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The last BMX game I recall being released was the second Mat Hoffman game. This game really brought the level of the BMX video game genre up with the ability to pull flatland tricks, really good maps/spots, clean graphics and having some kick ass riders as playable characters. As a tie in with the game a road trip was held and filmed with all the riders involved in the game hitting up the spots from all the game levels. An edited down version of the video appears as an extra in Hoffman bikes Testimony video. The game gave you a decent amount of freedom for example even letting you pull corner pocket airs and finding huge gaps. It was more of a park/street kind of game with the dirt riding being its weak point. Not quite able to break out of the mold set by the Tony Hawk game franchise but a good game nonetheless.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, BMX makes an appearance but in the form of a rather dated drug dealer looking ride. Roam around aimlessly on the bike to find jumps in between car jacking people and listening to the radio. I believe it is near the first safe house in GTA IV, there is a decent mini ramp under a freeway but sadly you can only skate it.

There was even a game released in conjunction with the Gravity Games. The only good thing about this game was Tim "Fuzzy" Hall on the cover and thats where it ends. Worth no further mention.

Then there was BMX XXX. Strippers, poodles and backflips. Total piece of crap. Dave Mirra knew a bad thing when he saw it and took legal action to have his name removed after it was initially attached in marketing promotions. The game depicted BMX'ers as sex crazed adrenaline junkies pedaling from one fix to another being Xtreme all over the place. The game granted you cut scenes of strippers for achieving goals and clearing levels. Several people will read this and buy this game instead of attending the next Interbike. Technically the game was very flawed with totally unrealistic physics and ugly block like graphics. If you ride a scooter in a concrete park or own an Insane Clown Posse album, this is the game for you.

I never got to play the first Dave Mirra game but wasted many hours playing the second game. Many riders feel that this is the game. The first time I ever went to Woodward was in this game and I pulled a backflip to whip on the vert ramp. No foam pit for me. Stretching the bounds of BMX reality a bit made this game fun. If you have a Playstation 2 you can pick this game up for next to nothing for when your favorite spot is rained out.

In 1987 California Games was the first game I can recall that ventured into the realm of the sports we love and that other people called us "crazy" for. Surfing, BMX racing, Skating and I think it even had a Roller Skater where your character was a girl. On the Skate ramp at a certain point the big one (earthquake) would hit Cali splitting the Hollywood sign in the background. Pixelated as hell and hard to steer the BMX racing was frustrating as much as it was a fix to get some sweet air off a jump. Looping out on the face of a jump was too easy. The track itself was a straight lined Helltrack littered with logs, tires and potholes. Very basic but a good start.

After reading this you might feel the urge to suddenly play a BMX video game....here are some links to some free online games:

FREE GAME 1
FREE ONLINE GAME 2