Polaris SnoCross (Game Boy Color)

Polaris SnoCross
Also known as: SnowCross (EU) Developer: Vicarious Visions Publishers: Vatical Entertainment (US), Wanadoo (EU) Platform: Game Boy Color Released in US: February 2000 Released in EU: November 16, 2001 This game has unused text. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article

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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Prototype Info

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

US	Europe

Aside from the lack of Polaris branding, the menu font is different.

US	Europe

As is the password box.

US	Europe
	N/A

The US version includes a little bit of story.

US	Europe

The Polaris logo icon was replaced with a large snowflake.

US	Europe

The font changes are pretty obvious here.

US	Europe

Again, no Polaris branding.

US	Europe

The European version has no rumble, which is reflected here.