Software:Air Boarder 64

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Air Boarder 64
Air Boarder 64 Coverart.png
Japanese box art
Developer(s)Human Entertainment[1]
Publisher(s)
  • JP: Human Entertainment
  • EU: Gaga Interactive Media
Composer(s)Masafumi Takada
Platform(s)Nintendo 64
Release
  • JP: March 27, 1998[2]
  • EU: November 1998
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
Consoles +83%[3]
Edge5/10[4]
EGM2.125/10[lower-alpha 1]
Hyper69/100[6]
Joypad3/10[7]
N64 Magazine58%[8]
Nintendo Power6.9/10[9]
ONM69%[10]

Air Boarder 64[lower-alpha 2] is a futuristic hoverboard racing game for the Nintendo 64 released in 1998. It was to be released under the name AirBoardin' USA in North America by ASCII Entertainment, but was cancelled.[11]

Notes

  1. Electronic Gaming Monthly's review was by four critics, two that gave it a 1.5/5, one a 2/10 and another a 3.5/10.[5]
  2. Japanese: エアボーダー64 Hepburn: Ea Bōdā 64

References

  1. "ASCII Entertainment Software Announces the AirBoardin' USA". May 28, 1998. Archived from the original on February 20, 1999. https://web.archive.org/web/19990220074122/http://www.asciient.com/airboardinpr.html. Retrieved April 25, 2022. 
  2. IGN Staff (March 25, 1998). "Airboarder Ships in Japan". IGN. http://ign64.ign.com/articles/062/062000p1.html. Retrieved 2009-12-01. 
  3. "Airboarder 64" (in French). Consoles+ (76): 128–129. May 1998. 
  4. "Air Boarder 64". Edge (59): 97. August 1998. 
  5. "Air Boardin' USA". Electronic Gaming Monthly (121): 125. August 1999. 
  6. Fish, Eliot (August 1998). "Air Boarders". Hyper (58): 56. 
  7. "Air Boarder" (in French). Joypad (81): 126–127. December 1998. 
  8. Weaver, Tim (June 1998). "Air Boarder 64". N64 Magazine (16): 58–59. 
  9. "Airboardin' USA". Nintendo Power 120: 126. May 1999. 
  10. "Airboarder 64". Nintendo Official Magazine (74): 46. November 1998. 
  11. IGN Staff (November 9, 2000). "AirBoardin' USA a Very Ironic Name". IGN. http://ign64.ign.com/articles/087/087621p1.html. Retrieved 2009-12-01.