Cool Boarders 4

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Cool Boarders 4
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Developer(s) Idol Minds
Publisher(s)
Series Cool Boarders
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • NA: October 26, 1999 [1] [2]
  • EU: February 25, 2000
  • JP: March 9, 2000
Genre(s) Snowboarding
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Cool Boarders 4 is a snowboarding video game developed by Idol Minds and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. 989 Studios released it in North America while UEP Systems, the creator of the Cool Boarders series, released it in Japan.

Contents

In the game, the player can play multiple tracks with multiple characters. The campaign includes scenarios such as slalom runs and time attacks. In the game, the feature of multiplayer is also accessible.

Reception

The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [3] Chris Kramer of NextGen said that the game "still lacks energy, and even Nintendo's three-year old[ sic ] 1080° Snowboarding is a better game." [12] In Japan, where the game was ported and published by UEP Systems on March 9, 2000, Famitsu gave it a score of 28 out of 40. [6]

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