X Games Pro Boarder
1998 video game
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ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder, also known as X Games Pro Boarder, is a 1998 snowboarding video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation and Windows.
| ESPN X Games Pro Boarder | |
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| Developer | Radical Entertainment |
| Publisher | Electronic Arts
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| Platforms | PlayStation, Microsoft Windows |
| Release | PlayStation Windows |
| Genre | Snowboarding |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Reception
| Aggregator | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| PC | PS | |
| GameRankings | 70%[3] | 70%[4] |
| Publication | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2/5[16] |
| Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | N/A | 4/5[17] |
| 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
- 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.
