Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding is an Xbox exclusive snowboarding video game. Released during the Xbox's launch, Amped is a snowboarding game focused on the tricks,instead of the racing style of play given by Electronic Art's SSX which lauched with the Playstation 2 in the previous year. The success of Amped was solidified by the successful launch of the sequels, Amped 2 and Amped 3.

The game also contains snowmen which you must strike down in order to advance your career mode character's explore options.

Before its release, the game was met with derision from some due to Microsoft's marketing department Photoshopping lens flares onto what were supposedly actual game screenshots. Microsoft claimed they were unintentionally passed off as screenshots of the actual game.

The game is also well known for helping to launch the career of pop punk band Yellowcard due to the excellent underground soundtrack in the game.

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Amped Freestyle Snowboarding