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{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is an off-road racing game developed exclusively for the [[Sega Dreamcast]] by [[Kalisto Entertainment]].
 
{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is an off-road racing game developed exclusively for the [[Sega Dreamcast]] by [[Kalisto Entertainment]].
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The game had a protracted development timeline, originally being announced as '''''Xleration''''' in the summer of 1999, before changing its name to '''''Offroad Thunder''''' in October and eventually settling on ''4 Wheel Thunder''.
 
The game had a protracted development timeline, originally being announced as '''''Xleration''''' in the summer of 1999, before changing its name to '''''Offroad Thunder''''' in October and eventually settling on ''4 Wheel Thunder''.
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==Production credits==
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{{creditsheader|[[Midway Home Entertainment]]}}
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*'''Producer:''' Dave Brooks
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*'''Associate Producer:''' Will Shen
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*'''Assistant Producer:''' Erwin Gasmin
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*'''Technical Director:''' Sam Calis
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*'''Print Design & Production:''' Midway Creative Services San Diego
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*'''Product Manager:''' Derryl DePriest
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*'''Test Manager:''' Hans Lo
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*'''Testing Supervisor:''' Jeff Greenhut
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*'''Lead Product Analyst:''' Dan Wagner
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*'''Technical Standards Analysts:''' Jason Dickson & Shon Flanagan
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*'''Product Analysts :'''Brian Golding, Eric Rose, Jim Dunne, Josh Stacy, Rob Parnell, Steve Scott, Virgillio Abad, Steve Cupp, Josh Hutchins, John Tajuna, Jason Jorgensen,Steve Carson & Federico Digo Jr.
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*'''Special Thanks:''' Deborah Fulton, Kathy Lange, [[Kathy Schoback]], Izora Lillard, [[Teri Higgins]], Ed Duran & Matt Vella
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{{creditsheader|[[Kalisto Entertainment]] Productions}}
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*'''Production Team:'''
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**'''Game Manager:''' Emmanuel Nouaille
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**'''Production Assistant:''' Julie Taylor
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**'''Coach Programmer:''' Philippe Rivaillon
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**'''Programmers:''' Frederic Brunel, Gregory Garcia, Gregory Jan, Jean-Sebastien Dasse, Cedric Julien & Roland Lacoste
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**'''Scripter:''' Arnaud Lewden
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**'''Coach Artist:''' Maxime Deleris
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**'''Artists:''' Emmanuel Correia, Jean-Francois Hugon, Christian Diaz, Adrien Delaboudiniere, Alfio Trabuio, Damien Papet, Olivier Triboulloy, Marc Moreno, Hugo Palasie, Mathieu Michel, Cyril Moreul, Virginie Ropars, Yi Moua Chong Yong, Daniel Roger & Michel Roger
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**'''Public Relations:''' Laetitia Jauze
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**'''Product Manager:''' Stephanie Rolland-Latorzeff
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**'''Post Production:''' Olivier Bailly-Maitre
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**'''Music & Sound Effects:''' Frederic Motte
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*'''Cinematics:'''
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**'''Artist Director:''' Frederic Levistre
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**'''Animator Director:''' Nicolas Messyasz
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**'''Animator:''' Sandrine Herve
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**'''Artists:''' Antoine Guilband, Franck Manon, Gwen Heliou, Laurent Fisher, Nicolas Riviére, Philippe Courdille, Sebastien Froncek & Sébastien Larrue
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*'''Quality Department:'''
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**'''Q.A. Manager:''' Pascal Lempereur
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**'''Test Manager:''' Jerome Antona
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**'''Lead Analyst:''' Pascal Salngre
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**'''Lead Analyst Support:''' Jerome Braune
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**'''Main Analyst & Car Adjustment:''' Arnaud Paraire
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*'''Special Thanks:''' Fabrice Tete, Frederic Lavignasse, Ludivine Doleux, Ludovic Dubois, Loic Lepage, Will Davis, Olivier Robin, DIFINTEL, Stephane Munuera, Nicolas Sanchez, TE. REC, Jean-Francois Lopez, Serge Plagnol, Jose Caparros, CNM-Philippe Seban, Tashin Tamer,Sebastien Viannay, Elton Bird, Thomas Szirtes, Scopiton & Mr. Paul Bandey, James Anderson, Alain Guyet, David Gallardo, Grand Angle (Jean-Luc Millan), Xavier Delpeuch, Dave Brooks, Will Shen & Erwin Gasmin
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==Magazine articles==
 
==Magazine articles==
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==Artwork==
 
==Artwork==
 
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==Technical information==
 
==Technical information==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}}
 
===ROM dump status===
 
===ROM dump status===
 
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Latest revision as of 14:42, 19 April 2023

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4WheelThunder title.png

4 Wheel Thunder
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Midway Home Entertainment
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Racing

















Number of players: 1-2
Official in-game languages:
  • English
  • Français
  • Release Date RRP Code
    Sega Dreamcast
    US
    $49.9949.99[3] T-9708N
    ESRB: Everyone
    Sega Dreamcast
    DE
    T-9706D-51
    USK: 0
    Sega Dreamcast
    ES
    T-9706D-61
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Dreamcast
    FR
    T-9706D-51
    SELL: Tous Publics
    Sega Dreamcast
    UK
    £39.9939.99[6][7] T-9706D-61
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Dreamcast
    DE/FR/NL
    T-9706D-51
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Dreamcast
    ES/UK/IT
    T-9706D-61
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Dreamcast
    AU

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    4 Wheel Thunder is an off-road racing game developed exclusively for the Sega Dreamcast by Kalisto Entertainment.

    History

    It was published by Midway Games as part of the Thunder racing franchise - the second game in the series to be released on the Dreamcast after Hydro Thunder. The game was not released in Japan.

    The game had a protracted development timeline, originally being announced as Xleration in the summer of 1999, before changing its name to Offroad Thunder in October and eventually settling on 4 Wheel Thunder.

    Production credits

    • Producer: Dave Brooks
    • Associate Producer: Will Shen
    • Assistant Producer: Erwin Gasmin
    • Technical Director: Sam Calis
    • Print Design & Production: Midway Creative Services San Diego
    • Product Manager: Derryl DePriest
    • Test Manager: Hans Lo
    • Testing Supervisor: Jeff Greenhut
    • Lead Product Analyst: Dan Wagner
    • Technical Standards Analysts: Jason Dickson & Shon Flanagan
    • Product Analysts :Brian Golding, Eric Rose, Jim Dunne, Josh Stacy, Rob Parnell, Steve Scott, Virgillio Abad, Steve Cupp, Josh Hutchins, John Tajuna, Jason Jorgensen,Steve Carson & Federico Digo Jr.
    • Special Thanks: Deborah Fulton, Kathy Lange, Kathy Schoback, Izora Lillard, Teri Higgins, Ed Duran & Matt Vella
    • Production Team:
      • Game Manager: Emmanuel Nouaille
      • Production Assistant: Julie Taylor
      • Coach Programmer: Philippe Rivaillon
      • Programmers: Frederic Brunel, Gregory Garcia, Gregory Jan, Jean-Sebastien Dasse, Cedric Julien & Roland Lacoste
      • Scripter: Arnaud Lewden
      • Coach Artist: Maxime Deleris
      • Artists: Emmanuel Correia, Jean-Francois Hugon, Christian Diaz, Adrien Delaboudiniere, Alfio Trabuio, Damien Papet, Olivier Triboulloy, Marc Moreno, Hugo Palasie, Mathieu Michel, Cyril Moreul, Virginie Ropars, Yi Moua Chong Yong, Daniel Roger & Michel Roger
      • Public Relations: Laetitia Jauze
      • Product Manager: Stephanie Rolland-Latorzeff
      • Post Production: Olivier Bailly-Maitre
      • Music & Sound Effects: Frederic Motte
    • Cinematics:
      • Artist Director: Frederic Levistre
      • Animator Director: Nicolas Messyasz
      • Animator: Sandrine Herve
      • Artists: Antoine Guilband, Franck Manon, Gwen Heliou, Laurent Fisher, Nicolas Riviére, Philippe Courdille, Sebastien Froncek & Sébastien Larrue
    • Quality Department:
      • Q.A. Manager: Pascal Lempereur
      • Test Manager: Jerome Antona
      • Lead Analyst: Pascal Salngre
      • Lead Analyst Support: Jerome Braune
      • Main Analyst & Car Adjustment: Arnaud Paraire
    • Special Thanks: Fabrice Tete, Frederic Lavignasse, Ludivine Doleux, Ludovic Dubois, Loic Lepage, Will Davis, Olivier Robin, DIFINTEL, Stephane Munuera, Nicolas Sanchez, TE. REC, Jean-Francois Lopez, Serge Plagnol, Jose Caparros, CNM-Philippe Seban, Tashin Tamer,Sebastien Viannay, Elton Bird, Thomas Szirtes, Scopiton & Mr. Paul Bandey, James Anderson, Alain Guyet, David Gallardo, Grand Angle (Jean-Luc Millan), Xavier Delpeuch, Dave Brooks, Will Shen & Erwin Gasmin
    Source:
    US manual
    4wheelthunder dc us manual.pdf
    [11]

    Magazine articles

    Main article: 4 Wheel Thunder/Magazine articles.

    Promotional material

    Logo-pdf.svg
    Print advert in GamePro (US) #141: "June 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
    Logo-pdf.svg
    Logo-pdf.svg
    Print advert in Expert Gamer (US) #72: "June 2000" (2000-05-23)
    Logo-pdf.svg
    Logo-pdf.svg
    Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #9: "No. 9" (2000-05-18)
    also published in:
    Logo-pdf.svg

    Artwork

    Physical scans

    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Score Source
    {{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
    Based on
    0 review
    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    576 Konzol (HU)
    77
    [13]
    Arcade (UK)
    50
    [14]
    Consoles Max (FR)
    78
    [15]
    Consoles + (FR) PAL
    86
    [16]
    Computer & Video Games (UK)
    50
    [6]
    Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
    80
    [17]
    DC-UK (UK) PAL
    80
    [7]
    Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
    70
    [18]
    Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
    92
    [19]
    Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
    67
    [20]
    Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
    81
    [21]
    Fun Generation (DE) PAL
    80
    [22]
    GameFan (US) NTSC-U
    90
    [23]
    GamePro (US) NTSC-U
    75
    [24]
    Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
    33
    [25]
    Incite Video Gaming (US) NTSC-U
    80
    [26]
    MAN!AC (DE) PAL
    70
    [27]
    Mega Fun (DE) PAL
    87
    [28]
    Mr. Dreamcast (UK) PAL
    71
    [29]
    Neo Plus (PL)
    50
    [30]
    Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
    25
    [31]
    Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
    80
    [32]
    Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U
    70
    [3]
    Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES)
    70
    [33]
    Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
    87
    [34]
    Silicon Mag (US) NTSC-U
    83
    [35]
    Video Games (DE) PAL
    87
    [36]
    Sega Dreamcast
    72
    Based on
    27 reviews

    4 Wheel Thunder

    Dreamcast, US
    4WheelThunder DC US Box Back.jpg4WheelThunder DC US Box Front.jpg
    Cover
    4 Wheel Thunder USA Cd label.jpeg
    Disc
    4wheelthunder dc us manual.pdf
    Manual
    4wheelthunder dc us inlay.jpg
    Inlay
    Dreamcast, UK/ES/IT
    4WheelThunder DC EU Box Back.jpg4WheelThunder DC EU Box Front.jpg
    Cover
    4WheelThunder DC EU Disc.jpg
    Disc
    Dreamcast, DE/FR/NL
    4WheelThunder DC 51 back.jpgNospine-small.png4WheelThunder DC EU Box Front.jpg
    Cover
    4WheelThunder DC EU Disc.jpg
    Disc

    Technical information

    Main article: 4 Wheel Thunder/Technical information.

    ROM dump status

    System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
    Sega Dreamcast
     ?
    CRC32
    MD5
    SHA-1
    1,190,168,448 2000-04-05 GD-ROM (US) T-9708N V1.002
    Sega Dreamcast
     ?
    CRC32
    MD5
    SHA-1
    1999-11-05 GD-R Page
    Sega Dreamcast
     ?
    CRC32
    MD5
    SHA-1
    2000-01-26 GD-R Page
    Sega Dreamcast
     ?
    CRC32
    MD5
    SHA-1
    2000-01-29 GD-R Page
    Sega Dreamcast
     ?
    CRC32
    MD5
    SHA-1
    2000-03-31 GD-R Page

    External links

    References

    1. http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/newReleases/morenr-DC.asp (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-21 08:01)
    2. http://www.gexpress.com/detailedspecs.cfm?returndept=DC&returnpage=1&number=031719209903 (Wayback Machine: 2002-02-22 07:15)
    3. 3.0 3.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 112
    4. http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=2206 (Wayback Machine: 2002-09-18 22:57)
    5. https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.dreamcast/c/Fm4BBahCbjI/m/QoJrrRWIQi8J
    6. 6.0 6.1 Computer & Video Games, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-17), page 96
    7. 7.0 7.1 DC-UK, "May 2000" (UK; 2000-04-xx), page 24
    8. http://www.micromania.fr/cgi-micromania/tri3.pl?criteria=DREAMCAS;status=1 (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-21 04:04)
    9. http://www.centromail.es/top/ficha_liquidacion.asp?codmail=14760 (Wayback Machine: 2002-11-22 05:14)
    10. http://www.gameswarehouse.com.au:80/longpage.asp?gameid=2082 (Wayback Machine: 2000-09-03 06:16)
    11. File:4wheelthunder dc us manual.pdf, page 28
    12. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 11" (UK; 2000-07-13), page 37
    13. 576 Konzol, "Október 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 44
    14. Arcade, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-23), page 78
    15. Consoles Max, "Mai 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 117
    16. Consoles +, "Mai 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 104
    17. Dreamcast Monthly, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 74
    18. Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mai/Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 78
    19. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 8" (UK; 2000-04-20), page 60
    20. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 139
    21. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 8
    22. Fun Generation, "05/2000" (DE; 2000-04-19), page 68
    23. GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 7: July 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 14
    24. GamePro, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 90
    25. Gamers' Republic, "June 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 79
    26. Incite Video Gaming, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 103
    27. MAN!AC, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 52
    28. Mega Fun, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 66
    29. Mr. Dreamcast, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-04-27), page 66
    30. Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 44
    31. Next Generation, "July 2000" (US; 2000-06-20), page 90
    32. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 78
    33. Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Abril 2000" (ES; 2000-0x-xx), page 48
    34. Sega Magazin, "Juni 2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 18
    35. Silicon Mag, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 14
    36. Video Games, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-04), page 96


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