Developer DHG Games poured its heart into completing Motocross Challenge. The small studio built the GBA title from the ground up, hoping to one day see the game on store shelves. Despite months of negotiation, however, Motocross Challenge's planned publisher backed out of the project, citing declining GBA software sales. After having invested three years into creating Motocross Challenge, DHG found itself with a finished game and no way to commercially release it.Not wanting to see its hard work go to waste, DHG has made Motocross Challenge available to the public, offering the GBA ROM for FREE to anyone who will play it. We've already put a couple of hours into the racing game, and it plays a lot like an updated Excite Bike or Motocross Maniacs. There's a slight learning curve with figuring out how to land, managing your boosts, and memorizing the tracks, but it's all worth it when you start hitting ramps at full speed and racking up points with mid-air stunts.
The fact that Motocross Challenge's publisher dropped the game says nothing about its quality. If you are a fan of motocross titles and want to support independent developers who slave over a project for the sake of making a great game, it won't cost you anything but a few minutes to try this one out. Head past the post break for a trailer of the different tracks and game modes.
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4-23-2007 @ 5:17PM
strider_mt2k said...
I'm sorry it didn't work out for them, but I'm sure glad they released it gratis.
Thank you!
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4-23-2007 @ 5:45PM
Ramen Junkie said...
I hate that the GBA format is dying. The DS is well capable of playing GBA carts.
They use less battery power (I've played DS games witht he red light on only to switch to a GBA game with full green).
Not every game needs useless touch screen features.
It's perfect for more NES and SNES ports.
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4-24-2007 @ 9:22AM
strider_mt2k said...
Hey I wanted to further thank you for getting me to finally look up what appears to be a large and interesting library of Homebrew GBA games out there.
Well worth exploring.
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4-25-2007 @ 1:06AM
Tom said...
At the risk of being a n00b, would it be possible to get you fanboys to write up a good intro to the world of homebrew on ds. I find myself drawn in, but with no clue how to get started. (Hardware, where to find games, etc.) Or just point me to the best of the guides that I'm sure have already been written. Thanks.
As for the game, wow that nearly looks like a port of Excitebike, and that is NOT a backhanded compliment. Once I figure this homebrew thing out, this will be one of the first games I go with.
Tom
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4-25-2007 @ 7:26AM
strider_mt2k said...
Tom, DS Fanboy did a great series about homebrew not that long ago.
Type "homebrew" into the search thingie at the top of the page to find it and more.
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4-26-2007 @ 1:15AM
Mainprize said...
Just downloaded and played the game, pretty sweet once you get into to it for 15 minutes. Addictive exactly like Excitebike, clearly its inspiration.
Too bad about the developers and the fact that they were jerked around by the publishers, this title deserves a better release than the one it got.
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