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. The game was originally released in Europe for

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in June 2004. An updated version with additional features, titled ''Mashed: Fully Loaded'' in Europe and ''Drive to Survive'' internationally, was released in Europe in March 2005 and in North America in December 2006. The direct sequel '' Wrecked: Revenge Revisited'' was released in 2012. While the game allows four-player multiplayer, the PlayStation 2 only natively supported two controllers. Since the game used so few buttons, the PlayStation 2 version uniquely allows two people to share a controller - one player would use the D-pad and the left stick, the other would use the colored buttons and the right stick. The game supports the PS2 multi tap for four players.

Reception

''Mashed'' received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms except the PlayStation 2 version of the ''Fully Loaded'' edition, which received "generally favourable reviews", according to the

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. Andy Young of VideoGamer.com called the Xbox version "a great multiplayer game. One of the best in recent memory". Some American publications gave the game a review over a month after the ''Fully Loaded'' edition was released in Europe, but nearly two years before it was released in North America. In Japan, where the PS2 version of the ''Fully Loaded'' edition was ported under the name and published by

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on 15 December 2005, ''

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'' gave it a score of two sixes, one five, and one four for a total of 21 out of 40.

References

External links

* *{{moby game, id=/mashed-fully-loaded, name=''Mashed: Fully Loaded''
Supersonic Software Ltd Mashed: Drive to Survive pageXplosiv Mashed: Drive to Survive PC pageXplosiv Mashed Fully Loaded page
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