Freeride Earth for Windows

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Download.com staffAugust 19, 2015

For a totally free, space-efficient program, this snowboarding game gives you a pretty killer ride. Freeride Earth requires no real installation process to speak of; you simply extract all the game files to a folder, then click the EXE to begin playing. Since this program only provides one mountain on which to shred, your goal is simply to achieve the highest score possible by using the space bar and the arrow keys to pull off jumps, spins, and tricks. You start with a very short amount of time on the clock, so you also must take care to collect the bright blue tokens that will extend your ride. The minimal help files don't explain how many points a certain trick scores, so you'll probably want to experiment. The 3D graphics may not knock hard-core gamers out cold, but most other folks will find them more than suitable. Our biggest gripe about Freeride Earth is its total lack of features; you can't even turn off the sound effects or choose to play with your mouse. Besides that, we can't complain much about this free game and think it makes a surprisingly addictive time killer.

Freeride Earth for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: May 3, 2000

Latest update: August 19, 2015

Version: 3.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows NT
Windows 95
Windows 2000
Windows 98

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Total Downloads: 798,382

Downloads Last Week: 0

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User Reviews

3.5/5

378 User Votes

SnowboardFree
TechFroJanuary 27, 2012
Pros
Ability to free ride, competition mode, challenging but easy to learn.
Cons
Could use some variety, controls.
Summary
Overall, a spiritual successor to SkiFree, but not well defined. Totally download it and try!
Fun relaxing game
Tricklin_FoolJune 27, 2011
Pros
It's cool to just endlessly ride down hill. No it's not an accurate simulation, but if they hadn't made it I would have thought someone should.
Cons
It could be updated and expanded up.
Summary
Too many reviewers completely missed the point of this game. This is not Tony Hawks snowboarding. It's just a novelty program where you ride endlessly and jump like crazy. It's kind of like an interactive screen saver. If this works with Windows 7 I'm getting it again.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Aug 26, 2011<p/>The original was much better.
crap
OjeyApril 19, 2008
Pros
nothing
Cons
everything
Summary
junk
captianstripesApril 26, 2007
Pros
none
Cons
anouncer sounds stupid, controls too sensetive, graphics are terible, and game plays too quickly and just plain boring.
Summary
Not bad freeware 3d snowboarding
RanitoJuly 25, 2006
Pros
+Graphics look pretty good for freeware (like first 3d accelerated games) <p>+Pretty funny for some while <p>+Freeware
Cons
-Irrealistic physics <p>-No motivation (only one track, one boarder)
Summary
this sites in very benafical
qmh_13October 15, 2005
Pros
software, game, music,
Cons
no
Summary
You get what you pay for...
MrsoneFebruary 28, 2005
Pros
Hey, it's free.
Cons
This game could have been pretty decent, but it lacks so many features that it isn't worth it. For example, there are no customization features, no tutorials for figuring out how to use the controls, no options, nothing. The "contest mode" is too short to figure out how to do anything in it. The controls themselves are pretty lean. Also, there are no directions of any sort to tell you what to do at all. The developers of this game really could have done so much better than they did making this program worth while.
Summary
Sucks
January 25, 2005
Pros
Cons
Summary
Worst game ever. WTF, like to punch this guy.
BAD DOWNLOAD
May 30, 2004
Pros
Cons
Summary
@$$%^&*&*(*(**() (**&%$^ *&*^%$$^
Sucks
shane20067May 30, 2004
Pros
Cons
Summary
this game wil not work.

Developer’s Description

By graphitx

Snowboard around beautiful 3D mountains in this great simulation.