Arctic Thunder is a snowmobile racing game developed by Midway Games for arcades, Sony's Playstation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox. In the arcade version of the game, it is said that jets blow cold or hot winds, depending on the setting, in the player's face while he or she plays the game. This is a part of Midway's Thunder series, which also included Hydro Thunder, 4 Wheel Thunder, and Offroad Thunder.

Codes

No drones mode:
Press Square(2), Circle(2), L1, R1, Start at the screen after startup (before choosing a player). Note: This has no effect in points races.

Expert mode:
Press Circle, Square, Circle(2), Square, Start at the screen after startup (before choosing a player). Note: This has no effect in points races.

All Randoms mode:
Press R1, R2, Square, Circle, R1, R2, Start at the screen after startup (before choosing a player). Note: This has no effect in points races.

All Atomic Snowballs mode:
Press Square(3), L1, Circle, Start at the screen after startup (before choosing a player). Note: This has no effect in points races.

All Grappling

Hooks and Randoms mode:
Press Circle(2), L2, Circle(2), L1, Start at the screen after startup (before choosing a player). Note: This has no effect in points races.

All Rooster Tails mode:
Press R1, R2, L2, L1, Square, Start at the screen after startup (before choosing a player). Note: This has no effect in points races.

All Snow Bombs and Randoms mode:
Press Circle(2), R1, R2, Start at the screen after startup (before choosing a player). Note: This has no effect in points races.

All Boost mode:
Press Circle, R1(2), Circle, R2, Start at the screen after startup (before choosing a player). Note: This has no effect in points races.

Clone mode:
Press L1, L2(2), Circle, L1, Circle, Start at the screen after startup (before choosing a player). Note: This has no effect in points races.

Everyone invisible mode:
Press Square, Circle, Square, R2, Circle(2), Start at the screen after startup (before choosing a player). Note: This has no effect in points races.

No power-ups mode:
Press Square(2), Circle, Square, R2, Square, Start at the screen after startup (before choosing a player). Note: This has no effect in points races.

Super boost wheelie mode:
Press Circle, L1, Square, R2, Square, L2, Start at the screen after startup (before choosing a player). Note: This has no effect in points races.

Mooing:
Enter MOO as your initials after a race.

Change snowmobile:
Press R2 to change your player's snowmobile.

Snowman:
Win gold medals on all twelve tracks in race to unlock the Snowman character.

All Snowmen Found bonus:
Locate and run over all the snowmen on any given track to collect the "All Snowmen Found" bonus; which awards 15,000 additional points.

Gameplay Hints

Upgrade costs
Acceleration: 1000
Top speed: 3000
Handling: 1000 (again)