4 Wheel Thunder

• Title — 4 Wheel Thunder • Developer — Kalisto Entertainment • Publisher — Midway • Composer — Frédéric Motte • Series — Thunder • Released — June 9, 2000 • Genre — Racing • Modes — Single player, multiplayer • Platforms — Dreamcast

4 Wheel Thunder consists of races with vehicles like monster trucks, ATV, or buggy, all of which have different racing features. The goal is to defeat the opponents by coming to the finish line as fast as possible. 12 tracks are available across six locations, and there are shortcuts on each track which can be taken to drive faster through certain sections. The starting position is always the last place, which forces the use of blue and red turbo boosts scattered throughout the tracks. Being an arcade styled racing game, triggers are used as the accelerator/brake, and the analog stick to navigate the vehicles. Players can also use a special turbo button for a speed increase. In the single-player segment, there are three game modes: Championship, Indoor/Outdoor Arcade and Practice. In Championship, the player has to be either first or second to finish in order to unlock more tracks, while Indoor/Outdoor Arcade includes a series of races with specific differences between the tracks (outdoor ones are longer, and indoor ones have more sharper turns). The additional mode section offers play modes for a multi-player game with two people: balloon, bomb, bomb race and tag battle. In the bomb mode, explosives are tied to the vehicle, with an objective to transfer those to the opponents by ramming them. Bomb race is a variation of bomb, except it has to be all done within a time limit. In balloon mode, collecting balloons gives an extra time with a winning condition being either winning the race itself or collecting the most balloons.