The
MX vs. ATV series is a cumulative crossover between THQ's
MX trilogy and Sony's
ATV Offroad Fury series. Every game in the franchise prior to
MX vs. ATV Reflex was available on the
PlayStation 2.
MX trilogy The
MX series is a trilogy of motocross racing games, all published by THQ between 2001 and 2004, serving as a follow-up to THQ's
Championship Motocross featuring Ricky Carmichael duology for the
PlayStation, with the sequel also being available on
Game Boy Color. Like the
Championship duology, the first two installments,
2002 and
Superfly, were developed by
Locomotive Games and endorsed by
Ricky Carmichael, whose likeness went on to appear in some
MX vs. ATV video games. The third game,
MX Unleashed, was developed by Rainbow Studios, which had started the
ATV Offroad Fury series around the time
2002 and
Superfly were released and went on to create the
MX vs. ATV crossover series a year after
Unleashed. All three installments were released on
sixth-generation platforms, with the entire trilogy available on the PS2 and
Xbox. The three games in the trilogy are: •
MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael (2001) •
MX Superfly featuring Ricky Carmichael (2002) •
MX Unleashed (2004)
ATV Offroad Fury series ATV Offroad Fury is a series of ATV racing games published by
Sony Computer Entertainment that ran from 2001 to 2006, consisting of four main titles released on the PlayStation 2. Rainbow Studios developed the first two games of the series, before abandoning it in favor of developing
MX Unleashed and the
MX vs. ATV series, while passing the development of the
ATV Offroad Fury series to
Climax Racing, which would produce two more sequels and
port them to the
PlayStation Portable under different titles. The main titles of the
ATV Offroad Fury series are: •
ATV Offroad Fury (2001) •
ATV Offroad Fury 2 (2002) •
ATV Offroad Fury 3 (2004; ported to the PSP as ''
ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails'' in 2005) •
ATV Offroad Fury 4 (2006; loosely ported to the PSP as
ATV Offroad Fury Pro in the same year)
Main series After the release of the
MX trilogy and the first three
ATV Offroad Fury games, the
MX vs. ATV series began in earnest with
MX vs. ATV Unleashed in 2005. Shortly after the series began, the
ATV Offroad Fury series quietly concluded with one last sequel, as well as PSP ports of its last two games. Every game in the series was released on non-
Nintendo consoles, with
Untamed,
Reflex, and
All Out also available on at least one Nintendo platform. All games support local
split-screen multiplayer racing between 2 players on consoles and PC, while utilizing
online multiplayer to support contests with larger player pools. Local wireless multiplayer among up to four players are supported on handheld versions of the games, except the PSP version of
Reflex.
Notes ==In other media==