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1080° Snowboarding is a one-on-one snowboarding racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 and released on April 1, 1998.

Gameplay


The game plays in partially the same manner as the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series. There are separate buttons to crouch and jump, and tricks are done with the B and Z buttons combined with various rotations of the joystick.

Courses


1080° Snowboarding featured six courses:
  • Crystal Lake
  • Crystal Peak
  • Golden Forest
  • Mountain Village
  • Dragon Cave
  • Deadly Fall

Gameplay modes


  • Time attack
  • Trick attack
  • Match race
  • Contest mode
  • Practice mode

Characters


Sequels


1080° Snowboarding was followed in 2003 by 1080° Avalanche for the Nintendo GameCube.

Trivia


  • 1080° Snowboarding was used in a promotional cartrige for the Nintendo 64. One course and character were unlocked. When ten minutes of gameplay were up, an animation of Mario would appear onscreen saying: "It's me, Mario. Thank you for playing Nintendo 64. Who's next?"
  • This game is sponsored by Tommy Hilfiger and Lamar snowboards.

See also


List of 1080° Snowboarding games and cameos

External links


Nintendo games | 1998 computer and video games | Nintendo 64 games | Snowboarding computer and video games

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Creator


Made by legendary Nintendo director/publisher Shigeru Miyamoto, 1080 snowboarding introduced a new generation of sports games. Miyamoto, with famous titles such as The Legend of Zelda, Mario and in the sports domain, Wave race. (please expand)

 

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