{{Short description|2000 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Supercross Freestyle | genre = Sports; racing | image = Supercross Freestyle GBC.png | caption = | platform = Game Boy Color | publisher = Infogrames Europe | developer = Velez & Dubail Dev. Team | released = {{vgrelease|UK|November 17, 2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Supercross Freestyle'' |url=http://chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=3381 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020328140412/http://chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=3381 |archive-date=March 28, 2002 |access-date=April 20, 2024 |website=Chipsworld}}</ref>}} | modes = Single-player }}
'''''Supercross Freestyle''''' is a 2000 motorbike racing game developed by Fernando Velez and Guillaume Dubail, and published by Infogrames Europe for the Game Boy Color. The game features three modes, including a conventional supercross racing mode, a freestyle trick mode, and an arcade racing mode. ''Supercross Freestyle'' received praise upon release for the diversity of game modes and controls.
==Gameplay== thumb|left|A screenshot of gameplay in ''Supercross Freestyle''.
''Supercross Freestyle'' features three game modes. in 'Freestyle', the player completes tricks signalled to them by successfully repeating a combination of buttons. In 'Supercross', the player completes three-lap against competitors on tracks across the world. In 'Arcade' mode, the player races against the clock on tracks whilst avoiding obstacles, such as rocks and puddles, to reach first place. In this mode, the player has a damage meter accumulated when colliding with obstacles, which can be repaired with first aid boxes collected on the track.<ref name=NG/> The game features four different courses, each with three tracks,<ref name=TGB/> and several licensed bikes, including from Honda and Kawasaki.<ref name=NG/>
==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| CVG = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=CVG>{{cite magazine|title=Supercross Freestyle|issue=230|page=125|date=January 2000|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/2/2a/CVG_UK_230.pdf|access-date=2023-07-02|archive-date=2022-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811155943/https://retrocdn.net/images/2/2a/CVG_UK_230.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''Game Boy Official Magazine'' | rev1Score = 84%<ref name=GBO>{{cite magazine|magazine=Game Boy Official Magazine|title=Supercross Freestyle|pages=9|issue=2|date=2000|url=https://archive.org/details/game-boy-official-magazine-2/page/8/mode/2up?q=%22supercross+freestyle%22}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''Game Boy Xtreme'' | rev2Score = 53%<ref name=GBX>{{cite magazine|magazine=Game Boy Xtreme|title=Off The Shelves|pages=63|issue=3|date=September 2001|url=https://archive.org/details/GBX-Magazine-Print-Collection/03%20GBX%20September%202001/page/n61/mode/2up?q=%22supercross+freestyle%22}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''Total Game Boy'' | rev3Score = 88%<ref name=TGB>{{cite magazine|magazine=Total Game Boy|title=Supercross|last=Roberts|first=Nick|issue=14|date=December 2000|url=https://archive.org/details/Total_Game_Boy_Issue_14/page/n32/mode/1up}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''Nintendo Gamer'' | rev4Score = 86%<ref name=NG>{{cite magazine|magazine=Nintendo Gamer|date=August 2001|title=Supercross Freestyle|issue=1|last=Bennet|first=Laurence|url=https://archive.org/details/nintendo-gamer-1-august-2001/mode/2up}}</ref>
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''Supercross Freestyle'' received positive reviews from publications. ''Computer & Video Games'' praised the game's "officially licensed bikes, dazzlingly varied gameplay modes and beautiful unlockable extras, assessing it as the "on the podium for (the) best Game Boy racer ever."<ref name=CVG/> Similarly, ''Game Boy Official Magazine'' praised the game's "good turn of speed and slick controls", writing that the game was a "top-notch two-wheeler that wipes the floor with other motorbike speedsters."<ref name=GBO/> Nick Roberts of ''Total Game Boy'' praised the game as a "really fun game and great value for money."<ref name=TGB/> ''Game Boy Extreme'' reviewed the game negatively, writing "weak graphics and simplistic gameplay spoil this bike racer."<ref name=GBX/> In a retrospective review for ''Screen Rant'', Camden Jones remarked that the game was ahead of its time, writing that the "races are visually impressive and extremely fluid-feeling for such an underpowered system, mostly due to the plethora of jumps peppered throughout, which feel like they have a real physics system behind them."<ref>{{cite web|website=Screen Rant|title=Game Boy Color Hidden Gems That Were Ahead Of Their Time|last=Jones|first=Camden|date=17 August 2000|url=https://screenrant.com/game-boy-color-gbc-hidden-gems-undiscovered-nintendo/|access-date=2 July 2023|archive-date=2 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702083642/https://screenrant.com/game-boy-color-gbc-hidden-gems-undiscovered-nintendo/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{MobyGames|id=/37350/supercross-freestyle/}}
Category:2001 video games Category:Game Boy Color games Category:Game Boy Color-only games Category:Infogrames games Category:Motorcycle video games Category:Off-road racing video games Category:Racing video games Category:Single-player video games Category:VD-dev games Category:Video games developed in France