Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding is a hidden treasure that is sure to satisfy any gamer, snowboarding fan or not.

User Rating: 8.5 | King Hill 64 Extreme Snowboarding N64
By --Aqualung-- | Review Date:
A couple years ago my dad bought this entertaining title from a local flea market. The ol' Nintendo 64 was past its prime and was mostly gathering dust with an occasional session of Super Mario 64. I accepted the gift and inspected the cartridge. My expectations were minimal; a racing game, and to make it worse, a snowboarding racer. I blew the dust off the cartridge, and inserted it into the system. Little did I know that I was going to be playing Twisted Edge for many days to come.

GRAPHICS

The successor of the Nintendo 64, the Game-Cube, was pretty much setting new expectations when it came to graphics. The big black box which we call the Xbox was raising the bar even higher with titles like Mech-Assault and Halo: Combat Evolved. I truly can't give a fair rating on the graphics, but I will state this: the graphics are bearable and can look pretty nice at times for a game of its age.

SOUND

Twisted Edge offered a choice of seven(7[?]) songs. Each were rock instrumentals and were actually not half-bad. They succeeded in getting me in the mood and had my brother and I claiming our "song". The announcer was decent, too. His voice didn't get old, and he didn't say pointless, idiotic things a majority of the time (mostly just naming tricks you pulled off while racing). The characters also had some voice acting, since they have characters from all over the globe, you get about three or so English speaking ones. There very little talking was acceptable, too.

GAME-PLAY

The game-play was very enjoyable. Tricks were easy to pull off, you had great control over your character, and the speed was not too fast to the point where you aimlessly zig-zag to avoid a random rock. To add to the mix, there is a stunt-mode and a two-player multi-player. You have multiple boards to earn and choose from as well as characters (some of which can be unlocked by cheats which are pretty interesting), and Twisted Edge offers several difficulties to pick from/ earn by beating the game on an easier difficulty. The more difficulties you get, the longer each race becomes. This tactic will most likely have you beating the game on the final difficulty just to receive the full version of the map "Funky Town" (possibly the best in the game). Add some random UFOs and falling ice in the mix and you have Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding.

In closing, Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding is a game that stood under the radar. From the intriguing atmosphere to the excellent map design, this is a game for anybody who loves snowboarding or racing games in general. I still appreciate this little treasure to this day.

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  • Rating:5

    Twisted Edge is too slow to be a snowboarding game.

    By ghangiskhan1 | Review Date: Jul 04, 2006 | N64

    Twited Edge is a snowboarding game that came out the same year as 1080 Snowboarding. Both games were on the Nintendo 64. Twisted Edge was no competition for 1080. 1080 was a much better, in depth snowboarding game. Tw... Read Full Review

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