MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael

MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael is a video game developed by Pacific Coast Power & Light and published by THQ for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance. It is the third motocross racing game published by THQ to be endorsed by professional motorcross racer Ricky Carmichael, after "Championship Motocross featuring Ricky Carmichael" and its sequel, "Championship Motocross 2001 featuring Ricky Carmichael", as well as the first game in THQ's "MX" trilogy, a follow-up series to the "Championship Motorcross" duology that would eventually become part of its "MX vs. ATV" crossover racing franchise. A sequel, "MX Superfly", was released in 2002 and also endorsed by Carmichael.
Gameplay.
"MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael" is a motocross racing game.
Development.
"MX 2002" originally began development as a sequel to "Championship Motocross 2001 featuring Ricky Carmichael", before undergoing significant changes that led it to be rebranded as the start of a new successor to the "Championship Motocross" duology. Tiertex Studios, which developed the Game Boy Color version of "Championship Motocross 2001", developed a Game Boy Advance version of "MX 2002" that similarly featured 3-D graphics.
Reception.
Jim Preston reviewed the PlayStation 2 version of the game for "Next Generation", rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "ordinary graphics and an awkward stunt system are the only drawbacks in an otherwise fast and fun day in the dirt".