Quad Desert Fury

• Title — Quad Desert Fury • Developer — Skyworks Technologies • Publisher — Majesco Games • Platforms — Game Boy Advance • Genre — Racing • Modes — Single-player

Quad Desert Fury is an off-road checkpoint racing game featuring seven tracks across desert terrain. All races feature a variety of obstacles, such as sinkholes, large dunes, and desert wells. An in-game map is available to assist players during each race. As a race progresses, checkpoints are charted on the map in order to help drivers locate their position quickly. The game includes multiple modes of play, including Quick Race, Time Trial, and Championship mode.

The game was showcased at Majesco Games' booth during E3 2003. At the event, in an early hands-on preview, IGN praised the game's 3D voxel engine for creating realistic flowing terrain, but criticized the 2D character sprites for bouncing stiffly with low frames of animation. Similarly, the Polish magazine Neo Plus noted in its E3 coverage that while the announced voxel technology looked good, the quads and their drivers appeared visually poor. The game was released only in North America on September 30, 2003, as a budget title at a retail price of $19.99. In a May 2004 interview with Manci Games, Skyworks co-founder David Crane explained that the studio utilized their own proprietary 3D technology, which was specifically tailored to power an off-road driving game. On April 25, 2005, Majesco re-released the game, this time, also for the European market, on a single cartridge compilation alongside Monster Trucks, titled 2 Games In 1 Double Value: Monster Trucks & Quad Desert Fury. Regarding this release, Sascha Dowidat of the German magazine N-Zone remarked that while the concept of a racing double-pack was good in theory, the low overall quality of both games made it an insignificant bundle offered at a budget price. In fact, the bundle was released at the same price as the standalone release despite being a 2-in-1 bundle this time.

In August 2004, nearly a year after its release, despite receiving negative reviews from critics, Quad Desert Fury entered Nintendo Powers monthly Game Boy Advance top ten sales chart at the number eight position, marking its first and last month on the chart. On this occasion, it outperformed Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004 and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.