Surf Rocket Racers
{{Short description|2000 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|image = File:Surf_Rocket_Racers_Dreamcast_Cover_Art.jpg
|developer = CRI Middleware
|publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|CRI Middleware|NA|Crave Entertainment|EU|Crave/Ubi Soft}}
|platforms = Dreamcast
|release = {{vgrelease|EU|2000|NA|February 28, 2001|JP|March 22, 2001}}
|genre = Racing video game
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
Surf Rocket Racers (working title: Surf Rocket Racer), known in Japan as {{nihongo|Power Jet Racing 2001|パワージェットレーシング2001|Pawā Jetto Rēshingu 2001}}, is a video game developed and published by CRI Middleware and Crave Entertainment for Dreamcast in 2000-2001.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
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| MC = 55/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/surf-rocket-racers/ |title=Surf Rocket Racers |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117113821/https://www.metacritic.com/game/surf-rocket-racers/ |archivedate=January 17, 2024 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 29, 2024}}
| Allgame = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Jon |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=28747&tab=review |title=Surf Rocket Racers - Review |website=AllGame |publisher=All Media Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114235651/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=28747&tab=review |archivedate=November 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 21, 2020}}
| EGM = 4/10{{cite magazine |last1=Sewart |first1=Greg |last2=Boyer |first2=Crispin |last3=Mielke |first3=James "Milkman" |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/0/0b/EGM_US_141.pdf |title=Surf Rocket Racers |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=141 |date=April 2001 |page=103 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330214110/https://retrocdn.net/images/0/0b/EGM_US_141.pdf |archivedate=March 30, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 29, 2024}}{{efn|In Electronic Gaming Monthly{{'}}s review of the game, one critic gave it a score of 3/10, and the rest gave it each a score of 4.5/10.}}
| EuroG = 6/10{{cite web |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=March 3, 2001 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/r-srr-dc |title=Surf Rocket Racers |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010710063217/http://www.eurogamer.net/content/r_srr_dc |archivedate=July 10, 2001 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 29, 2024}}
| Fam = 29/40{{cite magazine |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=12532&redirect=no |title=パワージェットレーシング2001 [ドリームキャスト] |language=ja |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623132705/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=12532&redirect=no |archivedate=June 23, 2020 |accessdate=April 29, 2024}}
| GI = 5.5/10{{cite magazine |title=Surf Rocket Racers |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=94 |date=February 2001}}
| GSpot = 4/10{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Ryan |date=March 1, 2001 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/surf-rocket-racers-review/1900-2691663/ |title=Surf Rocket Racers Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"] |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010304231258/http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2691663,00.html |archivedate=March 4, 2001 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 29, 2024}}
| GSpy = 5.5/10{{cite web |author=Tren |date=March 12, 2001 |url=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/surfrocketracers/ |title=Surf Rocker Racers [sic] |website=PlanetDreamcast |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125094404/http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/surfrocketracers/ |archivedate=January 25, 2009 |accessdate=June 21, 2020}}
| IGN = 7.2/10{{cite web |last=Chau |first=Anthony |date=March 5, 2001 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/06/surf-rocket-racer-2 |title=Surf Rocket Racer [sic] |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623154158/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/06/surf-rocket-racer-2 |archivedate=June 23, 2020 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 29, 2024}}
| JXV = 12/20{{cite web |author=pilou |date=April 13, 2001 |url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00001321_test.htm |title=Test: Surf Rocket Racer [sic] |language=fr |website=Jeuxvideo.com |publisher=Webedia |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126102206/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00001321_test.htm |archivedate=November 26, 2020 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 29, 2024}}
| NGen = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Preston |first=Jim |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen75Mar2001/page/n87/mode/2up |title=Surf Rocket Racer [sic] |magazine=NextGen |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=75 |date=March 2001 |page=86 |accessdate=June 20, 2020}}
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The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Jim Preston of NextGen called it "a diet, caffeine-free, non-carbonated version of much more interesting games." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40. Iron Thumbs of GamePro said in an early review, "If you're a water-racing fanatic and [you] want nothing more than to use your Dreamcast to race jet-skis, then look no further. If you're looking for a solid racing game, keep on lookin'."{{cite magazine |author=Iron Thumbs |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/1/1f/GamePro_US_149.pdf |title=Surf Rocket Racer [sic] |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG |issue=149 |date=February 2001 |page=79 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041130223008/http://www.gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/7444.shtml |archivedate=November 30, 2004 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 29, 2024}}{{efn|GamePro gave the game two 4/5 scores for graphics and sound, 4.5/5 for control, and 3.5/5 for fun factor.}}
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/6279/surf-rocket-racers/}}
Category:Crave Entertainment games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Personal watercraft racing video games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
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