Software:X Games Pro Boarder

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X Games Pro Boarder
X Games Pro Boarder cover.jpg
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

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
PCPS
EGMN/A5.5/10[7][lower-alpha 1]
FamitsuN/A28/40[9]
Game InformerN/A6.5/10[10]
GameFanN/A85%[11][lower-alpha 2]
GameRevolutionN/AD+[12]
GameSpotN/A8.7/10[13]
IGN7.8/10[14]7/10[15]
Next GenerationN/A2/5 stars[16]
OPM (US)N/A4/5 stars[17]
PC Gamer (UK)69%[19]N/A
Aggregate score
GameRankings70%[3]70%[4]

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][lower-alpha 3]

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)"]. Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/10/21/x-games-pro-boarder-2. 
  2. Mayer, Robert (November 6, 1998). "EA Says X Games Pro Boarder Goes Gold". Strategy Plus, Inc.. http://www.cdmag.com/articles/015/088/proboard_news.html. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder for PC". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/575214-espn-x-games-pro-boarder/index.html. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder for PlayStation". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/199355-espn-x-games-pro-boarder/index.html. 
  5. Goble, Gordon (January 14, 1999). "X Games Pro Boarder (PC)". CNET. http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0%2C6%2C0-2407%2C00.html. 
  6. Broderick, Glen (December 11, 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder (PS)". CNET. http://gamecenter.com/Consoles/Sony/Xproboard/. 
  7. Smith, Shawn; Hsu, Dan; Hager, Dean; Boyer, Crispin (November 1998). "X-Games: Pro Boarder [sic"]. Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (112): 252. https://retrocdn.net/images/f/f2/EGM_US_112.pdf. Retrieved August 28, 2023. 
  8. Grant, Jules (December 31, 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder (PC)". Greedy Productions Ltd.. http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=272&full=1#mr_toppy. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 "X GAMES プロボーダー [PS"] (in ja). Famitsu (Enterbrain). https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=18687&redirect=no. Retrieved August 28, 2023. 
  10. "X-Games: Pro Boarder [sic] (PS)". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (68). December 1998. 
  11. Higgins, Geoff "El Nino"; Stockert, Bruce "Reubus" (January 1999). "X Games Pro Boarder (PS)". GameFan (Shinno Media) 7 (1): 88. https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_7_Issue_01/page/n89/mode/2up. Retrieved October 6, 2020. 
  12. Dick, Kevin (December 1998). "ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder Review (PS)". CraveOnline. https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/34226-espn-x-games-pro-boarder-review. 
  13. 13.0 13.1 MacDonald, Ryan (October 13, 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder Review (PS) [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000""]. Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/x-games-pro-boarder-review/1900-2550314/. 
  14. Blevins, Tal (February 8, 1999). "ESPN X Games Pro Boarder [sic (PC)"]. Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/02/09/espn-x-games-pro-boarder. 
  15. Perry, Douglass C. (November 11, 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder (PS)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/11/12/x-games-pro-boarder. 
  16. 16.0 16.1 "X Games Pro Boarder (PS)". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (49): 106. January 1999. https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_49/page/n107/mode/2up. Retrieved October 6, 2020. 
  17. Rybicki, Joe (November 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Ziff Davis) 2 (2): 126. https://archive.org/details/official-u.-s.-play-station-magazine-volume-2-issue-2-november-1998/page/n123/mode/2up. Retrieved August 31, 2023. 
  18. Egger, Dan (February 1999). "X Games Pro Boarders [sic"]. PC Accelerator (Imagine Media) (6): 104. https://archive.org/details/PCXL06Feb1999/page/n103/mode/2up. Retrieved January 25, 2021. 
  19. Gillen, Kieron (March 1999). "X Games Pro Boarder". PC Gamer UK (Future Publishing) (67). http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=1412. Retrieved July 30, 2021. 
  20. The Rookie (December 1998). "X Games Pro Boarder (PS)". GamePro (IDG Entertainment) (123): 228. https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_113_December_1998/page/n231/mode/2up. Retrieved October 6, 2020. 

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