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Gravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt
Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt is a sports video game developed and published by Midway for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It was released in North America on June 27, 2002 for the PlayStation 2 and on September 4, 2002 for the Xbox. It was the only game released under the Gravity Games license by Midway.

The game garnered mostly negative reception from critics. Reviewers criticized the game's broken gameplay, graphical glitches and collision detection problems. Some critics, however, praised the game's large level designs.

Gameplay

The player grinds on a rail

Gravity Games Bike is a

multiplayer modes.[5]

Riders

Development

Midway announced a partnership with EMAP USA on January 18, 2000, giving them the rights to the

E3 2002 and praised the game's level design but criticized the graphics and the slow-moving pace of the game.[3]

Reception

The PlayStation 2 version received "generally unfavorable reviews", while the Xbox version received "overwhelming dislike", according to the

notable for its negative reception
.

GameSpy's Miguel Lopez criticized the PlayStation 2 version's unresponsive controls, collision detection, and sound design, stating "... Dirt has ...a propensity to live up to its name."[15] IGN's Chris Roper compared it unfavorably to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600,[16] which is often considered one of the worst games of all time.[23] Roper noted that the game was full of glitches and had an unresponsive control scheme.[16] GameSpot's Jeff Gerstmann called the gameplay "broken" and the game itself "unfinished".[4] GameZone's Natalie Romano praised the PS2 version's sound selection, level size and character variety, while calling the control scheme "one of the game's major weaknesses."[5] Gerstmann criticized the Xbox version for its glitches and control issues, and wrote, "Wasn't it canceled?"[14]

The GameCube version was canceled due to lower than expected sales for all Midway games, though Gerstmann attributed the cancellation to its negative reception.[14][24]

The game won the awards for "Worst Game of the Year on PlayStation 2" and "Worst Game of the Year on Xbox" at GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 Awards.[25][26]

Notes

  1. ^ Released under the Midway Sports Asylum publishing label.

References

  1. ^ "Midway Sports Asylum Unleashes the Ultimate Ride with Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt.". GameZone. June 26, 2002. Archived from the original on February 8, 2005. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  2. ^ Bramwell, Tom (September 27, 2002). "What's New?". Eurogamer. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Carle, Chris (May 24, 2002). "E3 2002: Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. Hands-on". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e Gerstmann, Jeff (July 10, 2002). "Gravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt Review (PS2)". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c Romano, Natalie (July 11, 2002). "Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt Review - PlayStation 2". GameZone. Archived from the original on August 22, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
  6. ^ Perry, Douglass C. (January 18, 2000). "Midway and Emap Join Up for Extreme Games". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on June 19, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  7. ^ IGN staff (January 24, 2000). "Midway Confirms First Gravity Game". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  8. ^ Zdyrko, Dave (August 17, 2001). "Midway Gamers' Day: First Shots of Defender, Gravity Games and Mortal Kombat". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  9. ^ Perry, Douglass C. (February 26, 2002). "Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. (Preview 1)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. critic reviews (PS2)". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. critic reviews (Xbox)". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on May 22, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  12. ^ "Gravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt (PS2)". Game Informer. No. 113. GameStop. September 2002. p. 81.
  13. ^ Kuipers, Kévin (October 15, 2002). "Test : Gravity Games, Midway dans la boue (PS2)". Gamekult (in French). TF1 Group. Archived from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  14. ^ a b c Gerstmann, Jeff (October 11, 2002). "Gravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt Review (Xbox)". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  15. ^ a b Lopez, Miguel (August 17, 2002). "Gravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt (PS2)". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 19, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
  16. ^ a b c Roper, Chris (October 15, 2002). "Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. (PS2)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on June 17, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  17. ^ Roper, Chris (February 9, 2004). "Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt (Xbox)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  18. ^ Jihem (October 25, 2002). "Test: Gravity Games: Bike Street Vert Dirt [sic] (PS2)". Jeuxvideo.com. Webedia. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  19. ^ "Gravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt: Volando sobre una BMX... (PS2) [date mislabeled as "March 14, 2012"]". MeriStation (in Spanish). September 27, 2002. Archived from the original on June 17, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  20. ^ "Gravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt: Gravedad cero (Xbox) [date mislabeled as "March 13, 2012"]". MeriStation (in Spanish). October 21, 2002. Archived from the original on June 17, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  21. ^ Zuniga, Todd (October 2002). "Gravity Games Bike: Street, Vert, Dirt [sic]". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 61. Ziff Davis. p. 147. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  22. X-Play. TechTV. Archived from the original
    on August 20, 2002. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  23. 1Up.com. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original
    on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  24. ^ Varanini, Giancarlo (July 2, 2002). "MK delayed, Gravity Games for the GC canceled [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on January 18, 2005. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  25. ^ "GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 (Worst Game of the Year on PlayStation 2)". GameSpot. CNET. Archived from the original on February 2, 2003. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  26. ^ "GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 (Worst Game of the Year on Xbox)". GameSpot. CNET. Archived from the original on February 12, 2003. Retrieved June 17, 2023.

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