ATV: Thunder Ridge Riders
Voxel-engine ATV racer for Game Boy Advance and DS.
ATV: Thunder Ridge Riders is a racing video game developed for the Game Boy Advance in 2006. It is notable for its use of a voxel engine, which challenged Nintendo's hardware vision according to Retro Gamer.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Skyworks Technologies
- Apex Design (DS)
- Skyworks Interactive (DS)
- Publisher
- DSI Games (NA); Zoo Digital Publishing (EU)
- Genre
- Racing
- Modes
- Single-player
- Platforms
- Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS
Facts from the source article.
Did You Know?
- Players can earn performance upgrades for engines, shocks, and tires.
- The game features three play styles: Quick Game, Career, and Timed Checkpoint.
- Players race against three computer-controlled opponents in a desert wasteland.
Development and release
Retro Gamer noted the title among 3D games that challenged Nintendo's hardware vision due to its voxel engine. Prior to release, the German magazine N-Zone mistakenly listed Capcom as publisher. A Nintendo DS port, co-developed by Apex Design and Skyworks Interactive, was released in 2007 exclusively as a double-pack with Monster Truck Mayhem. Nintendo announced a Wii version titled ATV Thunder Ridge Riders & Monster Trucks for March 7, 2008, published by Zoo Digital Publishing, but the project was cancelled without further notification.
Reception
The Game Boy Advance version received limited critical attention and has no tracked scores on review aggregators. Nintendo World in Brazil found the multiplayer mode fun but noted stiff, insensitive gameplay. Mobile Gamer awarded it 6 out of 10, criticizing clunky gameplay. The Nintendo DS double-pack was heavily panned: GameZone gave it 4/10, and IGN rated it 2/10, describing it as a poorly executed release.
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