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

Video Games	Dreamcast	Oct, 1999	4 out of 4	100
IMPLANTgames	Dreamcast	Oct 04, 2009	9 out of 10	90
Mega Fun	Dreamcast	Oct, 1999	83 out of 100	83
Gaming Target	Dreamcast	Jun 22, 2000	8.1 out of 10	81
Total! (Germany)	Nintendo 64	Apr, 2000	2 out of 6	80
NowGamer	Dreamcast	Mar 25, 1999	7.9 out of 10	79
Armchair Empire, The	Dreamcast	Sep 01, 2000	7.5 out of 10	75
IGN	PlayStation	Mar 20, 2000	7.3 out of 10	73
Retro Game Reviews	Nintendo 64	Jan 15, 2018		70
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)