Air Boarder 64
Air Boarder 64 is a futuristic hoverboard racing game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Human Entertainment and released in Japan and Europe in 1998. It was to be released under the name AirBoardin' USA in North America by ASCII Entertainment, but was cancelled.
Air Boarder 64
- Date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Human Entertainment
- Genre
- racing video game
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Air Boarder 64 is a futuristic hoverboard racing game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Human Entertainment and released in Japan and Europe in 1998. It was to be released under the name AirBoardin' USA in North America by ASCII Entertainment, but was cancelled.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Developer — Human Entertainment • Composer — Masafumi Takada • Genre — Racing • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Nintendo 64
Gameplay
Gameplay
Air Boarder 64 rewards players for scoring the most points by performing stunt moves in an environment featuring skate park mainstays such as rails and halfpipes. Scoring enough points will earn the player additional levels of competition, and higher scores can be awarded from exploring the game's setting to find high-scoring jumps. Other game modes include Versus Race, Time Attack, Coin Challenge, and Stunt Mode.
Development
Development
On July 11, 2000, the release date for the North American version of Air Boarder 64, titled Air Boardin' USA, was pushed back to February 17, 2001. On November 9, 2000, IGN announced that the North American version of the game had been cancelled.
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1998
Air Boarder 64 published.
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- Japan
Reception
Air Boarder 64 received mixed reviews upon its release. Nintendo Power gave it a 6.9 overall rating, stating that its graphics looked "fairly sharp, but the game lacks some of the special effects that are common in the latest generation of N64 titles" and that its sound "completely fails to rock." In comparing the game to 1080° Snowboarding, Tim Weaver of N64 Magazine said that "its similarity to 1080° begins and ends with the fact that both games feature a board." Weaver, whose review scored the game at 58%, went on to criticize the game's main mode, extra modes, camera controls, course design, and lack of a race mode akin to Mario Kart 64. Nintendo Official Magazine drew similarities to 1080° Snowboarding in its 69% review, stating that "There is no comparison between Airboarder 64 and 1080°. It's slow, play controls are too basic and there's little challenge."
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- “Air Boarder 64”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.ASCII Entertainment Software Announces the AirBoardin' USA. 1998-05-28.
- 2.Air Boarder 64 – Credits (Nintendo 64). MobyGames.
- 3.Airboarder Ships in Japan. 1998-03-25.
- 4.Data sheet of the game Airboarder 64 (Europe). Nintendo64EVER.
- 5.AirBoardin' USA a Very Ironic Name. 2000-11-09.
- 6.AirBoardin' USA. 1998-08.
- 7.Tokyo Game Show '98 Spring. 1998-05.
- 8.Mike Fahey. In Praise Of Games That Make Us Small. Kotaku. 2017-05-24.
- 9.Air Boarder Searches for US Publisher. IGN. 1998-02-24.
- 10.Air Boarder 64. IGN. 2000-03-14.
- 11.What's Coming When. 2000-07-11.
- 12.Airboarder 64. 1998-05.
- 13.Air Boarder 64. 1998-08.
- 14.Air Boardin' USA. 1999-08.
- 15.Eliot Fish. Air Boarders. 1998-08.
- 16.Tim Weaver. Air Boarder 64. 1998-06.
- 17.Airboardin' USA. 1999-05.
- 18.Airboarder 64. 1998-11.
- 19.Air Boarder 64. 1998-09.
- 20.Air Boarder 64. 1998-05.
- 21.Air Boarder 64. 1998-11.
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