ESPN X Games Pro Boarder
Developer(s)Radical Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
ReleasePlayStation
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

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ In GameFan's viewpoint of the PlayStation version, one critic gave it 86, and the other 84.
  3. ^ GamePro gave the PlayStation version all four 3.5/5 scores for graphics, sound, control, and fun factor.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 12, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  5. ^ Goble, Gordon (January 14, 1999). "X Games Pro Boarder (PC)". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  6. ^ Broderick, Glen (December 11, 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder (PS)". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "X-Games: Pro Boarder [sic] (PS)". Game Informer. No. 68. FuncoLand. December 1998.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ a b "X Games Pro Boarder (PS)". Next Generation. No. 49. Imagine Media. January 1999. p. 106. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ Egger, Dan (February 1999). "X Games Pro Boarders [sic]". PC Accelerator. No. 6. Imagine Media. p. 104. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ 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.

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