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Developer(s) | Radical Entertainment |
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Platform(s) | PlayStation, Microsoft Windows |
Release | PlayStation Windows |
Genre(s) | Snowboarding |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder, also known as X Games Pro Boarder, is a video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for the PlayStation and Windows in 1998.
Reception
[edit]Aggregator | Score | |
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PC | PS | |
GameRankings | 70%[3] | 70%[4] |
Publication | Score | |
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PC | PS | |
CNET Gamecenter | 7/10[5] | 4/10[6] |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | N/A | 5.5/10[7][a] |
EP Daily | 6/10[8] | N/A |
Famitsu | N/A | 28/40[9] |
Game Informer | N/A | 6.5/10[10] |
GameFan | N/A | 85%[11][b] |
GameRevolution | N/A | D+[12] |
GameSpot | N/A | 8.7/10[13] |
IGN | 7.8/10[14] | 7/10[15] |
Next Generation | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PC Accelerator | 6/10[18] | N/A |
PC Gamer (UK) | 69%[19] | N/A |
The game received average reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[3][4] GameSpot gave the PlayStation version a favorable review, over a month before its U.S. release date.[13] However, Next Generation said of the same console version, "In the end, its style-over-substance, mediocre gameplay is what you'll remember the most."[16] In Japan, where the same console version was ported and published by Electronic Arts Square, also under the name X-Games Pro Boarder (X GAMES プロボーダー, Ekkusu Gēmuzu Puro Bōdā), on March 11, 1999, Famitsu gave it a score of 28 out of 40.[9] GamePro said that the PlayStation version "enters the PlayStation snowboarding foray to carve a piece out of Cool Boarders' mountain. But X Games Pro Boarder doesn't have the kick to knock CB off the slopes."[20][c]
Notes
[edit]- ^ in Electronic Gaming Monthly's review of the PlayStation version, one critic gave it 5.5/10, two others gave it each a score of 5/10, and another gave it 6.5/10.
- ^ In GameFan's viewpoint of the PlayStation version, one critic gave it 86, and the other 84.
- ^ GamePro gave the PlayStation version all four 3.5/5 scores for graphics, sound, control, and fun factor.
References
[edit]- ^ Perry, Douglass C. (October 20, 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder [sic] (Preview)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ Mayer, Robert (November 6, 1998). "EA Says X Games Pro Boarder Goes Gold". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on January 30, 2003. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ^ a b "ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 12, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ^ a b "ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ^ Goble, Gordon (January 14, 1999). "X Games Pro Boarder (PC)". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ^ Broderick, Glen (December 11, 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder (PS)". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ^ Smith, Shawn; Hsu, Dan; Hager, Dean; Boyer, Crispin (November 1998). "X-Games: Pro Boarder [sic]" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 112. Ziff Davis. p. 252. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 19, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ Grant, Jules (December 31, 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder (PC)". The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions Ltd. Archived from the original on July 6, 2003. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ^ a b "X GAMES プロボーダー [PS]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on October 9, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "X-Games: Pro Boarder [sic] (PS)". Game Informer. No. 68. FuncoLand. December 1998.
- ^ Higgins, Geoff "El Nino"; Stockert, Bruce "Reubus" (January 1999). "X Games Pro Boarder (PS)". GameFan. Vol. 7, no. 1. Shinno Media. p. 88. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ^ Dick, Kevin (December 1998). "ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder Review (PS)". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ^ a b MacDonald, Ryan (October 13, 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder Review (PS) [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"]". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on January 16, 2005. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ Blevins, Tal (February 8, 1999). "ESPN X Games Pro Boarder [sic] (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ Perry, Douglass C. (November 11, 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder (PS)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on August 21, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ a b "X Games Pro Boarder (PS)". Next Generation. No. 49. Imagine Media. January 1999. p. 106. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ^ Rybicki, Joe (November 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Vol. 2, no. 2. Ziff Davis. p. 126. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ Egger, Dan (February 1999). "X Games Pro Boarders [sic]". PC Accelerator. No. 6. Imagine Media. p. 104. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ Gillen, Kieron (March 1999). "X Games Pro Boarder". PC Gamer UK. No. 67. Future Publishing. Archived from the original on September 6, 2001. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ The Rookie (December 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder (PS)". GamePro. No. 123. IDG Entertainment. p. 228. Archived from the original on January 17, 2005. Retrieved October 6, 2020.