4 Wheel Thunder

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4 Wheel Thunder
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Midway Home Entertainment
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Racing

















Number of players: 1-2
Official in-game languages:
  • English
  • Français
  • Release Date RRP Code
    Sega Dreamcast
    US
    $49.9949.99[3] T-9708N
    ESRB: Everyone
    Sega Dreamcast
    DE
    T-9706D-51
    USK: 0
    Sega Dreamcast
    ES
    T-9706D-61
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Dreamcast
    FR
    T-9706D-51
    SELL: Tous Publics
    Sega Dreamcast
    UK
    £39.9939.99[6][7] T-9706D-61
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Dreamcast
    DE/FR/NL
    T-9706D-51
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Dreamcast
    ES/UK/IT
    T-9706D-61
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Dreamcast
    AU

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    4 Wheel Thunder is an off-road racing game developed exclusively for the Sega Dreamcast by Kalisto Entertainment.

    History

    It was published by Midway Games as part of the Thunder racing franchise - the second game in the series to be released on the Dreamcast after Hydro Thunder. The game was not released in Japan.

    The game had a protracted development timeline, originally being announced as Xleration in the summer of 1999, before opting for off-road vehicles and changing its name to Offroad Thunder[11] in October and eventually settling on 4 Wheel Thunder.

    Production credits

    • Producer: Dave Brooks
    • Associate Producer: Will Shen
    • Assistant Producer: Erwin Gasmin
    • Technical Director: Sam Calis
    • Print Design & Production: Midway Creative Services San Diego
    • Product Manager: Derryl DePriest
    • Test Manager: Hans Lo
    • Testing Supervisor: Jeff Greenhut
    • Lead Product Analyst: Dan Wagner
    • Technical Standards Analysts: Jason Dickson & Shon Flanagan
    • Product Analysts :Brian Golding, Eric Rose, Jim Dunne, Josh Stacy, Rob Parnell, Steve Scott, Virgillio Abad, Steve Cupp, Josh Hutchins, John Tajuna, Jason Jorgensen,Steve Carson & Federico Digo Jr.
    • Special Thanks: Deborah Fulton, Kathy Lange, Kathy Schoback, Izora Lillard, Teri Higgins, Ed Duran & Matt Vella
    • Production Team:
      • Game Manager: Emmanuel Nouaille
      • Production Assistant: Julie Taylor
      • Coach Programmer: Philippe Rivaillon
      • Programmers: Frederic Brunel, Gregory Garcia, Gregory Jan, Jean-Sebastien Dasse, Cedric Julien & Roland Lacoste
      • Scripter: Arnaud Lewden
      • Coach Artist: Maxime Deleris
      • Artists: Emmanuel Correia, Jean-Francois Hugon, Christian Diaz, Adrien Delaboudiniere, Alfio Trabuio, Damien Papet, Olivier Triboulloy, Marc Moreno, Hugo Palasie, Mathieu Michel, Cyril Moreul, Virginie Ropars, Yi Moua Chong Yong, Daniel Roger & Michel Roger
      • Public Relations: Laetitia Jauze
      • Product Manager: Stephanie Rolland-Latorzeff
      • Post Production: Olivier Bailly-Maitre
      • Music & Sound Effects: Frederic Motte
    • Cinematics:
      • Artist Director: Frederic Levistre
      • Animator Director: Nicolas Messyasz
      • Animator: Sandrine Herve
      • Artists: Antoine Guilband, Franck Manon, Gwen Heliou, Laurent Fisher, Nicolas Riviére, Philippe Courdille, Sebastien Froncek & Sébastien Larrue
    • Quality Department:
      • Q.A. Manager: Pascal Lempereur
      • Test Manager: Jerome Antona
      • Lead Analyst: Pascal Salngre
      • Lead Analyst Support: Jerome Braune
      • Main Analyst & Car Adjustment: Arnaud Paraire
    • Special Thanks: Fabrice Tete, Frederic Lavignasse, Ludivine Doleux, Ludovic Dubois, Loic Lepage, Will Davis, Olivier Robin, DIFINTEL, Stephane Munuera, Nicolas Sanchez, TE. REC, Jean-Francois Lopez, Serge Plagnol, Jose Caparros, CNM-Philippe Seban, Tashin Tamer,Sebastien Viannay, Elton Bird, Thomas Szirtes, Scopiton & Mr. Paul Bandey, James Anderson, Alain Guyet, David Gallardo, Grand Angle (Jean-Luc Millan), Xavier Delpeuch, Dave Brooks, Will Shen & Erwin Gasmin
    Source:
    US manual
    4wheelthunder dc us manual.pdf
    [12]

    Magazine articles

    Main article: 4 Wheel Thunder/Magazine articles.

    Promotional material

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    Print advert in GamePro (US) #141: "June 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
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    Print advert in Expert Gamer (US) #72: "June 2000" (2000-05-23)
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    Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #9: "No. 9" (2000-05-18)
    also published in:
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    Artwork

    Physical scans

    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Score Source
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    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    576 Konzol (HU)
    77
    [14]
    Arcade (UK)
    50
    [15]
    Consoles Max (FR)
    78
    [16]
    Consoles + (FR) PAL
    86
    [17]
    Computer & Video Games (UK)
    50
    [6]
    Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
    80
    [18]
    DC-UK (UK) PAL
    80
    [7]
    Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
    70
    [19]
    Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
    92
    [20]
    Dreamzone (FR) PAL
    91
    [21]
    Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
    67
    [22]
    Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
    81
    [23]
    Fun Generation (DE) PAL
    80
    [24]
    GameFan (US) NTSC-U
    90
    [25]
    GamePro (US) NTSC-U
    75
    [26]
    GamesMaster (UK) PAL
    69
    [27]
    Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
    69
    [28]
    Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
    33
    [29]
    Incite Video Gaming (US) NTSC-U
    80
    [30]
    MAN!AC (DE) PAL
    70
    [31]
    Mega Fun (DE) PAL
    87
    [32]
    Mr. Dreamcast (UK) PAL
    71
    [33]
    Neo Plus (PL)
    50
    [34]
    Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
    25
    [35]
    Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
    80
    [36]
    Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U
    70
    [3]
    Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES)
    70
    [37]
    Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
    87
    [38]
    Silicon Mag (US) NTSC-U
    83
    [39]
    Video Games (DE) PAL
    87
    [40]
    Sega Dreamcast
    73
    Based on
    30 reviews

    4 Wheel Thunder

    Dreamcast, US
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    Cover
    4 Wheel Thunder USA Cd label.jpeg
    Disc
    4wheelthunder dc us manual.pdf
    Manual
    4wheelthunder dc us inlay.jpg
    Inlay
    Dreamcast, UK/ES/IT
    4WheelThunder DC EU Box Back.jpg4WheelThunder DC EU Box Front.jpg
    Cover
    4WheelThunder DC EU Disc.jpg
    Disc
    Dreamcast, DE/FR/NL
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    Cover
    Dreamcast, EU (promo)

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    Disc

    Technical information

    Main article: 4 Wheel Thunder/Technical information.

    External links

    References

    1. http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/newReleases/morenr-DC.asp (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-21 08:01)
    2. http://www.gexpress.com/detailedspecs.cfm?returndept=DC&returnpage=1&number=031719209903 (Wayback Machine: 2002-02-22 07:15)
    3. 3.0 3.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 112
    4. http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=2206 (Wayback Machine: 2002-09-18 22:57)
    5. https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.dreamcast/c/Fm4BBahCbjI/m/QoJrrRWIQi8J
    6. 6.0 6.1 Computer & Video Games, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-17), page 96
    7. 7.0 7.1 DC-UK, "May 2000" (UK; 2000-04-xx), page 24
    8. http://www.micromania.fr/cgi-micromania/tri3.pl?criteria=DREAMCAS;status=1 (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-21 04:04)
    9. http://www.centromail.es/top/ficha_liquidacion.asp?codmail=14760 (Wayback Machine: 2002-11-22 05:14)
    10. http://www.gameswarehouse.com.au:80/longpage.asp?gameid=2082 (Wayback Machine: 2000-09-03 06:16)
    11. Dreamzone, "Decembre 1999" (FR; 1999-11-16), page 34
    12. File:4wheelthunder dc us manual.pdf, page 28
    13. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 11" (UK; 2000-07-13), page 37
    14. 576 Konzol, "Október 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 44
    15. Arcade, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-23), page 78
    16. Consoles Max, "Mai 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 117
    17. Consoles +, "Mai 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 104
    18. Dreamcast Monthly, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 74
    19. Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mai/Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 78
    20. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 8" (UK; 2000-04-20), page 60
    21. Dreamzone, "mi Avril-mi Mai 2000" (FR; 2000-04-14), page 72
    22. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 139
    23. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 8
    24. Fun Generation, "05/2000" (DE; 2000-04-19), page 68
    25. GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 7: July 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 14
    26. GamePro, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 90
    27. GamesMaster, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-18), page 98
    28. Game Informer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 63
    29. Gamers' Republic, "June 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 79
    30. Incite Video Gaming, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 103
    31. MAN!AC, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 52
    32. Mega Fun, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 66
    33. Mr. Dreamcast, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-04-27), page 66
    34. Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 44
    35. Next Generation, "July 2000" (US; 2000-06-20), page 90
    36. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 78
    37. Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Abril 2000" (ES; 2000-0x-xx), page 48
    38. Sega Magazin, "Juni 2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 18
    39. Silicon Mag, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 14
    40. Video Games, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-04), page 96


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