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Hydro Thunder

19997.6/ 10 · 42 votes4

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About

Port of Midway's arcade boat-racer. The premise is non-existent, you simply rev up the engines and go on 13 water courses set in Antarctica, the far east, the Greek isles, etc. on different types of futuristic boats. Races use the usual arcade checkpoint system and scattered across the courses you'll find an assortment of power-ups and upgrades like nitro boosters.

Graphics are entirely 3D with reflective water effects and realistic bouncing and bucking in the boats. Multiplayer competitions are supported for 2 players on the PlayStation version.

The PlayStation port has exclusive Circuit and Time Trial modes.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayerSplit screen

Together

Split-screen

Perspective

Third person

Players

4 offline

Languages (1)

Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Drivers/APIs Supported

Direct3D

Media Type

CD-ROM

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse, Other Input Devices

Controller Types Supported

Analog Joystick

Additional Hardware Required

3D Accelerator

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 95

Min. RAM Required

24 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 7.0

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Facts

Publisher

Midway Games

Released

1999

Series

Thunder

Platforms

PCWindowsPlayStationPS1DreamcastNintendoN64Arcade

Age ratings

USK6ACBG

Standing

Top 25% by visits

Tags

Behind viewNaval / watercraftTrack racingSci-fi / futuristic