Infogrames Gets The Heart Pumping with Xtreme Sports
Game offers five extreme events -- surfing, skyboarding, in-line skating, skateboarding and street luge.
SAN JOSE, CA - June 29, 2000 - Infogrames, a global publisher of interactive entertainment software, announced today that Xtreme Sports for the Game Boy Color will begin shipping to stores this week.
"Now gamers can hit the waves, surf the sky and ride the rails from the safety of their Game Boy Color," said Laddie Ervin, director of marketing for sports and racing titles at Infogrames. "If you can't actually be out skysurfing or skateboarding this summer, Xtreme Sports offers gamers the next best thing."
Xtreme Sports tells the story of Guppi and her boyfriend Fin. They are about to embark on the ultimate island adventure thanks to a challenge from the Xtreme Cola Company. The Xtreme Cola Company has invited all extreme sports fanatics to duke it out on the mysterious Xtreme Sports Island. Participants must master Street Luge, Skateboarding, In-line Skating, Surfing and Skyboarding in their battle to make it to the top. Playing as either Guppi or Fin, the player will compete against more than 200 competitors on 25 unique tracks.
Players can choose from a Practice Mode or the Xtreme Island Adventure Mode. In Practice Mode, players will have access to 15 challenges with three difficulty settings. Xtreme Island Adventure Mode pits the player against opponents in an effort to collect medals and unravel the mystery behind the devious Bone-Heads gang.
While participating in events and exploring the island, Guppi and Fin will encounter many friends as well as a few foes. Some people will offer advice, while others will issue a challenge, and players will come across secret treats if close attention is paid to the clues.
In order to keep an accurate count of the player's medals, new players must sign up in the Sign-In Hut. Referees will keep beginners from entering the more advanced events without the necessary medals earned, and different referees will require different medal counts to qualify for each event, so it's up to the player to pick out the pushovers!
Guppi and Fin will also need energy to compete in the events, and as a result, players will find power-ups called Twitchy Shakes scattered around the island. The effect of drinking a Twitchy Shake will vary from event to event, but Twitchy Shakes can invoke everything from higher speeds to extra jumps to invincibility!
Developed by WayForward Technologies and published by Infogrames, Xtreme Sports will be available at an estimated retail price of $29.99 and will offer a battery cartridge so players can save games.
"Now gamers can hit the waves, surf the sky and ride the rails from the safety of their Game Boy Color," said Laddie Ervin, director of marketing for sports and racing titles at Infogrames. "If you can't actually be out skysurfing or skateboarding this summer, Xtreme Sports offers gamers the next best thing."
Xtreme Sports tells the story of Guppi and her boyfriend Fin. They are about to embark on the ultimate island adventure thanks to a challenge from the Xtreme Cola Company. The Xtreme Cola Company has invited all extreme sports fanatics to duke it out on the mysterious Xtreme Sports Island. Participants must master Street Luge, Skateboarding, In-line Skating, Surfing and Skyboarding in their battle to make it to the top. Playing as either Guppi or Fin, the player will compete against more than 200 competitors on 25 unique tracks.
Players can choose from a Practice Mode or the Xtreme Island Adventure Mode. In Practice Mode, players will have access to 15 challenges with three difficulty settings. Xtreme Island Adventure Mode pits the player against opponents in an effort to collect medals and unravel the mystery behind the devious Bone-Heads gang.
While participating in events and exploring the island, Guppi and Fin will encounter many friends as well as a few foes. Some people will offer advice, while others will issue a challenge, and players will come across secret treats if close attention is paid to the clues.
In order to keep an accurate count of the player's medals, new players must sign up in the Sign-In Hut. Referees will keep beginners from entering the more advanced events without the necessary medals earned, and different referees will require different medal counts to qualify for each event, so it's up to the player to pick out the pushovers!
Guppi and Fin will also need energy to compete in the events, and as a result, players will find power-ups called Twitchy Shakes scattered around the island. The effect of drinking a Twitchy Shake will vary from event to event, but Twitchy Shakes can invoke everything from higher speeds to extra jumps to invincibility!
Developed by WayForward Technologies and published by Infogrames, Xtreme Sports will be available at an estimated retail price of $29.99 and will offer a battery cartridge so players can save games.
