Arctic Thunder
| Arctic Thunder | |
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US box art for PS2 version | |
| Developer(s) | Midway Games (Arcade) Inland Productions (PS2, Xbox) |
| Publisher(s) | Midway |
| Platform(s) | Arcade PlayStation 2 Xbox |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Quantum3D Graphite |
Arctic Thunder is a 2000 snowmobile racing game developed by Midway Games. It was released as an arcade game, Midway's final arcade title, and was also ported to the Sony PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles, with added content, as a launch title for the latter. In the arcade version of the game, fans built into the cabinet blow cold winds in the player's face during gameplay to simulate the feeling of riding a snowmobile while the seat contains a vibrating shaker motor to simulate engine rumbling. Arctic Thunder is part of Midway's Thunder series, which also included Hydro Thunder, 4 Wheel Thunder, Offroad Thunder, and Hydro Thunder Hurricane. An updated arcade version, titled Ultimate Arctic Thunder, which added some of the content introduced in the home versions, was developed by Play Mechanix and distributed by Betson Enterprises, released sometime in 2004.
The Xbox version of this game is not compatible with the Xbox 360. A Dreamcast port was also planned but was cancelled due to sagging sales of the console. A website was made available before the game's release. As of 2007, the site is no longer active.