Polaris SnoCross is one of three games sharing the same engine (the others being Carnivalé and Sea-Doo Hydrocross) that were made by Vicarious Visions for Vatical Entertainment - but only this one actually made it out the door. The other two eventually surfaced in the September 2020 lotcheck leaks.
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Developer Credits#
Present in the ROM at 0x3DE. A similar string is present in Carnivalé.
BALD FREE SAMBONE STUBS SHADY JORGE RICK
These were references to the developers:
- BALD - Darren Ranalli
- FREE - Charles Nicholson
- SAMBONE - Sam Hubster
- STUBS - Aaron Ondek
- SHADY - Matthew Conte
- JORGE - Jorge Diaz
- RICK - Rick Grossenbacher
Regional Differences#
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Aside from the lack of Polaris branding, the menu font is different.
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As is the password box.
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The US version includes a little bit of story.
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The Polaris logo icon was replaced with a large snowflake.
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The font changes are pretty obvious here.
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Again, no Polaris branding.
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The European version has no rumble, which is reflected here.
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Nintendo 64 |
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Game Boy Color |
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