Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding

The game has a two-player mode using a split screen.{{cite magazine |author=The Rookie|title=Sports Insider Previews: Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding|magazine=GamePro|issue=113|publisher=IDG|date=February 1998|page=112}}

Twisted Edge Snowboarding was announced on June 10, 1997,{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1997/06/10/kemco-is-working-on-snowboarding-title|title=Kemco Is Working on Snowboarding title|website=IGN|date=June 10, 1997|accessdate=August 7, 2022|archive-date=August 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807190434/https://www.ign.com/articles/1997/06/10/kemco-is-working-on-snowboarding-title|url-status=live}} just as development on it was starting.{{cite magazine |title=In the Studio |magazine=Next Generation|issue=33 |publisher=Imagine Media |date=September 1997|page=24 |url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_33/page/n25}} Kemco was to publish the game, but Midway acquired the rights to publish the game on October 15, 1997.{{cite web|first= Chris|last= Chris|url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/97_10/15_snoboard/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000610112949/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/97_10/15_snoboard/index.html|title=Midway on the Edge|website=GameSpot|publisher=CBS Interactive|archivedate=June 10, 2000|date=October 15, 1997|accessdate=August 19, 2019}}

The game's design was heavily inspired by the Wave Race series.{{cite magazine |title=NG Alphas: Twisted Edge Snowboarding |magazine=Next Generation |issue=36 |publisher=Imagine Media |date=December 1997|pages=132–4}} Much of the code for the game was recycled from Boss Game Studio's first Nintendo 64 game, Top Gear Rally. In particular, it used the same Alias plug-ins.

While Kemco was still the publisher, the company's Japanese division pushed for the game to include a story mode in the Japanese version, in part due to marketing research which determined that Wave Race 64 would have sold better in Japan if it had had a story. Boss Games took a tongue-in-cheek approach to adding story to the game, and opted to make the story mode an unlockable Easter egg in the U.S. version.

On January 22, 1998, the game was delayed for 4 months. The game was finally released on November 10, 1998 in the United States, followed by a Japanese release over a month later (December 18),{{cite magazine |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=3745 |title=キングヒル64 〜エクストリーム スノーボーディング〜 [N64] |language=Japanese |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain |accessdate=July 27, 2018 |archive-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728220554/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=3745 |url-status=live }} before being ported to the PAL region and released on March 12, 1999.

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| GR = 63%{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/n64/199134-twisted-edge-extreme-snowboarding/index.html |title=Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding for Nintendo 64 |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=July 27, 2018 |archive-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728035833/http://www.gamerankings.com/n64/199134-twisted-edge-extreme-snowboarding/index.html |url-status=live }}

| EGM = 5.25/10{{cite magazine |title=Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |year=1999}}

| GI = 3.25/10{{cite magazine |last1=McNamara |first1=Andy |last2=Anderson |first2=Paul |last3=Reiner |first3=Andrew |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/cgi-bin/review.cgi?sys=n64&path=nov98&doc=twisted |title=Twisted Edge [score mislabeled as "3"] |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=67 |date=November 1998 |page=50 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990909140006/http://www.gameinformer.com/cgi-bin/review.cgi?sys=n64&path=nov98&doc=twisted |archive-date=September 9, 1999 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 28, 2018}}

| GamePro = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |author=Vicious Sid |url=http://www.nintendo64ever.com/scans/mags/Scan-Magazine-785-134.jpg |title=Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG Entertainment |issue=124 |date=January 1999 |page=134 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040919001707/http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/n64/games/reviews/138.shtml |archive-date=September 19, 2004 |url-status=live |access-date=July 28, 2018}}

| GSpot = 6.6/10{{cite web |author=GameSpot staff |date=November 20, 1998 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/twisted-edge-snowboarding-review/1900-2545387/ |title=Twisted Edge [Extreme] Snowboarding Review |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=July 27, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143048/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/twisted-edge-snowboarding-review/1900-2545387/ |url-status=live }}

| Hyper = 70%{{cite magazine |last=Clarksmith |first=Ross |title=Twisted Edge [Extreme] Snowboarding |magazine=Hyper |publisher=Next Media Pty Ltd |issue=66 |date=April 1999 |pages=36–37}}

| IGN = 6.8/10{{cite web |last=Casamassina |first=Matt |date=November 13, 1998 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/1998/11/14/twisted-edge |title=Twisted Edge |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=July 27, 2018 |archive-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728040429/http://www.ign.com/articles/1998/11/14/twisted-edge |url-status=live }}

| N64 = 60%{{Cite magazine |title=Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding |magazine=N64 Magazine |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=24 |pages=60–61 |date=January 1999}}

| NP = 7.2/10{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nintendo64ever.com/scans/mags/Scan-Magazine-356-127.jpg |title=Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding |magazine=Nintendo Power |publisher=Nintendo of America |volume=114 |date=November 1998 |page=127 |accessdate=July 28, 2018 |archive-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728071527/http://www.nintendo64ever.com/scans/mags/Scan-Magazine-356-127.jpg |url-status=live }}

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The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

Critics had mixed opinions about the game and called the game a huge letdown. Reviewers criticized Boss Game Studios for delaying the game for 4 months to make the game "as best as possible". By pushing back the title, 1080° Snowboarding was released before Twisted's delay, which sold more units and is now labeled a classic. According to reviewers, everything about the game was mediocre. The music was pleasurable, but the gameplay was frustrating and the graphics did not live up to the standards that 1080° Snowboarding had set.

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