Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray
2003 video game
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Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray is a 2003 extreme sports video game developed by Shaba Games, Small Rockets and Beenox, and published by Activision under the Activision O2 label and Aspyr for Game Boy Advance, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. It features wakeboarder Shaun Murray.
Small Rockets (GBA)
Beenox (PC)
- WW: Activision O2
- NA: Aspyr (GBA, PC)
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| Developers | Shaba Games Small Rockets (GBA) Beenox (PC) |
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| Platforms | Game Boy Advance, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Release | Game Boy Advance PlayStation 2, Xbox Windows, Macintosh |
| Genre | Sports |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Development
The game's working title was Shaun Murray's Pro Wakeboarder.[1] A demo version of the game can be accessed from the options menu of the PlayStation 2 version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.
Reception
| Publication | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBA | PC | PS2 | Xbox | |
| Edge | N/A | N/A | 5/10[6] | 5/10[6] |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | N/A | N/A | 8.17/10[7] | N/A |
| Famitsu | N/A | N/A | N/A | 23/40[8] |
| Game Informer | N/A | N/A | 8.25/10[9] | 8.5/10[10] |
| GamePro | N/A | N/A | 4/5[11] | 4/5[12] |
| GameRevolution | N/A | N/A | B[13] | B[13] |
| GameSpot | N/A | N/A | 7.3/10[14] | 7.3/10[14] |
| GameSpy | 2/5[15] | N/A | 4.5/5[16] | 4.5/5[17] |
| GameZone | 5.9/10[18] | 8.5/10[19] | 8.9/10[20] | 8.9/10[21] |
| IGN | 7/10[22] | N/A | 8.6/10[23] | 8.4/10[24] |
| Nintendo Power | 3/5[25] | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | N/A | N/A | 4.5/5[26] | N/A |
| Official Xbox Magazine (US) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9/10[27] |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | N/A | N/A | 4/5[28] | 4/5[28] |
| The Village Voice | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8/10[29] |
The game received "favorable" reviews on all platforms except the Game Boy Advance version, which received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2][3][4][5] Nintendo Power gave the Game Boy Advance version a mixed review, over two months before its release Stateside.[25] In Japan, where the Xbox version was ported for release on December 25, 2003, Famitsu gave it a score of one six, one five, and two sixes for a total of 23 out of 40.[8]
