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| released = '''PlayStation'''<br />{{Video game release|NA|November 10, 1998<ref>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Douglass C. |date=October 20, 1998 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/10/21/x-games-pro-boarder-2 |title=X Games Pro Boarder [sic] (Preview) |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828231336/https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/10/21/x-games-pro-boarder-2 |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref>|EU|1998}}'''Windows'''<br />{{Video game release|NA|November 23, 1998<ref>{{cite web |last=Mayer |first=Robert |date=November 6, 1998 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/015/088/proboard_news.html |title=EA Says X Games Pro Boarder Goes Gold |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030130171507/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/015/088/proboard_news.html |archive-date=January 30, 2003 |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>|EU|1998}}
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}}'''''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 Interactive Entertainment|Sony Computer Entertainment Europe]] for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] in 1998.
'''''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 (console)|PlayStation]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]].


==Reception==
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The game received average reviews on both platforms according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[GameRankings]].<ref name=GRPC/><ref name=GRPS/> ''[[GameSpot]]'' gave the PlayStation version a favorable review, over a month before its U.S. release date.<ref name=GSpot/> However, ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' said of the same console version, "In the end, its style-over-substance, mediocre gameplay is what you'll remember the most."<ref name=NGen/> In Japan, where the same console version was ported and published by [[ESPN]] Digital Games, also under the name {{nihongo|'''''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.<ref name=Fam/> ''[[GamePro]]'' said that the PlayStation version "enters the PlayStation snowboarding foray to carve a piece out of ''[[Cool Boarders (video game)|Cool Boarders]]''{{'}} mountain. But ''X Games Pro Boarder'' doesn't have the kick to knock ''CB'' off the slopes."<ref>{{cite magazine |author=The Rookie |url=https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_113_December_1998/page/n231/mode/2up |title=X Games Pro Boarder (PS) |magazine=[[GamePro]] |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG Entertainment]] |issue=123 |date=December 1998 |page=228 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050117223524/http://gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/268.shtml |archive-date=January 17, 2005 |url-status=live |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>{{efn|''[[GamePro]]'' gave the PlayStation version all four 3.5/5 scores for graphics, sound, control, and fun factor.}}
The game received average reviews on both platforms according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[GameRankings]].<ref name=GRPC/><ref name=GRPS/> ''[[GameSpot]]'' gave the PlayStation version a favorable review, over a month before its U.S. release date.<ref name=GSpot/> However, ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' said of the same console version, "In the end, its style-over-substance, mediocre gameplay is what you'll remember the most."<ref name=NGen/> In Japan, where the same console version was ported and published by [[Square (video game company)#Publishing and subsidiaries|Electronic Arts Square]], also under the name {{nihongo|'''''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.<ref name=Fam/> ''[[GamePro]]'' said that the PlayStation version "enters the PlayStation snowboarding foray to carve a piece out of ''[[Cool Boarders (video game)|Cool Boarders]]''{{'}} mountain. But ''X Games Pro Boarder'' doesn't have the kick to knock ''CB'' off the slopes."<ref>{{cite magazine |author=The Rookie |url=https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_113_December_1998/page/n231/mode/2up |title=X Games Pro Boarder (PS) |magazine=[[GamePro]] |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG Entertainment]] |issue=123 |date=December 1998 |page=228 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050117223524/http://gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/268.shtml |archive-date=January 17, 2005 |url-status=live |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>{{efn|''[[GamePro]]'' gave the PlayStation version all four 3.5/5 scores for graphics, sound, control, and fun factor.}}


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Latest revision as of 11:53, 23 December 2024

ESPN X Games Pro Boarder
Developer(s)Radical Entertainment
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
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 1998 snowboarding video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation and Windows.

Reception

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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

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  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

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  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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