PocketBike Racer - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Pocketbike Racer is an advergaming

Advergaming

Advergaming is the practice of using video games to advertise a product, organization or viewpoint. The term "advergames" was coined in January 2000 by Anthony Giallourakis, and later mentioned by Wireds "Jargon Watch" column in 2001...

title from Burger King

Burger King

Burger King, often abbreviated as BK, is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The company began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida-based restaurant chain...

for the Xbox

Xbox

The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...

and 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...

video game console

Video game console

A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...

s. On November 19, 2006, Burger King started selling it for an additional $3.99 USD ($4.99 in Canada) with any value meal. It is one of three titles

King Games

King Games was a series of three video games sold at Burger King. The games were available as part of a promotion during the holiday season from late November until December 24, 2006....

released by Burger King.

Developed by Blitz Games

Blitz Games

Blitz Games is a division of Blitz Games Studios and is responsible for producing its family titles, which are often licensed games based on well known IP. It is located in Warwickshire, England...

(Blitz Arcade

Blitz Arcade

Blitz Arcade is the Downloadable games division of Blitz Games Studios. It is located in Warwickshire, England.- List of games :*Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao: A Kung Fu beatem' up. The first ever digital 3D download game for consoles....

division).

Overview

The game, based on pocketbike racing

Pocketbike racing

Pocket Bike racing, also known as Minimoto or circus racing, is a category of racing where miniature racing motorcycles are raced around kart tracks...

, features customizable bikes and drivers. Players can choose one of five tracks to race on: a Burger King restaurant parking lot, a construction site, a backyard, the King's garden or the fabled Fantasy Ranch set. The game can be played solo, with up to four players in split-screen set-up, or up to eight online using Xbox Live

Xbox Live

Xbox Live is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft Corporation. It is currently the only online gaming service on consoles that charges users a fee to play multiplayer gaming. It was first made available to the Xbox system in 2002...

. The game contains a track from Miami retro-punk band The Dead Hookers' Bridge Club.

Brooke Burke

Brooke Burke

Brooke Burke Charvet , better known by her maiden name, Brooke Burke, is an actress, dancer, model and television personality...

is featured on the cover of PocketBike Racer, as well as being a playable character within the game.

Reception

X-Play

X-Play is a TV program about video games, known for its reviews and comedy skits...

reviewed all three Burger King games together, with PocketBike Racer being the best game of the three earning a three out of five. However, they mentioned that the game had some glitches and was less fun than that of the Mario Kart
Mario Kart
is a series of go-kart-style racing video games developed by Nintendo as a series of spin-offs from its trademark Mario series of platformer adventure-style video games...

series. http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/reviews/1417/Burger_King_Games.html. IGN

IGN

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, on the other hand, claimed it to be the worst of the three claiming its only fun aspect is "playing as a giant hamburger" http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/746/746679p1.html .

Overview

Reception

See also