360: Three Sixty

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360: Three Sixty
360 Three Sixty (Playstation video game) boxart.jpg
Developer(s) Smart Dog
Publisher(s) Cryo Interactive
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • EU: July 1999
Genre(s) Racing, shoot 'em up
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

360: Three Sixty is a 1999 futuristic racing game for the PlayStation console, released in Europe, and was developed by Smart Dog and published by Cryo Interactive. The game is set in a world submerged beneath water, where hover ships are used for racing and the players use lethal weapons to take down their opponents.

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Gameplay

The player can select from one of eight hover ships, each with differing speed, acceleration, agility and armour ratings. There are a selection of racing circuits flooded with water upon which the players race against CPU opponents. Weapons can be fired at opponents either directly in front, or behind after rotating the view to look behind. [1]

There are tournament, time-trial and two player split screen modes. [1]

Reception

OPM UK called the game "an appalling travesty of a sham of a mockery" and gave a rating of 2 out of 10. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Official UK Playstation Magazine - Issue 048 (Future Publishing)(GB). August 1999. pp.  103.