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So, what can Hydro Thunder offer that Wave Race hasn't already? It's another water-based racer, but this time the emphasis is pretty much on straight racing thrills, rather than battling against the ebb and flow of the tide, which Nintendo's classic positively encouraged. Even so, the physics on the boats themselves are pretty striking; scything through the water and generally reacting as they would in real life, despite the absence of waves. Although there are no weapons, turbo power-ups are available, and there's an emphasis on shortcuts and huge jumps.
Coming from developers Eurocom - the folks behind the technically superb Duke Nukem: Zero Hour - Hydro Thunder certainly looks the part, pin-sharp and colourful. And it's incredibly smooth, too. Question is, can it come up to the dizzy heights of the superb Wave Race? After making a big splash in the arcade, Hydro Thunder will be making waves on the Nintendo The home-console version of HT will be identical to its arcade counterpart, featuring the same nine boats and just as many tracks--though it may contain more of both.
In addition to the one-player game, there will also be a two-player head-to-head mode that enables you to race against a friend via a splitscreen. Hydro Thunder seems to have all the right options, but judging from these very early screen shots, the graphics could use some fine-tuning. Hydro Thunder is heating up the arcades, but this fall, it will hit Dreamcast and Nintendo If you haven't played the game yet, you may need a bucket of water handy to cool yourself down after playing.
One or two players can select from 13 different boats four of which are secret and 11 different courses in a knock-down, drag-out race to the finish. Midway's also planning to do one or two extra tracks for the home versions. One will be a practice track for new players to cut their teeth on, and the second may be the Transylvania track that was left out of the arcade game.
At this time, the extra track will go into either the N64 or the DC version. Boats range from easy to handle to very touchy, and as you master the more difficult boats you'll notice your times on each track getting lower and lower. While racing for time is fun even in two-player mode, competing against each other for place is even better. Using your boat's Mighty Hull ability, you can knock other salty dogs out of the water. Secret boats include a tiny version of the Titanic called Tinytanic , a military boat Armed Response , hovercraft Blowfish and fishing vessel Chumdinger --you get access to those by hitting the "pilot" view three times on the bottom four boats on the Boat Select Screen.
If you play a lot of Hydro Thunder like some people on our staff have , you know the amount of strategy involved. But even the novice player can get a lot of enjoyment out of racing through the game's highly detailed environments. A two-player split-screen mode will be included, as will your usual range of other modes, like time attack. The lack of modem play is a bit disappointing--if you don't build it, people won't use it, c'mon companies-but can be overlooked since this will be a launch title.
Midway's early support of Dreamcast is strong, and titles like Hydro Thunder prove that the system can do arcade ports with ease. Hydro Thunder is one of my favorite games ever, and Eurocom has done a good job of bringing it to the Dreamcast.
Only the hardcore arcade fan is going to notice the slight differences, none of which affect the way it plays. The ramps not being lit, lens flare through walls, train being off-timed on Lake Powell, alligators swimming horizontally instead of vertically! Considering that this is likely to be the best home version of Hydro Thunder available, it's too bad it's not closer to the arcade. Even if you're good at the arcade, there's plenty of challenge, as you're forced to use the lower-powered boats in the beginning to unlock the game's higher levels and more powerful watercrafts.
So many things that could've been put into this to make it the definitive version are sadly missing: a good tutorial mode to test out the controls and for those new to the game to learn how to play, a "ghost" mode so you can race against your fastest time, a tournament mode so you can go straight through all the courses without having to go back into the game's menus, a "free" mode where you could take on tracks without computer players, etc.
Still, with all this missing, it's a great game that racing fans will enjoy. One of the best arcade racing games around makes a rocky transition to the Dreamcast. It's rather disappointing this is a straight port It's also disappointing there's no four-player play, only a sluggish two-player mode.
But if you haven't had the chance to try Hydro Thunder, please do give this game a ride. It's an excellent racer with fantastic track designs. Ignoring the anally retentive issues that some people in our office have with this there are some staunch fans of the arcade machine you have to admit that at its heart, this is a fun, fun game. There are enough secrets and bonuses to keep you interested, and while the controls aren't-perfect, it feels pretty good for a boat racing game they usually suck.
My only major disappointment is the multiplayer stuff. It slows down Naturally, I'm going to notice differences between the two versions. To my surprise, the DC version fares surprisingly well against its arcade counterpart. Frame-rates, graphics and controls are nearly identical but if you're really anal like Chris lohnston, you'll point out that the alligators are pointing the wrong way. Splitscreen mode, screw that. Yo, I wanna take this baby online!
Get ready for a wild ride as Hydro Thunder storms onto the Dreamcast. Featuring all the tracks and supersonic speedboats of the arcade game and some as-yet-unknown secret enhancements , Thunder represents everything that fans looking for an adrenaline speed rush could want The serpentine tracks feature shortcuts and hidden areas, and the preview version showed great water graphics. None of the boat physics were in yet, so we couldn't tell how fast final gameplay will be--but if it's anything near the arcades, get ready to get wet.
With Hydro Thunder still making waves in the arcades, Midway's revving up a home version for release on the Dreamcast. The DC version will have graphics identical to those in the arcade version, 11 shortcut-filled tracks to race on, 13 boats including 4 hidden ones to race in, and collectable power-ups to speed you along.
The home version, however, may have two extra tracks not found in its arcade parent along with a few other promised surprises. As for multiplayer support, two will be able to race head-to-head via a split-screen, but its not known if the game will support a four-player function via the Internet.
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