X Games Pro Boarder
{{Short description|1998 video game}}
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| developer = Radical Entertainment
| publisher = Electronic Arts{{vgrelease|EU|Sony Computer Entertainment (PS1)}}
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| platforms = PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
| released = PlayStation
{{Video game release|NA|November 10, 1998{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Douglass C. |date=October 20, 1998 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/10/21/x-games-pro-boarder-2 |title=X Games Pro Boarder [sic] (Preview) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828231336/https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/10/21/x-games-pro-boarder-2 |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=August 28, 2023}}|EU|1998}}Windows
{{Video game release|NA|November 23, 1998{{cite web |last=Mayer |first=Robert |date=November 6, 1998 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/015/088/proboard_news.html |title=EA Says X Games Pro Boarder Goes Gold |website=Computer Games Strategy Plus |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030130171507/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/015/088/proboard_news.html |archive-date=January 30, 2003 |access-date=October 6, 2020}}|EU|1998}}
| genre = Snowboarding
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
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ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder, also known as X Games Pro Boarder, is a 1998 snowboarding video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation and Windows.
Reception
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| GR_PC = 70%{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/575214-espn-x-games-pro-boarder/index.html |title=ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder for PC |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512042921/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/575214-espn-x-games-pro-boarder/index.html |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |access-date=October 6, 2020}}
| CNG_PC = 7/10{{cite web |last=Goble |first=Gordon |date=January 14, 1999 |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0%2C6%2C0-2407%2C00.html |title=X Games Pro Boarder (PC) |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816093135/http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-2407,00.html |archive-date=August 16, 2000 |access-date=August 29, 2023}}
| EGM_PS = 5.5/10{{cite magazine |last1=Smith |first1=Shawn |last2=Hsu |first2=Dan |last3=Hager |first3=Dean |last4=Boyer |first4=Crispin |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/f/f2/EGM_US_112.pdf |title=X-Games: Pro Boarder [sic] |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=112 |date=November 1998 |page=252 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519110254/https://retrocdn.net/images/f/f2/EGM_US_112.pdf |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=August 28, 2023}}{{efn|in Electronic Gaming Monthly{{'}}s review of the PlayStation version, one critic gave it 5.5/10, two others gave it each a score of 5/10, and another gave it 6.5/10.}}
| EPD_PC = 6/10{{cite web |last=Grant |first=Jules |date=December 31, 1998 |url=http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=272&full=1#mr_toppy |title=X Games Pro Boarder (PC) |website=The Electric Playground |publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030706084753/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=272&full=1#mr_toppy |archive-date=July 6, 2003 |access-date=August 29, 2023}}
| Fam_PS = 28/40{{cite magazine |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=18687&redirect=no |title=X GAMES プロボーダー [PS] |language=ja |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009235816/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=18687&redirect=no |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=August 28, 2023}}
| GI_PS = 6.5/10{{cite magazine |title=X-Games: Pro Boarder [sic] (PS) |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=68 |date=December 1998}}
| GameFan_PS = 85%{{cite magazine |last1=Higgins |first1=Geoff "El Nino" |last2=Stockert |first2=Bruce "Reubus" |url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_7_Issue_01/page/n89/mode/2up |title=X Games Pro Boarder (PS) |magazine=GameFan |publisher=Shinno Media |volume=7 |issue=1 |date=January 1999 |page=88 |access-date=October 6, 2020}}{{efn|In GameFan{{'}}s viewpoint of the PlayStation version, one critic gave it 86, and the other 84.}}
| GameRev_PS = D+{{cite web |last=Dick |first=Kevin |date=December 1998 |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/34226-espn-x-games-pro-boarder-review |title=ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder Review (PS) |website=GameRevolution |publisher=CraveOnline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001124050/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/espn-x-games-pro-boarder |archive-date=October 1, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=October 6, 2020}}
| GSpot_PS = 8.7/10{{cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Ryan |date=October 13, 1998 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/x-games-pro-boarder-review/1900-2550314/ |title=X Games Pro Boarder Review (PS) [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"] |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050116060959/http://www.gamespot.com/ps/sports/10gamesproboarder/review.html |archive-date=January 16, 2005 |url-status=live |access-date=August 28, 2023}}
| NGen_PS = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_49/page/n107/mode/2up |title=X Games Pro Boarder (PS) |magazine=Next Generation |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=49 |date=January 1999 |page=106 |access-date=October 6, 2020}}
| OPM_PS = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Rybicki |first=Joe |url=https://archive.org/details/official-u.-s.-play-station-magazine-volume-2-issue-2-november-1998/page/n123/mode/2up |title=X Games Pro Boarder |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |volume=2 |issue=2 |date=November 1998 |page=126 |access-date=August 31, 2023}}
| PCA_PC = 6/10{{cite magazine |last=Egger |first=Dan |url=https://archive.org/details/PCXL06Feb1999/page/n103/mode/2up |title=X Games Pro Boarders [sic] |magazine=PC Accelerator |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=6 |date=February 1999 |page=104 |access-date=January 25, 2021}}
| PCGUK_PC = 69%{{cite magazine |last=Gillen |first=Kieron |url=http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=1412 |title=X Games Pro Boarder |magazine=PC Gamer UK |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=67 |date=March 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010906163251/http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=1412 |archive-date=September 6, 2001 |access-date=July 30, 2021}}
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The game received average reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. GameSpot gave the PlayStation version a favorable review, over a month before its U.S. release date. However, Next Generation said of the same console version, "In the end, its style-over-substance, mediocre gameplay is what you'll remember the most." In Japan, where the same console version was ported and published by Electronic Arts Square, also under the name {{nihongo|X-Games Pro Boarder|X GAMES プロボーダー|Ekkusu Gēmuzu Puro Bōdā}}, on March 11, 1999, Famitsu gave it a score of 28 out of 40. GamePro said that the PlayStation version "enters the PlayStation snowboarding foray to carve a piece out of Cool Boarders{{'}} mountain. But X Games Pro Boarder doesn't have the kick to knock CB off the slopes."{{cite magazine |author=The Rookie |url=https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_113_December_1998/page/n231/mode/2up |title=X Games Pro Boarder (PS) |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG Entertainment |issue=123 |date=December 1998 |page=228 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050117223524/http://gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/268.shtml |archive-date=January 17, 2005 |url-status=live |access-date=October 6, 2020}}{{efn|GamePro gave the PlayStation version all four 3.5/5 scores for graphics, sound, control, and fun factor.}}
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Category:Electronic Arts games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:PlayStation (console) games
Category:Radical Entertainment games
Category:Snowboarding video games
Category:Sony Interactive Entertainment games
Category:Video games developed in Canada
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