Stoked Rider
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Stoked Rider is a series of big mountain snowboarding games for Windows
, Linux
, and Mac OS
computers produced by Bongfish Interactive Entertainment.
was produced as an introduction of the advertising campaign. Later, a CD-ROM was included in FLOW's 2001 catalog. The first game featuring the alien is included in the CD, which was named FLOW.game. http://www.bongfish.com/making_of_flow
who died two weeks after the release of the game. The game is solely available via online distribution.
to produce Drop Point: Alaska for Mac OS in 2007. http://www.destineerstudios.com/macsoftgames/products/droppoint/ While not marketed as a part of Stoked Rider series, it featured the same freeride snowboarding aspect of the game.
. The game was announced in Winter 2008 and was released in February 2009 for the Xbox 360
and Microsoft Windows
in March 2011.
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
, Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
, and Mac OS
Mac OS
Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...
computers produced by Bongfish Interactive Entertainment.
FLOW.game
The project started in 1999 as an ad-game from FLOW snowboard equipment. At first, an animation of an alien snowboarding using FlashAdobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
was produced as an introduction of the advertising campaign. Later, a CD-ROM was included in FLOW's 2001 catalog. The first game featuring the alien is included in the CD, which was named FLOW.game. http://www.bongfish.com/making_of_flow
Stoked Rider
Positive response exceeding 100,000 downloads encouraged Bongfish to expand the idea into a full game in 2002. The alien was again featured in the first Stoked Rider with endless procedurally generated landscape.Stoked Rider ft. Tommy Brunner
A first version of the commercial game (Stoked Rider ft. Tommy Brunner) was released in April 2005 (Windows). It features the Austrian snowboarding legend Tommy BrunnerTommy Brunner
Tommy Brunner was an Austrian big mountain snowboarding legend. He died in an avalanche in April 2006, just 2 weeks after the release of a computer game by Bongfish Interactive Entertainment dedicated to him called Stoked Rider.- External links :* * , Snowboard magazine...
who died two weeks after the release of the game. The game is solely available via online distribution.
Drop Point: Alaska
After Alaska Alien was published, Bongfish partnered with DestineerDestineer
Destineer is a computer game developer and publisher based in Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 2000 by former Bungie Studios vice-president, Peter Tamte...
to produce Drop Point: Alaska for Mac OS in 2007. http://www.destineerstudios.com/macsoftgames/products/droppoint/ While not marketed as a part of Stoked Rider series, it featured the same freeride snowboarding aspect of the game.
Stoked
Later, Bongfish again worked with Destineer for Stoked Rider next sequel, simply named StokedStoked (video game)
Stoked is a snowboarding video game developed by Austrian based Bongfish GmbH for the Xbox 360 video game console in 2009. It is the latest entry in the Stoked Rider snowboard game series and is in association with Absinthe Films...
. The game was announced in Winter 2008 and was released in February 2009 for the Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
and Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
in March 2011.