ESPN X Games: Skateboarding

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Product Details

• ASIN: B00005MOMI
• Item Weight: 12 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,605 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

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Ride as one of eight different pro riders, including Bob Burnquist, in ESPN X Games: Skateboarding. To get the gold, you'll have to prove you can master the same courses used in the 2000 ESPN X Games event in San Francisco. You can grind rails, hit ramps, or go for huge air in an amazing re-creation of the half-pipe from the 2000 games. Succeed at these challenges and you'll unlock secret stages, hidden characters, and special skateboards.

Before you go for the gold, you may want to test the three action stages set in the streets of New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, where riders maneuver around cars, grind rails, and stick tricks. Or you can start with the interactive tutorial to learn tricks and combos and get advice from the pros. Should you become bored with reality, you can thrash it out in a series of fantasy rides, choosing from a cruise ship ride, boarding around dinosaur bones in a museum, and more.

ESPN X Games: Skateboarding offers a two-player split-screen mode so you can go head-to-head with a friend. And when it comes to choosing your deck, you can ride one of 64 authentic skateboards that can be modified for speed and handling, or sport the equipment and sponsors of your pro rider. High-intensity tunes from such bands as Linkin Park, New Found Glory, Voodoo Glow Skulls, and more cover your ride.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good But Not Tony Hawk, August 22, 2001

By	jesse (USA) - See all my reviews

I recently rented this game and my expectations were very low. When I started playing i absolutly hated it. But with time and practice I began to enjoy it. The graphics are good but but not great. The charachter selection is weak (only 8) and the number of tricks is pathectic. Each rider has identical moves accept for their big trademark. The levels are very cool with a lot of hidden areas that arent immposible to get into. The one thing that will make most people hate this game is the control. This is not tony hawk so the controls are slightly different. First you mst hold down forward at all times unless jumping in a half pipe and in order to grind a rail I noticed that you have to jump with X and then quickly hit square before hitting triangle. But thats basically all there is to know once you nail this you should enjoy it i did. But i still can't wait for Tony Hawk 3.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bobby Burnquist, what have you done?, August 20, 2001

By	"destrukticus" (Sacramento, California) - See all my reviews

This game is awful! If anyone is thinking "Tony Hawk" when they look at this game, think it not!!! There is no concept of motion whatsoever. Even if you are able to cancel out that annoyng announcer, you still get to put up with awful gaming and second hand punk rock. This is surely a ten minute game designed to rake in a few bucks before Hawk 3. Save your money my friends. Tony Hawk three is just around the corner. If you're not game skating with Neversoft, then apparently it isn't "skating game software".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Xcellent, January 17, 2002

By	Timothy Liu (Fresh Meadows, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This game is the bomb. I got this game and it was raising the roof. You can use 8 different skateboarders. With the sponsors such as DC, Es, The NEW deal, World Industries, Bones and RDS. everyone should get this game. You can also do the real X-Games. Vert pipe and Park. Then in arcade mode. Just ride around and do grind, manuals and kickflips. The Passenger Liner is the best level to me. This game is just rocking.