Tonka Monster Trucks

by Atari

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005ME4O
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 25, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,506 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Driving on obstacle-strewn courses, crushing improbably large objects under your tires, and speeding up huge ramps in order to blast off into the air are just a few of the stunts you can perform in Tonka Monster Trucks. Along the way, players with a bent for vehicular destruction can not only smash everything in their path, but also earn tokens that will help them build even more powerful vehicles.

Tonka Joe is the host as you enter the world of monster trucks, explaining your play options and offering advice to new drivers. Square jawed, deep voiced, and brawny, he enthusiastically guides players through the complexities of getting a driver's license, customizing a vehicle, and learning to operate it--at maximum velocity, naturally. Those players wishing to skip the preliminaries can get right behind the wheel, stunting, racing, and zooming around on freestyle courses. Every course comes with a hoard of screaming fans who evaluate driver performance on a scale from one to five. Keep the crowd cheering, and you're sure to score big.

Though its software is a little prone to crashing and other glitches, Tonka Monster Trucks is otherwise a reasonably appealing game. It has three levels of difficulty, and offers over 15 driving courses to big-truck aficionados. As with adult driving games, it takes some practice and finesse to operate the Tonka trucks, a factor that will reward patient players. The tutorials are thorough and well designed, and the courses themselves are inventive, loaded with items no real-life monster-truck operator could ever hope to crush, smash, or otherwise flatten.

A satisfyingly noisy soundtrack and the ability to leave muddy tire tracks all over the racecourse more than complete the gaming fun. --Alyx Dellamonica

Product Description

Now, using a computer, kids create and drive the biggest trucks around! The fun begins in the garage, where monster trucks can be customized with a choice of engines.

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Customer Reviews

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun for busy boys, November 29, 2001

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J. Riley (APO AA, AA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tonka Monster Trucks (CD-ROM)

If your kids (especially boys) dont give you a minute to relax do yourself a favor and purchase this game. Your kids will have hours of fun BY THEMSELVES - after a little explaining from mom about the basics of the game. It is a action packed game with alot of variables so when they get tired of one aspect of the game they can switch to another. I think most anyone will be happy with this game. Its not violent or one of those shoot em up games but it does include all the "tough" action that kids love.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Program!, May 24, 2002

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"will22" (Boise, ID USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tonka Monster Trucks (CD-ROM)

This program works great. Be advised though that it is VERY graphics intensive. If you have an old system, it won't run very well. We are running Windows XP on a P4 1.9Ghz and it hasn't skipped a beat. The graphics really are decent. My five year old loves to play it, and dad even sneaks in from time to time to blast the nitrous over a row of cars...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun, December 27, 2001

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Bryan C. Keller (Swansea, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tonka Monster Trucks (CD-ROM)

Overall, this was a great purchase. My 3 1/2 yr old little boy just loves driving these Monster Trucks, he keeps himself occupied for hours. The game is a lot of fun for Dad too-we love playing it together. It is great to see such prolonged concentration in a little boy. The graphics and sounds are fantastic. He especially enjoys designing and customizing his truck. One of the best features is that it works with Tonka's "Digs and Rigs" (also highly recommended) steering wheel controller that quickly mounts over your keyboard. Without this feature, I would not have purchased it for him. This is a game that is easy to get up and running properly within a few minutes of installing the software.