I am Tony Hawk. Well, it sure feels like it after playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater anyway. Every aspect of Pro Skater is so solid that it's able to give me the complete feel of skateboarding like a pro, without all that incessant falling.
Just
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I've yanked myself away from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater for just long enough to fulfill what I consider my civic obligation – namely, to convey just how great of a game THPS is. For those of you who just want to skip the insightful critique and get right
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Skaters and posers alike have been waiting for the day that a true-to-life skateboarding game would be born to lead us to the promised land. That day has come, my friends. Activision and Neversoft have combined their divine talents to harness the true
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Game Industry News
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is, hands down, the best skateboarding video game ever (as of October 1999). Having said that, you can now go to the store and buy this game. For those of you who have less faith in my gospel, read further and hopefully you will
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PSX Extreme
Lately it looks like skate boarding has gotten back it's edge and is becoming more popular than ever. The most recognized name in skating is none other that Tony Hawk. So Activision realized the popularity that skate boarding is receiving and realized
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Sports Gaming
It's amazing that it's taken this long for PSX gamers to get a good skateboarding game. Street Sk8er was a lame representation of the sport, and the list ends there. I guess developers would rather work on the 17th mediocre snowboarding game for the
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Game Rankings
Yes, I really am giving a Skateboarding game a 95! Why? This game is the complete package. The graphics are top notch. The animations are smooth and plentiful. The sounds are dead on. The music fits perfectly. The controls are intuitive and
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PGNx Media
The game that started one of the biggest revolutions ever for a genre... THPS came in one of the weaker years of the video game industry. Nintendo was struggling and SONY Playstation wasn't having much better luck. The DC had been a good success, but
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GameSpot
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater takes a more arcade-like approach to the world of skating. The object of the game's career mode is to collect videotapes, much like Mario collects stars. With the exception of the three competition stages, the point of each
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Graphically speaking, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater is about as refined as you’re ever going to see on the PlayStation. There is a small amount of aliasing and a fair amount of bland, lo-res shapes trying hard to blend in with the environments but it’s
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Da GameBoyz
When offered a chance to review Tony Hawks Pro Skater I thought what the heck, I have never skateboarded in real life so I thought that this would be a safe chance to see what all the hoopla about the life of skateboarding was about. The game generally
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