Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

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  • THPS Intro Music: Police Truck by Dead Kennedys

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is a skateboarding video game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. It was released for the PlayStation on September 29, 1999.

Playable Skaters in THPS:

  • Tony Hawk
  • Bob Burnquist
  • Kareem Campbell
  • Rune Gilfberg
  • Bucky Lasek
  • Chad Muska
  • Andrew Reynolds
  • Geoff Rowley
  • Elissa Steamer
  • Jamie Thomas

    The Soundtracks for THPS:

    • Dead Kennedys - "Police Truck"
    • The Ernies - "Here and Now"
    • Even Rude - "Villified"
    • Goldfinger - "Superman"
    • Primus - "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver"
    • Speedealer - "Screamer/Nothing to Me"
    • Suicidal Tendencies - "Cyco Vision"
    • The Suicide Machines - "New Girl"
    • Unsane - "Committed"
    • The Vandals - "Euro-Barge"
      Tony Hawk's Pro Skater puts the player in control of a famous skateboarder and takes place in a third-person view with a fixed camera.

      The goal of the game is to perform tricks and combinations thereof in an effort to increase the player's score. Movement can be altered using the d-pad, and ollies, grabs, flips and slides are each assigned to individual buttons.

      Each skateboarder has eight grabs, eight slides and eight flips. The number of points earned from a successful trick sequence is dependent on the amount of time spent in the air, the degree of rotation, and the number and variety of tricks performed; the more a single trick is performed in a sequence, the fewer points it will earn.

      When the player succeeds in performing tricks, a special gauge increases. When this gauge is full and flashing, the player is capable of performing a special trick that is worth many more points than ordinary tricks

      If the player bails (falls off their skateboard), any points that may have been earned from the current combo are lost, and the special gauge is emptied.

      Here you can watch all the Pro Skater Movies from THPS. Many thanks to LilShootDawg's Skate Archive for putting it together.

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