Cruis'n Exotica

Cruis'n Exotica
North American arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Midway Games (Arcade) Gratuitous Games (Nintendo 64) Crawfish Interactive (Game Boy Color)
Distributor(s)	Midway Games
Designer(s)	Eugene Jarvis
Series	Cruis'n
Platform(s)	Arcade Nintendo 64 Game Boy Color
Release date(s)	Arcade ^WW 1999 Nintendo 64 ^NA October 16, 2000 Game Boy Color ^NA November 6, 2000
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Up to 4 players simultaneously
Cabinet	Upright Sit-down Full-Motion
Arcade system	Midway Zeus II
Display	Raster, standard resolution, horizontal

A player racing on the Hong Kong course.

Cruis'n Exotica is the 1999 sequel to Cruis'n World and the third entry in the Cruis'n series. It plays similarly to the previous games in the series but it adds a PIN system to track progress like San Francisco Rush 2049. The levels take place in exotic locations in the universe, such as Las Vegas, Thailand, and even the surface of Mars. The game also allows a player to choose a driver visible onscreen during races, including a martian, a baby, a clown, and a cowboy.

It was ported by Gratuitous Games and released on the Nintendo 64 in 2000, along with a Game Boy Color version developed by Crawfish Interactive.

Cars

• Jeep Wrangler
• Plymouth Prowler
• Corvette
• Hummer
• Funky Car
• SVT Cobra
• Trippy
• Police Car
• Rust Bucket
• Jet Car
• Road King
• Muscle Car
• Zephyr Shelby Series 1
• McLaren F1
• Switchblade
• Dodge Ram
• Hearse

Courses

Difficulty	Track Name
Easy	Korea
Easy	Atlantis
Medium	Sahara
Easy	Hong Kong
Easy	Alaska
Medium	Vegas
Medium	India
Hard	Ireland
Medium	Holland
Medium	Amazon
Hard	Tibet
Hard	Mars

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores Aggregator Score GameRankings (N64) 55.87%[1] (GBC) 48%[2] Metacritic (N64) 43/100[3] Review scores Publication Score EGM 6.5/10[4] GameFan 50%[5] GameSpot (N64) 5.8/10[6] (GBC) 5.4/10[7] IGN (N64) 5.7/10[8] (GBC) 5/10[9] Nintendo Power 6.7/10[10]

The home ports of the game were met with very mixed to negative reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 55.87% and 43 out of 100 for the Nintendo 64 version,^[1][3] and 48% for the Game Boy Color version.^[2]

References

1. "Cruis'n Exotica for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
2. "Cruis'n Exotica for Game Boy Color". GameRankings. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
3. "Cruis'n Exotica for Nintendo 64 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
4. "Cruis'n Exotica (N64)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. January 2001. Archived from the original on January 29, 2001. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
5. "REVIEW for Cruis'n Exotica (N64)". GameFan. October 24, 2000.
6. Shoemaker, Brad (October 27, 2000). "Cruis'n Exotica Review (N64)". GameSpot. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
7. Provo, Frank (November 20, 2000). "Cruis'n Exotica Review (GBC)". GameSpot. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
8. Lewis, Cory D. (October 20, 2000). "Cruis'n Exotica (N64)". IGN. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
9. Harris, Craig (November 15, 2000). "Cruis'n Exotica (GBC)". IGN. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
10. "Cruis'n Exotica (N64)". Nintendo Power 138: 128. November 2000.

External links

• Cruis'n Exotica at the Killer List of Videogames
• Cruis'n Exotica at MobyGames