Boarder Zone

by Atari

Product Features

• Huge hazardous slopes with cliffs and crevasses
• Combo grabs into 720°s and 1080°s: Killer Tricks, Grabs, Spins & Rotations
• Grind on anything, day or night
• Stunning variable effects, from terrain to weather
• Races, Time Trials, Big Air & Pipe: 5 Modes, 4 Events

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00003OPDZ
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8 x 2 inches ; 8.6 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: March 6, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,092 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Snap on your bindings! Nail tricks with incredible real moves. Free-ride through wild snow in multiple events. Rip dangerous, breathtaking slopes without boundaries.

Product Description

8-player Network Mode: Back it up when you trash-talk your friends Real Y2K snowboards GameSpot Boarder Zone is fun and entertaining, but only as a diversion. The single-player game lacks too many of the options and features you expect to see in a snowboarding game. Boarder Zone has many good qualities, but you'll find yourself going through all the game has to offer too quickly. It's more enjoyable as an arcade game to play with your friends, since the single-player mode is too dull otherwise. Boarder Zone's best features are its detailed graphics and its fluid 3D engine. When you go down a slope, your board leaves an imprint in the snow according to the powder level. When you turn, the board sprays snow as it cuts into the slope. When you fall, your hands and body leave print trails. There is also a nice replay option, and the chase camera always finds the best angles at which to follow your maneuvers. The lighting is realistic and provides atmosphere and a good sense of movement. With the exception of handplants, Boarder Zone lets you perform all widely known snowboarding maneuvers. Boarder Zone has no tutorial, but the game uses such a simple interface that performing advanced tricks like the 720 rotation, the roast beef, the melanchollie, or the stalefish is easy. You also get to choose from four brand-name boards, each designed to accommodate different types of snowboarding. Boarder Zone features four types of competitions: race, time, big air, and pipe. Once you've made your selection, you choose from four types of weather and three types of courses: village, alpine, or forest. You can also choose to compete in a championship or exhibition, but unfortunately you're limited to the same courses in each. Nevertheless, the slopes are well designed and have many jumps and great scenery. Not only can you speed past the rocks, trees, and canyons that you'd expect, but you can also go through villages on ice-covered streets, weave between lampposts, and more

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Boader Zone, April 14, 2000

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David Margolis (Sacramento, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boarder Zone (CD-ROM)

Boarder Zone is the best looking snowboarding game yet. This game's designers have given remarkable attention to detail. From the character design and backgrounds to the gleams of light which reflect off individual snowflakes, this one makes you feel like you're actually snowboarding. Snowboard sims of the past have lacked the in snow feeling that Boarder Zone provides, whether it be riding, jumping, or (shudder) crashing. Yes, the crashes in this game will make you want to stay indoors where it's warm and safe! In contrast to its great looks, excellent level design, and stunningly precise game play, the game falls short in a few important areas. First, the game controller buttons can't be configured within the game, and this makes customizing your controller difficult. Second, the game loads uncomfortably slowly between levels. Even with a superior system (the system requirements for this game are quite demanding), the wait becomes intolerable after time. If you already own X-games Pro Boarder (the best PC snowboard game yet), I would definitely recommend Boarder Zone. Otherwise, I'd save a few bucks and try that game first.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Boarder zone review, August 21, 2002

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"rockbottomwalsh" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boarder Zone (CD-ROM)

This game is one of the great underapreciated games of the past few years. It is not flawless, The Halfpipe is poorly modeled and the limited selection of music gets annoying very very quickly. That being said there are many more redeeming features than condemning ones. The Method of performing tricks is brilliant as well as the physics which are some of the best i have ever seen in any game period. The levels are huge and diverse and each one can be replayed thousands of times and still remain fresh and new. This game is Vvery very good and as it is older it is quite reasonably priced. A must for anyone with even a passing interest in snowboarding.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Boarder zone is IN DA ZONE, August 10, 2002

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Evan Williams "fezz" (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boarder Zone (CD-ROM)

Boarder Zone is a very cool game. It is very reallistic, with the levels, animation and boards. There are three types of ways to board: time race, BIG air, and half-pipe. There is also a practice level, which ,I think, is the best one in the game. I didn't give it 5 stars because it can be kind of boring after playing it a while.