Supreme Snowboarding

The game received positive critical reception, as well as acclaim for having one of the best visuals of its time, though its lack of content and replay value was sometimes criticized.

• Title — Supreme Snowboarding • Developer — Housemarque • Publisher — Infogrames • Platforms — Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color • Genre — Snowboarding • Released — Windows Game Boy Color 21 December 1999

The game's core is built around three major game modes: • In Arcade, players strive to obtain increasingly large point totals through performing tricks or racing against ghost snowboarders. • The second mode consists of jumping in either a slope or a half-pipe; with competitors divided into three classes based on performance. Each jump is performed thrice with virtual judges awarding points. • In the third mode players compete in slalom and trick competitions and races. The controls of the game received praise, with players only using three other keys for jumps, tricks and carving snow, along with the directional keys. Players hit the jump key to initiate a trick, the trick key is used to perform such tricks, and the third button allows characters to turn faster by carving into the snow. There are nine slalom and six trick courses, as well as six characters, each with their unique pros and cons. Each course features four types of weather and is divided into three types: Alpine, Village or Forest. There are also four snowboards, each designed to accommodate a different type of snowboarding. No internet multiplayer is offered though players can play with up to eight people over a LAN.

Supreme Snowboarding was often bundled with other products; for example, players obtained a copy of the game with their Kellogg's cereal. A cut version of the game, titled Flo-Boarding, was packaged into every N-Gage device in 2003, becoming the first game to be bundled together with the phone. There were initial efforts by Sega of America to port "high-profile titles" including Supreme Snowboarding to the Dreamcast console, though, like many others, such efforts eventually failed due to the platform's uncertain profile with the impending arrival of the PlayStation 2.

A sequel titled Transworld Snowboarding was released for the Xbox console in 2002, noted for being the first Finnish-developed console game. It was renamed from Supreme Snowboarding 2 following a licensing shift as the publisher was moved from France to the United States and eventually became a moderate hit.