MX 2002 Featuring Ricky Carmichael

Get your moto kicks on the newest, most advanced hand held system. Prepare for new levels of immersion, authenticity and compelling gameplay with MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael. Featuring more than 20 of the most death defying tricks, 30 pro riders and fast intense competition, MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael is a perfect blend of traditional racing and free ride madness. This isn't just a game - it's a complete motocross experience!

Released: 3 June 2001
Platforms: Game Boy Advance PlayStation 2 Xbox
Genres: Racing Simulation Sports
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Series: MX
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action
Engine: RenderWare
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael is a video game developed by Pacific Coast Power & Light and published by THQ for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance in 2001. It is the third motocross racing game published by THQ to be endorsed by professional motocross racer Ricky Carmichael, after Championship Motocross featuring Ricky Carmichael and its sequel, Championship Motocross 2001 Featuring Ricky Carmichael, as well as the first game in THQ's MX trilogy, a follow-up series to the Championship Motocross duology that would eventually become part of its MX vs. ATV crossover racing franchise. A sequel, MX Superfly, was released in 2002 and also endorsed by Carmichael.

Keywords

motocross
split-screen multiplayer
bink video
renderware

Media

MX 2002 Featuring Ricky Carmichael screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Development

MX 2002 originally began development as a sequel to Championship Motocross 2001 Featuring Ricky Carmichael, before undergoing significant changes that led it to be rebranded as the start of a new successor to the Championship Motocross duology. Tiertex Studios, which developed the Game Boy Color version of Championship Motocross 2001, developed a Game Boy Advance version of MX 2002 that similarly featured 3-D graphics.

Reception

The PlayStation 2 version received "generally favorable reviews", while the Xbox version received "mixed or average reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. While Jim Preston of NextGen was critical about the game having "ordinary" graphics and an "awkward" stunt system for the PS2 version, the magazine was more positive to the Xbox version due to its better controls and built-in tutorials. Dan Elektro of GamePro said that the former console version "may find its true niche with big motocross fans, but casual gamers will most likely be left in the dust."