Get ready to shred the slopes! In the tradition of other Nintendo EAD classics, 1080° Snowboarding will be remembered as setting standards in graphics, play control and sound in the N64's early years. Whether you're sticking a Stalefish in the half pipe or a 720 Air in a raging blizzard, 1080° delivers snowboarding action that to this day remains some of the best in the genre. 1080º's wealth of effects include falling snow, lens flares, flickering torches and wake powder blowing back at the screen. The frame rate is as smooth as polished ice for all camera angles -- including looking backwards up the mountain! 1080º's high point, though, may be its jaw-dropping play control. The game's simulation of the feel of snowboarding is very accurate. Racers wallow through snow banks, lose control on ice sheets and fight to maintain control over 1080º's many moguls, bumps and berms. A Wave Race 64-like stunt system offers more than a dozen grab and spin tricks, plus a points-enhancing combo engine. Slot in a Rumble Pak for a feel that's even more real. The audio engineers topped off this gorgeous pak with superlative sound effects of boards scraping, swooshing and sliding across the many types of snow and surfaces. 1080° Snowboarding's soundtrack rocks heavily, too, and fits the extreme image of the game perfectly. The developers crammed each of the six downhill courses with plenty of branching routes, shortcuts, tricky moguls and other opportunities to knock precious split-seconds off your time -- if you're good enough. Mix in widely varying snow, weather and lighting conditions and you're assured of constant surprises, even after you've stuck scores of Stiffies on the slopes.

 

Also available on Virtual Console