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Cool Boarders (Europe)

PlayStation
🇬🇧
Reviewed in
1996
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✪ Reviewed on November 13, 2025
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The first snowboarding game on PS1, founding the genre on Sony's console. Cool Boarders offers varied slopes and a satisfying trick system for its era. Dated graphics but the arcade snowboarding essence is there. A nostalgic niche title.

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Category
Sports 1 player 7+ Split screen
Description
First entry of the pioneering snowboard arcade on PlayStation, featuring high-trick descents. Created by UEP Systems and Sony Computer Entertainment, released in 1996 in Japan and the United States and in 1997 in Europe. Six runs, six riders, trick gauge, halfpipe mode and rock soundtrack. Multiple regional releases.

Cool Boarders review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,29 GB 📅01/10/1996
Published by Sony Computer Entertainment

Cool Boarders (PS1) price, value & rarity

Notable
Q1 loose
 $8 Q6 complete
 $10 Q10 new
 $120 !
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Other versions
Cool Boarders
Japan
30/08/1996
🇯🇵
Cool Boarders
USA
05/11/1996
🇬🇧

Is Cool Boarders still worth playing in 2026?

A snowboarding pioneer on PlayStation, Cool Boarders offers behind the back descents where the stakes mix speed, balance and trick chaining to rack up points. The sense of carving, the board selection and the slope atmosphere laid the foundations of a then fledgling genre. The rough 3D, the small number of tracks and stiff handling have clearly aged. A piece of history for fans of retro board sports and the curious about the early days of video game snowboarding.

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