3DO DOES MAD TRIX
May 15, 2001

A skiing game from 3DO. The full press release follows:

The 3DO Company today announced the planned release of the Jonny Moseley Mad Trix game, coming this fall to the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. The Jonny Moseley Mad Trix game brings the first trick-based skiing game to the PlayStation 2 console.

One of the most dynamic American contenders for Olympic gold in the 2002 Winter Games, Jonny Moseley won the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, for the freestyle mogul event. He came home a national hero, and is as popular in mainstream America as he is with hardcore freeskiers. In 2000 he won the Freeze US Freeskier Slopestyle event, as well as a silver medal in the Big Air event at the 1999 Winter X-Games. He has revolutionized skiing by bringing a non-traditional, "extreme" style to the event, and became world famous for his trademark jump, the 360 mute grab.

With those achievements, it is easy to see why Moseley gets all the women. At least he will if you are successful in the game. Kick butt and you'll be fending them off in the resort lounge. Fail in the events and you'll be killing time in the lounge by yourself. Jonny Moseley and the new skiing movement are the epitome of cool. If you thought you knew skiing, check this out!

Maximizing the PlayStation 2 technology, an all-new second-generation game engine creates unique and stunningly photo-realistic environments. In the Slopestyle mode, you race through fantastical environments such as snowed-in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Rome, and many other cities, pulling off sick tricks and competing for medals, sponsors and fame. Choose between professional freeskiers Jonny Moseley and Tanner Hall, or a host of outrageous fictional characters, to assist you in tackling the course. The Slopestyle courses are man-made, with half-pipes, quarter-pipes, kickers, picnic tables, big air ramps, and rails, all used to rack up huge trick points. Become famous enough, and you will be the star of your own ski movie in Big Mountain mode.

In Big Mountain mode, after being heli-dropped onto a mountaintop, you will race down the mountain at high-speed, hucking yourself off cliffs, launching from the roofs of snowed-in cottages, jumping over trains and rail sliding on fallen trees. In Big Mountain mode, out-of-bounds is fair play, and with everything being filmed, you can then watch your best runs on the big screen.