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'''''X Games Pro Boarder''''' is a video game developed by Team Beer of [[Radical Entertainment]] and published by [[Electronic Arts]] for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] and [[Windows]] in 1998.


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==Gameplay==
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''X Games Pro Boarder'' is a two-player snowboarding game sporting both the [[ESPN]] and [[X Games]] licenses.<ref name="NG"/>
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| platforms = [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Microsoft Windows]]
| 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}}
| genre = [[Snowboarding video games|Snowboarding]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
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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 (console)|PlayStation]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]].


==Reception==
==Reception==
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Reception to the game was mixed, with ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' reviewing the PlayStation version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stating that "in the end, its style-over-substance, mediocre gameplay is what you'll remember the most."<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine|last=|first=|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=49|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=January 1999|page=106}}</ref> GameSpot, however, rated the same version 8.7/10 calling it "the best snowboarding game out for the PlayStation."<ref name="GS">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/games/espn-x-games-pro-boarder/reviews/ |title=ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder reviews |last=Mac Donald |first=Ryan |date=13 October 1998 |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher= |access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
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| GR_PC = 70%<ref name=GRPC>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/575214-espn-x-games-pro-boarder/index.html |title=ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder for PC |website=[[GameRankings]] |publisher=CBS Interactive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512042921/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/575214-espn-x-games-pro-boarder/index.html |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
| GR_PS = 70%<ref name=GRPS>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/199355-espn-x-games-pro-boarder/index.html |title=ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder for PlayStation |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501074751/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/199355-espn-x-games-pro-boarder/index.html |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
| CNG_PC = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Goble |first=Gordon |date=January 14, 1999 |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0%2C6%2C0-2407%2C00.html |title=X Games Pro Boarder (PC) |website=Gamecenter |publisher=[[CNET]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816093135/http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-2407,00.html |archive-date=August 16, 2000 |access-date=August 29, 2023}}</ref>
| CNG_PS = 4/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Broderick |first=Glen |date=December 11, 1998 |url=http://gamecenter.com/Consoles/Sony/Xproboard/ |title=X Games Pro Boarder (PS) |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816184353/http://gamecenter.com/Consoles/Sony/Xproboard/ |archive-date=August 16, 2000 |access-date=August 29, 2023}}</ref>
| EGM_PS = 5.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Smith |first1=Shawn |last2=Hsu |first2=Dan |last3=Hager |first3=Dean |last4=Boyer |first4=Crispin |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/f/f2/EGM_US_112.pdf |title=X-Games: Pro Boarder [sic] |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=112 |date=November 1998 |page=252 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519110254/https://retrocdn.net/images/f/f2/EGM_US_112.pdf |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref>{{efn|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.}}
| EPD_PC = 6/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Grant |first=Jules |date=December 31, 1998 |url=http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=272&full=1#mr_toppy |title=X Games Pro Boarder (PC) |website=[[EP Daily|The Electric Playground]] |publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030706084753/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=272&full=1#mr_toppy |archive-date=July 6, 2003 |access-date=August 29, 2023}}</ref>
| Fam_PS = 28/40<ref name=Fam>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=18687&redirect=no |title=X GAMES プロボーダー [PS] |language=ja |magazine=[[Famitsu]] |publisher=[[Enterbrain]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009235816/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=18687&redirect=no |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref>
| GI_PS = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=X-Games: Pro Boarder [sic] (PS) |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |publisher=[[FuncoLand]] |issue=68 |date=December 1998}}</ref>
| GameFan_PS = 85%<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Higgins |first1=Geoff "El Nino" |last2=Stockert |first2=Bruce "Reubus" |url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_7_Issue_01/page/n89/mode/2up |title=X Games Pro Boarder (PS) |magazine=[[GameFan]] |publisher=Shinno Media |volume=7 |issue=1 |date=January 1999 |page=88 |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>{{efn|In ''[[GameFan]]''{{'}}s viewpoint of the PlayStation version, one critic gave it 86, and the other 84.}}
| GameRev_PS = D+<ref>{{cite web |last=Dick |first=Kevin |date=December 1998 |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/34226-espn-x-games-pro-boarder-review |title=ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder Review (PS) |website=[[GameRevolution]] |publisher=[[CraveOnline]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001124050/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/espn-x-games-pro-boarder |archive-date=October 1, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
| GSpot_PS = 8.7/10<ref name=GSpot>{{cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Ryan |date=October 13, 1998 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/x-games-pro-boarder-review/1900-2550314/ |title=X Games Pro Boarder Review (PS) [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"] |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050116060959/http://www.gamespot.com/ps/sports/10gamesproboarder/review.html |archive-date=January 16, 2005 |url-status=live |access-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref>
| IGN_PC = 7.8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Blevins |first=Tal |date=February 8, 1999 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/02/09/espn-x-games-pro-boarder |title=ESPN X Games Pro Boarder [sic] (PC) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028201945/https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/02/09/espn-x-games-pro-boarder |archive-date=October 28, 2022 |url-status=live |access-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref>
| IGN_PS = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Douglass C. |date=November 11, 1998 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/11/12/x-games-pro-boarder |title=X Games Pro Boarder (PS) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821042645/https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/11/12/x-games-pro-boarder |archive-date=August 21, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref>
| NGen_PS = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name=NGen>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_49/page/n107/mode/2up |title=X Games Pro Boarder (PS) |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]] |issue=49 |date=January 1999 |page=106 |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
| OPM_PS = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rybicki |first=Joe |url=https://archive.org/details/official-u.-s.-play-station-magazine-volume-2-issue-2-november-1998/page/n123/mode/2up |title=X Games Pro Boarder |magazine=[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine]] |publisher=Ziff Davis |volume=2 |issue=2 |date=November 1998 |page=126 |access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref>
| PCA_PC = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Egger |first=Dan |url=https://archive.org/details/PCXL06Feb1999/page/n103/mode/2up |title=X Games Pro Boarders [sic] |magazine=[[PC Accelerator]] |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=6 |date=February 1999 |page=104 |access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref>
| PCGUK_PC = 69%<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gillen |first=Kieron |url=http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=1412 |title=X Games Pro Boarder |magazine=[[PC Gamer|PC Gamer UK]] |publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing]] |issue=67 |date=March 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010906163251/http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=1412 |archive-date=September 6, 2001 |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref>
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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 [[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.}}
==Reviews==

*''[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine|Official PlayStation Magazine]]'' #14 (1998 November)
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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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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