The MX series

The MX series is one of the two predecessor video game series to the MX vs. ATV crossover series, with the other one being Sony's ATV Offroad Fury. It is currently a trilogy of video games about motocross racing published by THQ.

History
The MX series is a spiritual follow-up to THQ's own Championship Motocross featuring Ricky Carmichael duology, which was available on Sony's first PlayStation console. Efforts to produce a third Championship Motocross game eventually evolved into a different game that would kick off a new trilogy of motocross racing games, while retaining Ricky Carmichael's endorsement. This new game would be titled MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael. It would be developed by Locomotive Games and released on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2001. Tiertex Studios, which developed a Game Boy Color version of the Championship Motocross sequel, was invited to produce a Game Boy Advance version of MX 2002 that similarly featured 3-D graphics.

A year later, Locomotive Games developed a sequel to 2002, titled MX Superfly featuring Ricky Carmichael. This game would also be endorsed by Ricky Carmichael, and like the previous game, it would be available on PlayStation 2 and Xbox, with a GameCube version also being available. The Xbox version also features exclusive downloadable content via its Xbox Live service.

The MX trilogy comes to a close in 2004 with a change of developers: Rainbow Studios, eager to make yet another successful motocross game after developing the Motocross Madness duology and the first two ATV Offroad Fury games, replaced Locomotive Studios to develop MX Unleashed, while passing on development of further ATV sequels to Climax Studios. With Unleashed focusing on pitting motocross racers not only against each other, but other vehicles, this game would be a direct precursor to Rainbow Studios' more ambitious project: the MX vs. ATV crossover series.

Games
The three games in the MX trilogy are:
 * MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael
 * MX Superfly featuring Ricky Carmichael
 * MX Unleashed