Cool Boarders 2001

Cool Boarders 2001 is a snowboarding video game developed by Idol Minds and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2. It is the only Cool Boarders title to be released only in North America.

Cool Boarders 2001
Developer(s)Idol Minds
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
SeriesCool Boarders
Platform(s)PlayStation, PlayStation 2
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: October 23, 2000
PlayStation 2
  • NA: May 21, 2001
Genre(s)Snowboarding
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
PSPS2
AllGameN/A[1]
EGM4.17/10[2]7.5/10[3]
Game Informer5.5/10[4]8.25/10[5]
GamePro[6][7]
GameRevolutionC−[8]B[9]
GameSpot3.7/10[10]7.6/10[11]
GameSpyN/A74%[12]
IGN4/10[13]7.8/10[14]
Next Generation[15][16]
OPM (US)[17][18]
PSM4/10[19]5/10[20]
X-Play[21]N/A
Maxim4/10[22]N/A
Aggregate score
Metacritic56/100[23]78/100[24]

Samuel Bass reviewed the PlayStation version of the game for Next Generation, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "A pre-SSX game in a post-SSX era, Cool Boarders 2001 is simply too little, too late."[15]

Jeff Lundrigan reviewed the PlayStation 2 version of the game for Next Generation, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "It's not the worst snowboarding game you've ever played, but there are far better ones out there."[16]

The PlayStation 2 version received "generally favorable reviews", while the PlayStation version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[23][24]

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References
  1. Carroll, Tom. "Cool Boarders 2001 (PS2) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  2. EGM staff (January 2001). "Cool Boarders 2001 (PS)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Archived from the original on January 29, 2001. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  3. EGM staff (July 2001). "Cool Boarders 2001 (PS2)". Electronic Gaming Monthly.
  4. Reiner, Andrew (December 2000). "Cool Boarders 2001 (PS)". Game Informer (92): 107.
  5. "Cool Boarders 2001 (PS2)". Game Informer (99). July 2001.
  6. Iron Thumbs (November 1, 2000). "Cool Boarders 2001 Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  7. Jake The Snake (June 4, 2001). "Cool Boarders 2001 Review for PS2 on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 12, 2005. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  8. Dodson, Joe (November 2000). "Cool Boarders 2001 - PS". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  9. Dodson, Joe (June 2001). "Cool Boarders 2001 (PS2)". Game Revolution. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  10. Satterfield, Shane (November 3, 2000). "Cool Boarders 2001 Review (PS)". GameSpot. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  11. Satterfield, Shane (May 31, 2001). "Cool Boarders 2001 Review (PS2)". GameSpot. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  12. Moen, Michael G. (July 10, 2001). "Cool Boarders 2001 (PS2)". SportPlanet. Archived from the original on December 28, 2004. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  13. Steinberg, Scott (October 20, 2000). "Cool Boarders 2001 (PS)". IGN. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  14. Perry, Douglass C. (May 31, 2001). "Cool Boarders 2001 (PS2)". IGN. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  15. Bass, Samuel (January 2001). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 4 no. 1. Imagine Media. p. 106.
  16. Lundrigan, Jeff (July 2001). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 4 no. 7. Imagine Media. p. 80.
  17. Zuniga, Todd (December 2000). "Cool Boarders 2001 (PS)". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Archived from the original on January 27, 2001. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  18. "Cool Boarders 2001 (PS2)". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. July 2001.
  19. "Review: Cool Boarders 2001 (PS)". PSM. January 2001.
  20. "Review: Cool Boarders 2001 (PS2)". PSM. July 2001.
  21. Schkloven, Emmett (January 23, 2001). "Cool Boarders (PS) Review". X-Play. Archived from the original on June 6, 2001. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  22. Porter, Alex (October 24, 2000). "Cool Boarders 2001 (PS)". Maxim. Archived from the original on June 26, 2001. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  23. "Cool Boarders 2001 for PlayStation Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  24. "Cool Boarders 2001 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
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