Space World
"1080°"'s release was announced on 21 November 1997 at Nintendo's Space World trade show; the game's working title had previously been "Vertical Edge Snowboarding". "1080°" was one of several snowboarding games released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998, others being "Big Mountain 2000" and "Snowboard Kids". Before the game's release, journalists were able to play "1080°" at the January 1998 Nintendo Gamers' Summit.