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2002 video game
2002 video game
MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology
Developer(s) Visual Impact (GBA)
Climax Brighton (Windows, Xbox)
Cybiko (Mobile)
THQ (N-Gage)
Publisher(s) THQ
Platform(s)
Game Boy Advance ,
Xbox ,
Microsoft Windows ,
Mobile game ,
N-Gage Release Game Boy Advance
EU : February 15, 2002
NA : March 4, 2002
[1] Xbox
NA : May 20, 2002
[2]
EU : May 24, 2002Windows Mobile June 13, 2003N-Gage
EU : November 10, 2003
NA : November 14, 2003
Genre(s)
Racing Mode(s)
Single-player ,
multiplayer
MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology , known in the United States as simply MotoGP , is a
Grand Prix motorcycle racing video game for
Game Boy Advance ,
Xbox ,
[3]
Microsoft Windows ,
mobile phones , and
N-Gage . It is based on the
2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season .
The game's features include weather effects, a dynamic replay mode and custom soundtracks. The game includes 10 real-world race tracks and all the riders and bikes from the
2001 MotoGP season . The menu theme music is Psynn by
Shawn Hargreaves [
pl ] .
An online-enabled demo of MotoGP shipped with
Xbox Live starter kits in 2002.
[4] Players who didn't own the full game could access 23 riders and three courses while players who did own the full game could access all the content they had unlocked.
[5]
Reception
The Xbox version received "favorable" reviews, and the Game Boy Advance version received "average" reviews, while the N-Gage version received "unfavorable" reviews, according to the
review aggregation website
Metacritic .
[37]
[38]
[39] In Japan, where the GBA version was ported and published by
MTO on October 25, 2002,
Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.
[10]
MotoGP was nominated for GameSpot ' s annual "Best Graphics (Technical)" and "Best Driving Game" among Xbox games, and was a runner-up for the publication's "Best Driving Game on Game Boy Advance" prize.
[40] The game was also a nominee for "
Console Racing Game of the Year " at the
AIAS '
6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards , which ultimately went to
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 .
[41]
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External links
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