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Snow Wave: Avalanche

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Snow Wave: Avalanche
Developer(s)Hammer Technologies
Publisher(s)Hammer Technologies
Platform(s)Windows
Release1998
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]

Development

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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]

Reception

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Staff (June 16, 1998). "Entrevistamos a HAMMER Technologies". MeriStation (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 8, 2001.
  2. ^ a b c d e Wilder, Alan (September 1998). "Juez y jurado; Snow Wave". Game over (in Spanish) (9). Editorial Prensa Técnica: 44–46.
  3. ^ a b c Vegas, Alfredo (October 1998). "Juegos; Snow Wave Avalanche". PC Top Player (in Spanish). Tower Communications: 32, 33.
  4. ^ Wilder, Alan (August 1998). "Primer contacto; Snow Wave: Avalanche". Game over (in Spanish) (8). Editorial Prensa Técnica: 32–34.
  5. ^ Staff (June 1998). "Noticias; Snow Wave". Game over (in Spanish) (6). Editorial Prensa Técnica: 12.
  6. ^ Staff (September 1998). "Preview; Snow Wave Avalanche". PC Top Player (in Spanish) (37). Tower Communications: 15.
  7. ^ a b Novicki, Joe (April 1999). "Reviews; Snow Wave Avalanche". PC Gamer US. 6 (4). Imagine Publishing: 108.
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