Hydro Thunder

Moby ID: 4737

Released

1999 on Dreamcast

Credits

59 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

Publishers

Developers

Midway Home Entertainment, Inc.

Moby Score

7.6

#5,857 of 23.6K

Critics

77% (35)

Players

(41)

Ranking

#62 on Dreamcast
#140 on Nintendo 64
#967 on PlayStation

Collected By

98 players

Genre: Racing / Driving
Perspective: Behind view
Vehicular: Naval / watercraft
Track racing
Setting: Sci-fi / futuristic

Dreamcast Specs

ESRB Rating: Everyone

Input Devices Supported: Standard Controller
Number of Offline Players: 1-2 Players

See Also

Hydro Thunder (2000 on Dedicated handheld)

Description official descriptions

Port of Midway's arcade boat-racer. The premise is non-existent, you simply rev up the engines and go on 13 water courses set in Antarctica, the far east, the Greek isles, etc. on different types of futuristic boats. Races use the usual arcade checkpoint system and scattered across the courses you'll find an assortment of power-ups and upgrades like nitro boosters.

Graphics are entirely 3D with reflective water effects and realistic bouncing and bucking in the boats. Multiplayer competitions are supported for 2 players on the PlayStation version.

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Credits (Dreamcast version)

59 People (45 developers, 14 thanks) · View all

Lead Programmer	Steven Ranck
Tools	Lori Miller Dusty Monk Scott Patterson Detmar Peterke Michael Starich
Lead Artist	Eric Browning
Artists	Gary T. Carbonell Scott Goffman Dale Henderscheid Brian Silva Andrew E. Wilson
Music	Orpheus Hanley
Sound	Orpheus Hanley
Software Development Manager	Brian Johnson
Lead Programming	David Long
Lead Textures & Modeling	Colin Garratt
Textures & Modeling	Chris Boyle Adrian Mannion Paul Robinson
Additional Programming	Paul Bates Mark Hetherington
Audio	Neil Baldwin Guy Cockcroft
QA Lead	Andrew Collins
[ full credits ]

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 77% (based on 35 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.7 out of 5 (based on 41 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Trivia

Dreamcast versions

This game was released twice! Four games released by Midway back when they first started making Dreamcast games had several errors, which were fixed in subsequent pressings. How do you tell if you have a fixed copy? The cover should say "Hot! New!", the disc is slightly different, and the UPC may also be different.

The other games that were released as Hot! New! versions were Mortal Kombat Gold, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, and NFL Blitz 2000.