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Dark Summit

Snowboarders have never felt welcome on Mt. Garrick, a once quiet and peaceful ski resort. Chief O' Leary, the resident ranger, has led the charge against boarders and limited their access to certain sections…

72 12 November 2001

Dark Summit is a sport developed by Radical Entertainment, released 12 November 2001 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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What Dark Summit is

Dark Summit is a sport game developed by Radical Entertainment and released in 2001. It was published by THQ. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Snowboarders have never felt welcome on Mt. Garrick, a once quiet and peaceful ski resort. Chief O' Leary, the resident ranger, has led the charge against boarders and limited their access to certain sections of the mountain. But the situation has progressed. Chief O'Leary has mysteriously closed the summit to all boarders and is trying desperately to drive them off the mountain.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Dark Summit holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 51% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Dark Summit launched on 12 November 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Halo: Combat Evolved. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved.

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When did Dark Summit come out?
Dark Summit was released on 12 November 2001 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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