Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray
{{Short description|2003 video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox video game
|image = Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray.png
|developer = Shaba Games
Small Rockets (GBA)
Beenox (PC)
|publisher = {{vgrelease|WW| Activision O2 |NA|Aspyr (GBA, PC)}}
|released = Game Boy Advance
{{vgrelease|EU|April 18, 2003|NA|November 10, 2003}}PlayStation 2, Xbox
{{vgrelease|NA|June 10, 2003|EU|June 13, 2003}}Windows, Macintosh
{{vgrelease|NA|December 22, 2003|EU|March 17, 2004 (PC)|EU|June 6, 2004 (Mac)}}
|genre = Sports
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms = Game Boy Advance, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
}}
Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray is an extreme sports video game developed by Shaba Games, Small Rockets and Beenox, and published by Activision under the Activision O2 label and Aspyr for Game Boy Advance, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. It features wakeboarder Shaun Murray.
Development
The game's working title was Shaun Murray's Pro Wakeboarder.{{cite news |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/10/08/shaun-murrays-pro-wakeboarder |title=Activision demos the latest version of its new extreme sports entry. New screens included. |website=ign.com |access-date=March 12, 2025 |date=October 8, 2002 }} A demo version of the game can be accessed from the options menu of the PlayStation 2 version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.
Reception
The game received "favorable" reviews on all platforms except the Game Boy Advance version, which received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Nintendo Power gave the Game Boy Advance version a mixed review, over two months before its release Stateside. In Japan, where the Xbox version was ported for release on December 25, 2003, Famitsu gave it a score of one six, one five, and two sixes for a total of 23 out of 40.
{{Video game reviews
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| MC_GBA = 67/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/wakeboarding-unleashed-featuring-shaun-murray/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance |title=Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray for Game Boy Advance Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=September 18, 2021}}
| Edge_PS2 = 5/10{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |title=Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray (PS2, Xbox) |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=125 |date=July 2003}}
| EGM_PS2 = 8.17/10{{cite magazine |last1=Elliott |first1=Shawn |last2=Tsao |first2=Jennifer |last3=Dudlak |first3=Jonathan |url=http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1496312,00.asp |title=Wakebaording Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray (PS2) |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=168 |date=July 2003 |page=108 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040401010317/http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1496312,00.asp |archive-date=April 1, 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 18, 2021}}
| Fam_XBOX = 23/40{{cite magazine |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=4015&redirect=no |title=ウェイクボーディング・アンリーシュト：フィーチャーリング・ショーン・マリー [Xbox] |language=ja |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain |volume=785 |date=January 1, 2004 |access-date=September 18, 2021}}
| GI_PS2 = 8.25/10{{cite magazine |title=Wakeboarding Unleashed [Featuring Shaun Murray] (PS2) |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=GameStop |issue=121 |date=July 2003 |page=107}}
| GamePro_PS2 = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |author=Kilo Watt |date=June 4, 2003 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/29625.shtml |title=Wakebaording Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray Review for PS2 on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050120211140/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/29625.shtml |archive-date=January 20, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 18, 2021}}
| GameRev_PS2 = B{{cite web |last=Silverman |first=Ben |date=June 2003 |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33748-wakeboarding-unleashed-featuring-shaun-murray-review |title=Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray Review (PS2, Xbox) |website=GameRevolution |publisher=CraveOnline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002544/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/wakeboarding-unleashed-featuring-shaun-murray |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=September 18, 2021}}
| GSpot_PS2 = 7.3/10{{cite web |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=June 4, 2003 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wakeboarding-unleashed-featuring-shaun-murray-revi/1900-6029476/ |title=Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray Review (PS2, Xbox) |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918182019/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wakeboarding-unleashed-featuring-shaun-murray-revi/1900-6029476/ |url-status=live }}
| GSpy_GBA = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Barnholt |first=Ray |date=November 20, 2003 |url=http://gba.gamespy.com/gameboy-advance/wakeboarding-unleashed-featuring-shaun-murray/6422p1.html |title=GameSpy: Wakebaording Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray (GBA) |website=GameSpy |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051216211922/http://gba.gamespy.com/gameboy-advance/wakeboarding-unleashed-featuring-shaun-murray/6422p1.html |archive-date=December 16, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 18, 2021}}
| IGN_GBA = 7/10{{cite web |last=Harris |first=Craig |date=November 10, 2003 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/10/wakeboarding-unleashed-featuring-shaun-murray |title=Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray (GBA) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918182019/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/10/wakeboarding-unleashed-featuring-shaun-murray |url-status=live }}
| NP_GBA = 3/5{{cite magazine |title=Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray |magazine=Nintendo Power |publisher=Nintendo of America |volume=171 |date=September 2003 |page=140}}
| OPM_PS2 = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Zuniga |first=Todd |url=http://www.playstationmagazine.com/article2/0,2053,1494444,00.asp |title=Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=70 |date=July 2003 |page=97 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040329070450/http://www.playstationmagazine.com/article2/0,2053,1494444,00.asp |archive-date=March 29, 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 18, 2021}}
| OXM_XBOX = 9/10{{cite magazine |title=Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray |magazine=Official Xbox Magazine |publisher=Imagine Media |date=August 2003 |page=76}}
| rev1 = The Cincinnati Enquirer
| rev1_PS2 = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |last=Saltzman |first=Marc |date=July 1, 2003 |url=http://cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/070103_wakeboard.html |title=Extreme sports title a challenge to learn (PS2, Xbox) |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |publisher=Gannett Company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060107002027/http://cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/070103_wakeboard.html |archive-date=January 7, 2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 18, 2021}}
| rev2 = The Village Voice
| rev2_XBOX = 8/10{{cite news |last=Catucci |first=Nick |date=June 24, 2003 |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2003/06/24/hell-raiser/ |title=Hell Raiser |newspaper=The Village Voice |publisher=Village Voice, LLC |access-date=June 11, 2016 |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918175857/https://www.villagevoice.com/2003/06/24/hell-raiser/ |url-status=live }}
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