Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

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• ASIN: B00001QES1
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (140 customer reviews)
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Product Description

Platform: Nintendo 64

Product Description
Tony Hawk has performed two legendary feats during his skateboarding career. In 1999, he pulled off the first 900--that's 2-1/2 rotations in midair--in skateboarding competition history. Around the same time, he contributed hundreds of motion-captured moves for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, originally released on the Sony PlayStation. The realism and compulsive fun of the game left virtual skaters blurry-eyed from marathon sessions, and now Nintendo 64 fans get to jump aboard and discover what the hype's all about.

Skating as the legendary gravity defier Tony Hawk or nine other pros, players work their way up the ranks in search of success. So what does it take to be the best? For starters, an encyclopedic memory of tricks--flips, grinds, slides, inverts, airs, grabs, kick-flips, and literally hundreds of other moves and combinations. Success also depends on taking full advantage of the ramps, obstacles, secret areas, half pipes, and other environmental toys scattered around the nine courses.

One or two players (in split-screen mode) race, rack up trick points, or skate through unique game variations on a variety of courses. And tunes belted out by the likes of Goldfinger, Dead Kennedys, and Primus keep skaters entertained as they attempt a 900 of their own. --Eric Twelker

GameSpot Review
Not content with the runaway success of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater on the PlayStation, Activision moved quickly and lined up developers for ports to the Dreamcast and the Nintendo 64. The Nintendo 64 port, handled by Edge of Reality, mimics the PlayStation version just about as well as it possibly can, and the resulting game is just as amazing as it was when it appeared on the PlayStation last September. The game takes a more arcadelike approach to the world of skating. The object of the game's career mode is to collect videotapes, much in the same way Mario collects stars. With the exception of the three competition stages, the point of each level is to collect five videotapes. You can enter each stage as often as you want, but you can only skate around the stage for two minutes before having to start the stage over. You receive two of these tapes when you achieve certain scores within your two-minute limit. You pick up a third tape by collecting letters scattered around the level, eventually spelling the word "skate." You score another tape by destroying five objects in a level. These objects change on each level and range from anti-skateboarding signs to police cars. The fifth tape is hidden somewhere on the level, and you must figure out how to get to it. You start career mode with only one level unlocked. As you pick up tapes, you'll unlock new levels and new skateboards, raising your skater's stats. The game features ten real-life pro skaters, and they have been divided by style into two groups: vert skaters and street skaters, who have slightly different tricks. Beyond that, there are a few subtle timing differences between the skaters, and each skater has three special tricks that can only be performed while your special meter is full. The special tricks include the 540 Board Varial, back flips, front flips, the 360 Shove It Rewind, Christ Air, and the Judo Madonna. Each of these tricks will bring in a higher score than most normal moves, if done correctly. Some of them can even be included in combos. The controls are extremely easy to pick up and are very precise. Aside from the career mode, there's also free skating, which lets you take a little more time examining a level and mastering your tricks. Single-session mode is a score competition, where you pick a level and try to get as many points as possible in two minutes. The two-player mode works on a vertical split screen and has three different modes. Graffiti mode causes certain parts of the level to change to your color when you do tricks on them. Your opponent must then do a better trick on that part of the level to change it to his color. The person with the most colored pieces at the end of two minutes wins. Trick attack is a simple score battle. Horse is similar to the basketball game on which it is based. Player one has ten seconds to do the best trick he can do. Player two must match or beat that trick to avoid getting a letter. The first person to get all five letters (spelling horse) loses. Career mode doesn't take a whole lot of time to complete once you've gotten familiar with all the levels, but even after completing the game with all the skaters, you'll still want to go back and do some free skating. It's one of those games that will keep you coming back long after you've mastered it. The level design is part of what gives the game such longevity. The large levels have lots of extravagant areas, all ready for tons of combos, while the smaller levels are tightly packed with rails, ramps, and bowls. The soundtrack is filled with songs by bands like the Dead Kennedys, Goldfinger, and Primus. Unlike the PlayStation version, which contained entire songs, the soundtrack on the N64 is reduced. The Primus song no longer has lyrics, and every song loops fairly often. I wasn't a huge fan of the soundtrack, but that's something better left to your personal taste in music. The sound effects are really outstanding. Rails clink when you jump off them, sidewalks have different textures than the street, and different ramp materials make different noises. The game's graphics are really good, but there's an awful lot of pop-up in outdoor areas, like the San Francisco level. Regardless of that, the game runs at an excellent pace, and the camera never gets in your way. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is a game for skaters and nonskaters alike. Some may be initially turned off by the occasionally questionable physics, but this little slice of unreality brings a lot of gameplay fun along with it. It would have been nice to see some more variety in the game's tricks, but as it stands, THPS is an outstanding game and an excellent port of the PlayStation original, and it's a worthy addition to anyone's collection.--Jeff Gerstmann--Copyright © 1998 GameSpot Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of GameSpot is prohibited.

Customer Reviews

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50 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Milestone for Nintendo 64, April 24, 2000

By A Customer

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is one of the best games that ever came out on the Nintendo 64 system. Games like this don't come out too often. This game is definetly a huge milestone for the Nintendo 64 system. This game will be on the bestsellers list for many months. If you buy one game, buy this game. The graphics are top of the class and the reaaism is unbeatable. Give this game a try next time you go to rent a videogame. Trust me, you won't regret buying this game. You can choose between many superstar skaters such as Tony Hawk and Bucky Lasek. You can perform a huge amount of tricks such as kickflips, japan airs, ollies and a variety of grinds. The controls are easy. It only takes a few tries to become comfortable with the controls. There are many secret areas to perform awesome tricks in. There is a career mode in which you collect tapes in a variety of ways. This is definetly one of the top games in the history of the Nintendo 64 system.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING GAME!, March 15, 2000

By A Customer

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Heres a hint, BUY THIS GAME! It has awesome graphics and gameplay! Its got nine different skaters to choose from and a variety of boards and environments! It is a great game! I play it almost everyday! Its a game that you won't get tired of too easy, sure you'll get tired of it a little, but its a game where when your bored you can just stick it in and skate! BUY THIS GAME!

39 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Game in the World, March 14, 2000

By A Customer

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

I loved this video game! I have never played a game as good as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. This game is about as fun as Golden Eye 007 and has even more replay value. I play it for hours and never get tired of it. I am not a skater and do not know a thing about skateboarding but this game is still very fun for me. In this game you get to choose between a bunch of different real skaters. After you pick a skater you choose a board from a number of real board designs. As you progress im the game you get even more boards to choose from. The point of the game is to collect 5 tapes in each level. You get these tapes by doing lots of tricks, doing certain tasks, and collecting things. The more tapes you get the more realistic levels (such as San Francisco) are openned up for you to play in. In 3 compitition levels instead of getting tapes you compete for medals. This is not all Tony Hawk's Pro Skater has though. It also has three different multiplayer games and a free play mode where you can just mess around. I played this game for hours and hours until my fingers hurt. This game is addicting, so play responsibly.

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