Hydro Thunder

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Description

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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Part of the Following Groups

• Hydro Thunder series
• Launch title: Dreamcast (North America)
• Midway's Thunder Racing series

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Critic Reviews

All Game Guide	Arcade	1999		90
Defunct Games	Dreamcast	Apr 30, 2005	84 out of 100	84
Mega Fun	Dreamcast	Oct, 1999	83 out of 100	83
Super Play (Sweden)	Dreamcast	Nov, 1999	82 out of 100	82
Video Games	Dreamcast	Nov, 1999	80 out of 100	80
Planet Dreamcast	Dreamcast	Sep 10, 1999	8 out of 10	80
NowGamer	Dreamcast	Mar 25, 1999	7.9 out of 10	79
Mega Fun	PlayStation	May, 2000	73 out of 100	73
Video Games	Nintendo 64	May, 2000	68 out of 100	68
Jeuxvideo.com	Dreamcast	Dec 07, 1999	10 out of 20	50

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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.

Related Web Sites

• Hydro Thunder at Midway (Publishers game page)
• Wikipedia: Hydro Thunder (Information about Hydro Thunder at Wikipedia)