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Developer(s) | Hammer Technologies |
Publisher(s) | Hammer Technologies |
Platform(s) | Windows |
Release | 1998 |
Genre(s) | Snowboarding |
Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
Snow Wave: Avalanche is a 1998 arcade snowboarding video game developed and published by the Spanish company Hammer Technologies. [1] [2] The game was the second release in Hammer's "Hammer Sports" line, following Tie Break Tennis '98. [1] In addition to its single-player mode, Snow Wave supports multiplayer gameplay for up to four players. [3]
Snow Wave was developed on the Avalanche 3D game engine, which was created for the game. The band MataMala provided the game's soundtrack. [4] During Snow Wave's development, it was cited as the first computer game dedicated to snowboarding, despite the genre's popularity on other systems. [5]
Spain's game development scene was struggling at the time of Snow Wave's creation. [2] [1] Hammer reported that development had grown "much harder" since the golden age of Spanish software during the 8-bit era, and that most of the country's industry had dried up. [1] However, the Spanish magazines Game Over and PC Top Player cited Snow Wave as evidence that domestic game development was rebounding. [2] A writer for the latter publication argued that the title was part of a growth trend for Spanish games, on the heels of the domestic hit Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. [6]
Publication | Score |
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PC Gamer (US) | 80% [7] |
Game Over | 94% [2] |
PC Top Player | 87/100 [3] |
Alan Wilder of Game Over summarized Snow Wave as "radically good", [2] while PC Top Player's Alfredo Vegas declared it "a great game". [3] Writing for PC Gamer US, Joe Novicki found Snow Wave "competent and entertaining", despite docking it points for its high system requirements. [7]
Snow Wave: Avalanche | |
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Developer(s) | Hammer Technologies |
Publisher(s) | Hammer Technologies |
Platform(s) | Windows |
Release | 1998 |
Genre(s) | Snowboarding |
Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
Snow Wave: Avalanche is a 1998 arcade snowboarding video game developed and published by the Spanish company Hammer Technologies. [1] [2] The game was the second release in Hammer's "Hammer Sports" line, following Tie Break Tennis '98. [1] In addition to its single-player mode, Snow Wave supports multiplayer gameplay for up to four players. [3]
Snow Wave was developed on the Avalanche 3D game engine, which was created for the game. The band MataMala provided the game's soundtrack. [4] During Snow Wave's development, it was cited as the first computer game dedicated to snowboarding, despite the genre's popularity on other systems. [5]
Spain's game development scene was struggling at the time of Snow Wave's creation. [2] [1] Hammer reported that development had grown "much harder" since the golden age of Spanish software during the 8-bit era, and that most of the country's industry had dried up. [1] However, the Spanish magazines Game Over and PC Top Player cited Snow Wave as evidence that domestic game development was rebounding. [2] A writer for the latter publication argued that the title was part of a growth trend for Spanish games, on the heels of the domestic hit Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. [6]
Publication | Score |
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PC Gamer (US) | 80% [7] |
Game Over | 94% [2] |
PC Top Player | 87/100 [3] |
Alan Wilder of Game Over summarized Snow Wave as "radically good", [2] while PC Top Player's Alfredo Vegas declared it "a great game". [3] Writing for PC Gamer US, Joe Novicki found Snow Wave "competent and entertaining", despite docking it points for its high system requirements. [7]