![]() Since Neversoft had recently completed a third-person shooter game called Apocalypse, which starred Bruce Willis, Activision handed the project over to them. The concept was in the hands of another studio before Neversoft got involved, yet their early work failed to impress Activision. Although Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater would in no way offer an experience comparable to real-life skateboarding, it did deliver a fun and fast-paced, skill-based take on skateboarding culture that resonated with millions of video-game enthusiasts. Known as Tony Hawk’s Skateboarding in other regions, the intent was that this new game might capitalize on the skateboard simulation trend that was starting to take shape in the video game industry. Additional versions were later developed for the Game Boy Color (by Natsume), The Nintendo 64 (by Edge of Reality), The N-Gage and mobile market (by Ideaworks3D) and the Dreamcast (by Treyarch), but I’ll get to those later. The Tony Hawk franchise started just before the turn of the century with the 1999 smash debut of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, initially for Sony PlayStation. Between these two pieces, the list will be comprehensive.Īll that said, let’s put on our kneepads and gleam some cubes! Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (1999) Subsequent eras (the declining Neversoft era and beyond) will be covered on Retrovolve’s sister site Half-Glass Gaming. ![]() This is generally considered to be the Golden Age of THPS games, and I’ll be covering that here. The first era of Tony Hawk is actually just the first half of the Neversoft era. ![]() Activision is the publisher of the series almost exclusively, though there are a few exceptions. The THPS games can be somewhat-neatly divided into three main eras, each with its own studio handling mainline development duties (and other studios handling ports). With Tony Hawk frenzy hitting fever pitch, it seems like a good time as any to grab a skateboard and roll down memory lane, chronicling the rise and fall (and perhaps the re-rise) of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise. I recently compiled a list of every Spider-Man game ever released, followed by a list of every X-Men game (which includes some titles that were never actually released).
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