Streak: Hoverboard Racing | |
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Developer(s) | SingleTrac |
Publisher(s) | GT Interactive [1] |
Platform(s) | PlayStation |
Release | December 1998 [2] |
Streak: Hoverboard Racing is a 1998 video game from SingleTrac.
The game was developed by the same team that did Jet Moto. [3] [1]
GameSpot gave the game a score of 5.1 out of 10 criticizing the "questionable physics, stiff animation, low polygon counts, and ridiculously difficult tracks." [1]
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