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Surf Rocket Racers

Surf Rocket Racers (working title: Surf Rocket Racer), known in Japan as Power Jet Racing 2001 (パワージェットレーシング2001, Pawā Jetto Rēshingu 2001), is a video game developed and published by CRI Middleware and Crave Entertainment for Dreamcast in 2000-2001.

Surf Rocket Racers
Developer(s)CRI Middleware
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Dreamcast
Release
  • EU: 2000
  • NA: February 28, 2001
  • JP: March 22, 2001
Genre(s)Racing video game
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Reception edit

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1] Jim Preston of NextGen called it "a diet, caffeine-free, non-carbonated version of much more interesting games."[11] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40.[5] Iron Thumbs of GamePro said in an early review, "If you're a water-racing fanatic and [you] want nothing more than to use your Dreamcast to race jet-skis, then look no further. If you're looking for a solid racing game, keep on lookin'."[12][b]

Notes edit

  1. ^ In Electronic Gaming Monthly's review of the game, one critic gave it a score of 3/10, and the rest gave it each a score of 4.5/10.
  2. ^ GamePro gave the game two 4/5 scores for graphics and sound, 4.5/5 for control, and 3.5/5 for fun factor.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Surf Rocket Racers". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on January 17, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  2. ^ Thompson, Jon. "Surf Rocket Racers - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Sewart, Greg; Boyer, Crispin; Mielke, James "Milkman" (April 2001). "Surf Rocket Racers" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 141. Ziff Davis. p. 103. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  4. ^ Bramwell, Tom (March 3, 2001). "Surf Rocket Racers". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on July 10, 2001. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "パワージェットレーシング2001 [ドリームキャスト]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  6. ^ "Surf Rocket Racers". Game Informer. No. 94. FuncoLand. February 2001.
  7. ^ Davis, Ryan (March 1, 2001). "Surf Rocket Racers Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on March 4, 2001. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  8. ^ Tren (March 12, 2001). "Surf Rocker Racers [sic]". PlanetDreamcast. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  9. ^ Chau, Anthony (March 5, 2001). "Surf Rocket Racer [sic]". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  10. ^ pilou (April 13, 2001). "Test: Surf Rocket Racer [sic]". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  11. ^ a b Preston, Jim (March 2001). "Surf Rocket Racer [sic]". NextGen. Imagine Media. p. 86. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  12. ^ Iron Thumbs (February 2001). "Surf Rocket Racer [sic]" (PDF). GamePro. No. 149. IDG. p. 79. Archived from the original on November 30, 2004. Retrieved April 29, 2024.

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