Big Mutha Truckers

Big Mutha Truckers
European cover art
Developer(s)Eutechnyx
Raylight Studios (handhelds)
Publisher(s)Empire Interactive (Europe)
THQ (North America)
Destination Software (handhelds, NA)
Zoo Digital Publishing (handhelds, EU)
Platform(s)GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS
Release
6 December 2002
  • PlayStation 2
    Xbox
    Microsoft Windows
    • NA: 16 March 2003
    • EU: 2 May 2003 [3]
    GameCube
    • EU: 27 June 2003[4]
    • NA: 14 August 2003
    DS
    • NA: 19 October 2005
    • EU: 2 December 2005
    Game Boy Advance
    • NA: 9 November 2005
    • EU: 9 December 2005
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player

Big Mutha Truckers is an open world racing video game developed by British studio Eutechnyx and released in 2002. Set in fictional Hick County, the game revolves around completing trips between cities, delivering goods, and competing in races while at the helm of a semi truck. The game is available on GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2, and Microsoft Windows. It met with middling critical and commercial reception, due to repetitive gameplay, dated graphics, and lackluster sound. The game uses Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" as its theme song. The game's sequel is Big Mutha Truckers 2. A different game of the same name was developed by Italian company Raylight Studios and released for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS.

The game's plot revolves around one of four available characters and their quest to inherit the family business. With plans to retire from the family business, Ma' Jackson challenges her four children, Cletus, Earl, Rawkus, and Bobbie-Sue, to a "Trial by Truckin". She gives each sibling 60 days in which to make deliveries to various cities in Hick State County, with the company going to the sibling with the most money in the end.

  1. ^ a b "PR - 6/17/03 - DOUBLE DANG DAMAGE! THQ SHIPS EMPIRE INTERACTIVE'S BIG MUTHA TRUCKERS". 16 April 2004. Archived from the original on 16 April 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "What's New?". Eurogamer.net. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  3. ^ "What's New?". Eurogamer.net. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. ^ "What's New?". Eurogamer.net. 27 June 2003. Retrieved 6 June 2023.