight Clubs GBA version was "a slow, confusing version of Grand Theft Auto minus the crime and the fun." IGN's Craig Harris noted that the top-down perspective, while efficient use of the GameBoy Advance's limited resources, made gameplay difficult. However due to this perspective he noted that players will "never know where the track is going." He felt this design choice forced trial-and-error gameplay and was very frustrating for players. Harris gave poor marks for the very basic AI drivers. Lastly, he criticized the password save system, with particular emphasis on the fact that if a player does not write down the password while on screen there is no way to recover that password, effectively causing players to lose progress. Notes References External links Midnight Club official website Midnight Club games 2000 video games PlayStation 2 games PlayStation Network games Game Boy Advance games Open-world video games Rockstar Games games Rebellion Developments games Video games about taxis Video games scored by Mark Cooksey Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games developed in the United States Video games set in London Video games set in New York City Take-Two Interactive games Destination Software games