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Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If racing is your cup of tea then this game is one of the best. Races are from easy to very hard, same with the boats. You have to place 1st, 2nd or 3rd in each version then work your way up to the next level. There are 3 levels, with each level you get 3 more boats to choose from. Find the short cuts put the pedal to the metal and have a good time. There are also bonus races and bonus boats.

Great Game-Fun 2 player

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I think that Hydro Thunder is a great game. you can save your records on a vmu. 13 different levels 11 with secrets. very fun no flaws great all around game

You can only race three tracks

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The first three tracks are fun and there are secret passages in all the tracks to earn more boosters so you can go faster. Some of the boats are hard to steer, but the only problem you will have is you are suppose to clear the first three tracks by third place in order to open the other tracks. It is impossible to place third on two of the tracks even through the secret passages, which are also short cuts. I played this game the first time at an arcade place and I loved it. It was played so many times that all the tracks were available to race in and those other tracks were alot more fun, than the first three. After having owned this game for 5 years, these tracks are getting a little old to race over and over again.

The best water racing game since Wave Race 64!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game gets my vote as the best non-SEGA arcade racing game to ever make a home conversion. What do you have? A PERFECT recreation of an awesome arcade game, complete with Soul Calibur quality graphics, sweet controls, crystal clear sound, and awesome arcade gameplay. Of course the best thing about this game is that you won't have to insert any quarters time and again in order to unlock all the awesome hidden vehicles and tracks. It DOES get hard later on, but isn't that what an arcade game is supposed to do?

Perhaps the only real problem with this game is that the interface needed a little more work. If this game let you restart a track from the pause menu instead of backing all the way out to the main menu, it would have been perfect. As it is, it's an awesome, awesome arcade conversion that arcade racing fans should definitely not miss.

There are more than 3 tracks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game has 13 tracks. You start the game with 3 tracks which are easy level, but after you beat those 3, then the others become selectable.

There are also 13 boats which become selectable after beating each track. Although 4 of those 13 boats are very difficult to obtain on one player mode. They are however easy to obtain on two player mode.

One of the best racing games I've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: October 22, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I have not played it on the Dreamcast unit , but I have played it in the arcade. This game is the ONLY reason I would possibly spend dollars on a new dreamcast. It is fun and fastpaced, I enjoyed it alot.

Fun Arcade Stile Racing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I was on a ski trip and we stopped in a hotel. I was bored stiff so I headed down to the Arcade. The only cool looking game was Hydro Thunder due to it's incredible action and graphics. The line was 18 kids long! All the kids playing were loving the race to the finish. I waisted 5 dollars on the incredible arcade! The tracks or fun and the vechiles were cool. Then I decided to purchase Hydro Thunder on Dreamcast. Compared to the arcade, it is not as much fun, because you don't get a steering wheel or throttle. I would recommend this game to gamers that do like racing and don't mind not having the more "in-your-face" action of an arcade with the steering wheel.

Boring, Boring, Boring

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 15
Date: November 29, 1999
Author: Amazon User

No options, no weapons, no fun. Go play mario kart but skip on this one

Horrible Horrible Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 15
Date: December 04, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The graphics on this game are the worst. It looks like they threw it together at the last minute. Really bad. I can not stress it enough. Really bad.

Little speed, little excitment

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a good looking game, but is boring compared to other DC games. The only thing fun about is the shortcuts you can take, which are challenging to find. The boats move really slow, but I do like the terrain and graphics on it.

If you are intending to use this game for a lot of two player action, do not buy this game. The boats move extremely slow in that mode

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