Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is a video game that consists of 0 releases
Ollie, grind, and trick through various locales as Tony Hawk or a number of other pro skaters in the very first game of the Tony Hawk series.
History
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, the game where it all started. Before this, extreme sports games were pretty non-existent and the ones that were available were pretty damn awful by anyone’s standards. There were exceptions but these were few and far between and they were neither skateboarding games nor games that focused particularly heavily on pulling off tricks.
From the moment you picked up and played the game it became pretty apparent just how deeply the developers cared for skateboarding, yes it was more fun than you could shake a stick at but it also incorporated an element of simulation that would surely appeal to people connected with the sport outside of video games. I guess that’s the main reason Tony Hawk lent his name to the franchise in the first place, it was a way to get kids into the sport from the comfort of their own home.
The controls were solid; the goals were challenging yet fun and most importantly the trick system was like nothing gamers had ever experienced before. It wasn’t just about completing a set list of goals in order to progress to the next level; it was about achieving a high score and then topping it in bigger and better ways than ever before.
Ports
The game was originally released for Sony's PlayStation but was later ported to the Nintendo 64 and Sega Dreamcast by Edge of Reality and Treyarch respectively. Controls for the game remained similar, with the N64 "c buttons" and the lettered buttons of the Dreamcast controller replacing the shapes of the PlayStation controller. In the Nintendo 64 game, blood was removed, songs were cut down, and video was taken out due to lack of storage space. The lack of blood and dirty lyrics also garnered the port an "E" rating by the ESRB, lower than the "T" rating the game received on the PlayStation.
Soundtrack
- "Euro-Barge" by The Vandals
- "Committed" by Unsane
- "Superman" by Goldfinger
- "Police Truck" by Dead Kennedys
- "Here and Now" The Ernies
- "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" by Primus
- "New Girl" by The Suicide Machines
- "Screamer" by Speedealer
- "Nothing to Me" by Speedealer
- "Vilified" by Even Rude
- "Aint Got Time to Waste" by Aim
- "American Werewolf in Calgary" by The Browns
- "Cyco Vision" by The Suicidal Tendencies
Skateparks
- Warehouse - Woodland Hills
- School - Miami Florida
- Mall - New York New York
- Skatepark (contest Stage) - Chicago illinois
- Downtown - Minneapolis
- Downhill Jam - Pheonix Arizona
- Burnside (contest Stage) - Portland Oregon
- Streets - San Francisco California
- Rosewell (Contest Stage) - New Mexico
Skaters
- Tony Hawk
- Bob Burnquist
- Jamie Thomas
- Bucky Lasek
- Kareem Campbell
- Rune Glifberg
- Elissa Steamer
- Geoff Rowley
- Chad Muska
- Andrew Reynolds
Moves
Flips
- Kickflip
- Kickflip to Indy
- 360 Shove-It
- Hardflip
- Heelflip
- 360 Flip
- Impossible
- Front Foot Impossible
- Varial
- Fingerflip
- Sex Change
Grabs
- Method
- Stalefish
- Tailgrab
- Benihana
- Indy Nosebone
- Rocket Air
- Japan Air
- Madonna
Grinds
- Nose Grind
- 50-50 Grind
- Boardslide
- 5-0 Grind
- Crooked Grind
- Smith Grind
Other
- Wallride
- Handplant
- Fastplant
- Ollie
- Nollie
Production Credits
- NEVERSOFT ENTERTAINMENT
- Lead Programmer: Mick West
- Programming: Jason Keeney, Ryan McMahon,
- Christer Ericson
- Additional Programming: Dave Cowling, Kendall Harrison, Mike Day
- Lead Artist: Silvio Porretta
- Artists: Johnny Ow, Darren Thorne
- Characters and Animation: Noel Hines
- Production Director: Jason Uyeda
- Designers: Aaron Cammarata, Chris Rausch
- Associate Producer: Ralph D'Amato
- Producer: Scott Pease
- Executive Producer: Joel Jewett
- Executive Art Director: Chris Ward
- Human Resources: Sandy Newlands, Lisa Edmison
- Support: Souris Hong
- ACTIVISION, INC.
- Producer: Dave Stohl
- Associate Producer: Nicole Willick, Jenny Park
- Programmer: Gary Jesdanun
- In-Game Sound FX: Tommy Tallarico Studios, Inc., Joey Kuras
- Video Editing: Chris Hepburn
- Intro Movie: Larry Paolicelli
- Additional Music: Brian Bright
- Activision Skater: Gary Brunetti
- Additional Art: Danny Matson
- Executive VP Worldwide Studios: Mitch Lasky
- Senior VP Studios: Steve Crane
- VP Of Marketing: Marc Metis
- Product Manager: William Kassoy
- Marketing Associate: Serene Chan
- Senior Publicist: Amy King
- QA Manager: Marilena Morini
- Senior Project Lead: Joe Favazza
- Project Lead: Christopher Toft
- QA Testers: Chad Bordwill, Tanya Oviedo, Mike Stephan, Brian Ullmer, Eric Koch, Rajeev Joshi, Leonel Zuniga, Tomas Hernandez, Seth Williams, Angelo Federizo
- QA Special Thanks: Jim Summers, Gary Bolduc, Jason Wong, Tanya Langston, Nicholas Favazza
- ACTIVISION UK
- Sr. VP International: Bob Dewar
- Sales Director Europe: John Burns
- UK Product Manager: Matti Kuorehjave
- Localization Supervisor: Nathalie Dove
- CREATIVE SERVICES
- Copywriter: Lori Ellison
- Package Design: Erik Jensen
- Manual Writing & Layout: Belinda M. Van Sickle
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| Original US Release |
Sept. 30, 1999
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1999 know the real date? |
| Aliases |
Tony Hawk's Skateboarding THPS |
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