Motocross Madness

• Platform: IBM PC Compatible
• Release Date: 1998
• Genre: Racing
• Style: Motocross
• Similar Games: Motocross Madness 2 (IBM PC Compatible), Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 (IBM PC Compatible), Extreme Motocross (IBM PC Compatible), Motocross (IBM PC Compatible)

Game Description

Get down and dirty on more than 30 indoor and outdoor tracks with Motocross Madness from Microsoft. Test your stunt execution skills in the Stunt Quarry, or go for the gold in a National Race, on the Baja circuit, or go Supercross. Compete against computer generated opponents or in a multi player game via modem, serial cable or over the Internet or a LAN.

Choose from practice, single-event, or tournament modes in the Baja, National Race and Supercross events or choose season in National Race or Supercross. Customize your bike for each race in the garage, where you can modify engine suspension and tires for that extra edge on the course.

Motocross Madness features a track editor allowing you to select from a number of different riders and bikes. To play, a fully Direct3D compatible 3D graphics card is required.

The graphics quality is modifiable as you can turn off many of the graphics effects to help less capable systems deliver adequate game play. Also to help performance on low end systems Motocross Madness supports a good range of screen resolutions. A wide range of game control devices is also supported including: keyboard, mouse, game pad and joystick.

Minimum, Typical and Full installs are available, with the full install requiring a whopping 420 megabytes of hard drive space (excludes install of the track editor which requires an additional 7 MB).

Review: Overall

Motocross Madness from Microsoft offers an extreme motocross experience and delivers the thrills of the stunt quarry, Baja course and indoor or outdoor track racing in beautifully rendered 3D (hardware) accelerated graphics. You control your riders movements and the bike separately and an advanced physics model takes care of the rest delivering an outstandingly realistic game play experience. Control the bikes braking, acceleration, gears and steering while altering the riders center of gravity.

Terrain, rider and bike graphics are very impressive when your hardware meets the requirements to run Motocross Madness. Mountains loom before you, dust kicks from the rear tire and when your rider misses a landing you can almost feel the bumps as he/she skids or bounces across the unforgiving track or open terrain. Indeed if you have a force feedback joystick there is no almost about it as Motocross Madness supports force feedback through the DirectInput(R) API. Full motion video of actual motocross events is of good quality and add to the excitement of the game.

Sounds in the game are also impressive as is the background music. Hear motors rev and the unsettling crunch of man and machine as they impact at high speed with the maybe too realistic terrain.

This is a game that offers great replay and money value. Events in Motocross Madness include: The Stunt Quarry, Super Cross, and Baja courses. Five (5) different stunt quarries are available as well as over 30 indoor and outdoor tracks. With so many events and multiple tracks and quarries to choose from the next racing or stunt challenge is just a mouse click away. As if these were not enough there are 16 different stunts to master and you can even taunt other riders as you leave them sucking exhaust and dust.

This feature rich game offers still more, when you get too good for the supplied tracks, build your own with the simple to use track editor and when computer opponents no longer give you enough grief on the track try out the multi player capabilities of Motocross Madness.

All things considered, this is a game that will quickly find its way to your favorites list.

System requirements: Windows 95/98, DirectX 5.0 compatible 3D Accelerated Video Card, Pentium 133 with 4Meg Video Card, Pentium 166 with 2Meg Video Card, 16 Megs of RAM, 30 Megs of HD Space, DirectSound(R) Compatible Sound Card, 4x CD-ROM, Microsoft or Compatible Mouse, Joystick (Force Feedback Supported) or GamePad Recommended, Headphones or Speakers Recommended. For Internet or Modem play a 28.8Kbps modem is recommended.

Review: Enjoyment

If you are a Motocross lover. This is the game for you.

Review: Graphics

Great 3D Hardware Accelerated Graphics.

Review: Sound

Sounds are appropriate and of good quality.

Review: Replay Value

The review says it all.

Review: Documentation

Solid Manual.

Production Credits

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