Motocross Madness is a racing video game released for Windows 95 and 98 including the Pentium II 460 and Pentium 90 on July 31, 1998. The game was bundled with the Microsoft Sidewinder Freestyle Pro and also available separately.
A sequel Motocross Madness 2, was released in 2000. In 2013, a sequel for the Xbox 360 was released, titled Motocross Madness. In the game, one can earn money by utilizing "career mode", but play for fun in Baja, Stunts, Enduro, Supercross, and National levels as well.
The game was known for its realism, including terrain, audio, and "bone-chilling" motorcycle wrecks. If the player is in Stunt mode, goes out of bounds, and gets on a large cliff, an "invisible slingshot" will cause the player and the bike fly across while funny sounds plays until both objects will hit the ground
SideWinder version[]
For the SideWinder copy of the game, motion controllers were incorporated into the game. The player had to tilt the controller left and right like arcade game steering wheels. This game helped spike popularity in the SideWinder controller series, more specifically though the Microsoft SideWinder Freestyle Pro.
Reception[]
Motocross Madness won Computer Games Strategy Plus's 1998 "Racing Game of the Year" award. The editors hailed it as "perhaps the best motorcycle racing game of all time." PC Gamer US also named Motocross Madness the best racing game of 1998.
In the United States, Motocross Madness sold 35,922 copies during 1998. These sales accounted for $1.54 million in revenue that year.