
The hoverboard was popularized by the Back to the Future film franchise, with its appearance in Back to the Future Part II (1989). In 1984, a hoverboard appeared in the shoot 'em up arcade video game SWAT, developed by Coreland and distributed by Sega in Japan and Bally Midway in North America. Hoverboards were first described by author M. Many attempts have been made to invent a functioning hoverboard.

Personal transportation similar to a skateboard, but using a magnetic means of levitation instead of wheels.Ī hoverboard (or hover board) is a levitating board used for personal transportation, first described in science-fiction, and made famous by the appearance of a skateboard-like hoverboard in the film Back to the Future Part II. They are separated into three categories: speed, flight, and power, and they each have their specialized equipment, which enables them to take advantage of different and faster routes.Fictional Mattel hoverboard used by the character Marty McFly in both Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III. Most of the playable characters must be unlocked before they can be used. There are sixty unique cars, eighteen playable characters, and sixteen various courses, each with two tracks. Each of these games features a different type of competition. The three new game modes are Survival Mode (smash into opponents on particular areas of a track), Survival Relay (relay courses with several players), and Survival Ball (a football game). These can be updated anytime, even while the race is in progress. The race course features various goods, challenges, obstacles, and vehicles, such as hoverboards, bicycles, air riders, yachts, air skates, and other types of boats. Characters can turn tight on corners using this move, just like they could with the Grip move in the game before it. Gravity Drift is the name of the third option. Alternate passageways through walls and other surfaces can be discovered and utilized by manipulating gravity.

This makes it possible for the Gravity Dive ability, which creates a black hole, draws the player into it, and grants them quicker speed and control over gravity. Earning gravity points requires accomplishing several challenges as well as doing various feats. This game version includes certain new powers not found in the previous installment. Team Sonic is tasked with unraveling the enigma surrounding MeteorTech and determining the motivations of the robots in their pursuit of meteorites. When four unexplained meteorites collide with the earth, they accidentally activate MeteorTech robots located worldwide, then go on a killing spree.


The second installment in the Sonic Riders series, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, is a racing game for hoverboards in the Sonic universe.
