Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX is a video game released in 2000 featuring BMX Rider Dave Mirra and other professional BMX riders. It was developed by Z-Axis Ltd. and published by Acclaim Entertainment under their Acclaim Max Sports label. The game was released on the PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast and Microsoft Windows. The player's main objective in the game is to choose one of the riders and work their way through a total of 12 different levels, completing objectives to unlock new equipment. A sequel was released in 2001 entitled Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2.
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One of the first wave of extreme sport games that were made in an attempt to capitalize on the success of the Tony Hawk series. It does feel like there is an attempt to do something fresh here, but the controls feel really janky. Certain missions require a level of precision that the game just isn't built for, making it an exercise in frustration.
Like Tony Hawk's pro skater, but on the gameboy? It was amusing, doing tricks was fun.
I hated this game as a kid, it was perhaps just a bit too technical for me. As an adult tho theres something very charming about its level design, slightly more whimsy than the classic Tony Hawks. Also etched some Sublime songs deep into my subconcious.
Instead of cycling through songs, the first level just plays Sublime's "What I Got" on repeat, and honestly that should be punishable by death
Badass af soundtrack
Edit: Because of this game, I got hard hooked listening to Primer 55's music, damn shit goes hard
Edit: Because of this game, I got hard hooked listening to Primer 55's music, damn shit goes hard
After THPS came out, you saw a wave of clones and wannabes come out, this being one of them. It's not bad though! I had a decent amount of fun with it. I don't really feel the need to complete it though.
It has nice levels and the controls are very detailed. That being said, the game is rather clunky and idk if that could've been avoided considering it's on a bike. Riding around is fun, but can get annoying when you're constantly bumping into things and having to turn around.
Also, the soundtrack rocks. Was not expecting Be Quiet and Drive by Deftones to be on it.
It has nice levels and the controls are very detailed. That being said, the game is rather clunky and idk if that could've been avoided considering it's on a bike. Riding around is fun, but can get annoying when you're constantly bumping into things and having to turn around.
Also, the soundtrack rocks. Was not expecting Be Quiet and Drive by Deftones to be on it.