Rushdown (video game)
{{Short description|1999 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| image = Rushdown video game cover.jpg
| developer = Canal+ Multimédia
Virtual Studio
| publisher = {{vgrelease|EU|Canal+ Multimédia|NA|Electronic Arts}}
| platforms = PlayStation
| released = {{vgrelease|EU|1999|NA|March 3, 1999{{cite web|author=Dunkin, Alan|date=March 3, 1999|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-goes-downhill/1100-2451851/|title=EA Goes Downhill [date mislabeled as "April 27, 2000"]|website=GameSpot|publisher=Red Ventures|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000602140235/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_03/03_vg_downhill/index.html|archive-date=June 2, 2000|url-status=live|access-date=July 29, 2021}}}}
| genre = Sports
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
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Rushdown is a sports video game developed by Canal+ Multimédia and Virtual Studio for PlayStation in 1999. Canal+ Multimédia published the game themselves in Europe with Infogrames handling distribution and marketing, while Electronic Arts published the game in North America.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
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| GR = 42%{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/198531-rushdown/index.html|title=Rushdown for PlayStation|website=GameRankings|publisher=CBS Interactive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521133910/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/198531-rushdown/index.html|archive-date=May 21, 2019|url-status=dead|access-date=July 29, 2021}}
| Allgame = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|author=Marriott, Scott Alan|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=16081&tab=review|title=Rushdown - Review|website=AllGame|publisher=All Media Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114230915/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=16081&tab=review|archive-date=November 14, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=July 29, 2021}}
| CNG = 4/10{{cite web|author=Broderick, Glenn|date=March 19, 1999|url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Sony/Rushdown/|title=Rush Down [sic]|website=Gamecenter|publisher=CNET|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816210255/http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Sony/Rushdown/|archive-date=August 16, 2000|url-status=dead|access-date=July 30, 2021}}
| EPD = 1/10{{cite web|author=Conlin, Shaun|date=July 18, 1999|url=http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=501&full=1#mr_toppy|title=Rushdown|website=The Electric Playground|publisher=Greedy Productions, Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031114015615/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=501&full=1#mr_toppy|archive-date=November 14, 2003|url-status=dead|access-date=July 30, 2021}}
| GI = 5/10{{cite magazine|url=https://gameinformer.com/reviews/review_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=3097|title=Rushdown|magazine=Game Informer|publisher=FuncoLand|issue=72|date=April 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010108023300/http://gameinformer.com/reviews/review_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=3097|archive-date=January 8, 2001|url-status=dead|access-date=July 29, 2021}}
| IGN = 1.5/10{{cite web|author=IGN staff|date=March 9, 1999|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/03/10/rush-down|title=Rush Down [sic]|website=IGN|publisher=Ziff Davis|access-date=July 29, 2021}}
| OPM = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine|author=Kujawa, Kraig|url=https://archive.org/details/Official_US_PlayStation_Magazine_Volume_2_Issue_7_1999-04_Ziff_Davis_US/page/n93/mode/2up|title=Rushdown|magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine|publisher=Ziff Davis|volume=2|issue=7|date=April 1999|page=93|access-date=July 29, 2021}}
| PSM = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite magazine|author=PSM staff|url=https://archive.org/details/PSM_Vol_3_Number_5_Issue_21_1999-05_Imagine_Publishing_US/page/n41/mode/2up|title=Rushdown [developer mislabeled as "Sunsoft", and publisher mislabeled as "Activision"]|magazine=PSM|publisher=Imagine Media|issue=21|date=May 1999|page=42|access-date=July 30, 2021}}
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The game received unfavorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19990508230631/http://www.feeltherush.com/ Official website]
Category:Electronic Arts games
Category:Extreme sports video games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:PlayStation (console) games
Category:PlayStation (console)-only games
Category:Snowboarding video games
Category:Video games developed in France
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