Boarder Zone
Game by Infogrames
Reviewed by The Avardancer (Philip Wesley)
Size: 8 megabits
Save: passwords
Rated: E
Released: 2000
Works with: Game Boy Color ONLY!

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Opening Snide Remarks: I dig 1080. But, that's a Nintendo 64 game. We don't
have anything like that on GBC. Although, this game is attempting to come
close; let us see.

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Gameplay Descripion: One thing I love about raceing games is a sense of
speed. Some games, actually manage to pull off a sense of Speed. V-Rally 99,
and Top Gear Pocket 2 actually do that. This game does not. It also feels
like you're boarding up hill. O_O It also looks like that; but that's another
section. The game has a good amount of Game Play options.

Competition - which is Time Attack, a One on One race, Trick Attack, or
Boarder Zone which is a combination of the previous three modes.

Challenge - Which is essentially the same, without the "Boarder Zone".

Practice - They tell you how to do the pretty cool looking tricks.

There is a decent amount of characters, and boards to choose from. The game
has no battery back up.. so it has passwords. Oh, well. It's fun; but it has
no two-player mode. That would have made it even better. It's fun for a bit;
but it seems more like a car racer than a snowboarding game.

Liked: It's fun.

Hated: But.. it has no two player mode, sense of speed, or feeling that you
are actually going downhill.

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Graphics Description: The character animation is buttery smooth, there is
snow effects, and some menus. But the game itself.. you look like you're
boarding uphill. O_O

Liked: Buttery animation, baby!

Hated: But that boarding up hill thing isn't good like toast.

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Sound/Music Description: The music in th egame is generic techno stuff. No
music when you're actually playing the game. Just generic sound effects. Not
annoying; just not very note-worthy.

Liked: 'Sokay.

Hated: Not much to it.

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Play Control/Game Design: It feels like Cool Boarders, in that you seem to
be glued to your board. Hehehe. Fun game with fairly good playcontol. But to
be honest.. it REALLY needs multi-player options. REALLY.

Liked: Decent.

Hated: No two-player....

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Improve: I want to feel like my character is going downhill and going down
that hill quickly. Also.. 2 Player mode.. PLEASE! No passwords..

RIYL: Cool Boarders.

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Final Words: Worth a look. ^_^ But.. it has a good many flaws...

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Score
Gameplay: ***
Graphics: **** (Gave an extra star for that snow. Oh, yeah.)
Sound/Music: ****
Play Control/Game Design: ****
Personal Opinion: **
Total: 17 out of 25


Final Score: 68%

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Currently Known Codes: Naw.