18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker

by SEGA

Product Details

• ASIN: B00005AYE6
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,988 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Even if you're not the type to bleat out the 1975 hit "Convoy" over a CB radio, you'll probably still get the sweats thinking about racing with 20 tons of cargo pushing your rig. Choose between four 18-wheel trucks, and then ride against rival truckers and the clock as you try to deliver your payload intact and on time. The game offers 20 stages on the way from New York to San Francisco, as well as four play modes: Arcade, Parking Challenge, Score Attack, and Versus. Eighteen Wheeler is compatible with separately sold steering-wheel controllers.

Amazon.co.uk

Now's your chance to go trucking mad with Eighteen Wheeler: American Pro Trucker for the Dreamcast. Taking plenty of inspiration from Crazy Taxi, Eighteen Wheeler sees you driving like a maniac through crowded streets and on the freeway in an 18-wheeled monster truck. With your load varying from big rigs to a trailer full of logs, this is certainly a game for those who like crazy action.

There are a number of levels and options from which to choose. The arcade mode pits you against the computer in a race to the finish line while keeping your load intact. Next up is the parking level, with a variety of challenges across a series of tracks. You have to guide your mammoth vehicle around streets, canyons, and seaside resorts, and must do your best in parking your rig. But be warned--knocking that rogue lamppost only loses you more time.

Apart from racing and parking, the game offers pure smash-and-run antics, rewarding you as you hit bonus cars and destroy your rivals. And, of course, no game like this would be complete without a vs. mode, so Eighteen Wheeler provides hours of fun as you challenge your friends to duel with 40-ton juggernauts.

Essentially, this game is Crazy Taxi, only bigger, bolder, and heavier. It's definitely for gamers looking for lighthearted drive-and-destroy action. --Jason Denwood

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Worth It, May 30, 2001

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Bendog6845 (Moline, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker (Video Game)

I was excited to learn there would be a crazi taxi style game coming out using big rigs, but after I bought it I learned that it only had 4 levels and a really boring parking game. My friend and I beat the game in about 20 min. Another thing is that you can't just drive around like in crazi taxi ; you have about thirty seconds to get to each checkpoint.

The only cool thing about the game is that you can smash through anything in your way.

I recommend borrowing the game from a friend-don't waste ... on buying a game you will use for a half hour.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars truck man, June 5, 2002

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This review is from: 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker (Video Game)

I love trucks so I thought it was a great game, but I was pretty dissapointed when I beat the game in less than an hour for the first time. I have played the game through many times, but now I'm sick of it. NOW! dont make the same mistake I made, I looked at the game on the internet and the graphics were outstanding, or so I thought, in fact I bought my dreamcast for this game, right when it came out. Rent the game for a couple of nights and I can asure you you'll have mastered this game and be very sick of it in a couple nights. I spent [$$$] on this game and its not worth it, but don't get me wrong this game is still very fun, maybe only at first

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good fun, for about half an hour anyway..., April 11, 2002

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N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker (Video Game)

18 Wheeler was a good game in the arcade, and now you don't have to blow a dollar a pop to play it. The Dreamcast version is everything the arcade version is, crisp clean graphics, smooth controls, and great gameplay make this one of the last good Dreamcast games, think of it as Crazy Taxi with a big truck. Only problem is, and its a major problem at that, is this game is real short, and there are no extras, something Sega should have incorporated for their home conversion. Other than that, this is a good DC pickup.