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One of the best sports games ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

From warehouses, schools, and malls to big citys and a ship, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is an awesome sports game! So many moves available, it has to be one of the best games i own. It has awesome features like options to save and replay your runs in any level any time you want, you can do a two minute run in any level with Single Session, and you can play in any level as long as you want in Free Skate.

Although, this game does suffer a little bit of damage. The first mistake is the lack of challange up to the sixth level:

1st Level: Warehouse - Way too easy, i got all five tapes in one turn.
2nd Level: School - SIMPLE, if you can't get all five tapes then there's something wrong with you.
3rd Level: Mall - Easy as well, took a few trys to get the secret tape, but, now that i know where it's at this level is easy as ...
4th Level, 1st Competition: Skate Park - Come on! These judges are way too easy to impress, you don't even have to get 10,000 to win the gold!
5th Level: Downtown - Bit more challenging, but most of its easy.
6th Level: Downhill Jam - The hardest level in the game, there are several things wrong here. First, S-K-A-T-E, how in the ... are you supposed to get SKATE when the E is at an almost impossible position? I've seen it done but it's hard as ... to get. Second, the secret tape is way to hard to get, i mean, come on, you have to have slow mode on to get it, otherwise, it's very very hard to reach. Why didn't they put this as the last level instead of Streets? It's way harder than that level.
7th Level, 2nd Competion: Burnside - Great challenge, awesome layout.
8th Level: Streets - The best level for the fact that every challenge is as easy as it is hard.
9th Level, 3rd Competition: Roswell - Very hard to impress judges, but great layout. (Remember, you have to get all gold in all three competitions to get your video)

Hope you enjoyed my review.
Now Get Your ... Out Of The House And Go Skate!

The first time around

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Skateboarding is not a crime - but trying to top Tony Hawks Pro Skater in the Fun Factor rating will be. This fast paced thrill-a-minute skateboarding game will be the standard on the PlayStation for a while. It's one of the best games this year, and it's full slate of tricks, bails, and twists that will keep you satisfied for a while. Don't think that just because it's a skater game that you have to be a skater to play it. Tony Hawk lets the novice and the skate junkie alike enjoy the action. There's no complicated story line or rendered cut scenes in-between skating - you simply grind, gleam, and glide through ten different skate areas including classics like Burnside in Portland or the streets of San Francisco. You'll tear it up in abandoned warehouses, schools, and even in a river gorge in Phoenix. Pick from one of ten skaters, all with different moves and special tricks as you try to grab high scores, find hidden video tapes, and collect other items to help you reach your objectives. The game is a slick piece of work for the PlayStation. Although you will find the occasional seam split or blank polygonal dead-end, you'll be amazed by the detail in the game, including the full-on face bashing and asphalt blood-letting that hardcore skaters are used to. But what really seals this skate's fate is the game's incredible speed, which blazes past games like Trickstyle for the Dreamcast. The compliment of special moves is also spectacular, with a level of variation that makes almost any gravity-defying trick possible. A good skater would readily admit that the music attached to skate culture is a big part of the experience. Activision never slouched by giving lame, generic studio music to Tony Hawk fans - expect the thrash stylings of the Dead Kennedys, Primus, Goldfinger, and Suicidal Tendencies to round the soundtrack out. Don't like skate music? Turn it off and skate to Frank Sinatra to see what a difference a song makes. Although the game is styled so novices can easily figure out the controls, finger pimps will rule the roost in Tony Hawk. Some of the better combinations (and the higher scores) are achieved by the most intense finger aerobics since Track and Field. Mashing won't help either - you have to know the combos to score. All in all, Tony Hawk is an impressive tour-de-force in the skating arena. Competition like MTV Sports: Snowboarding, Trickstyle, and Thrasher: Skate and Destroy already have the bar set pretty high with this game. Who will bring the Hawk down? It's going to take a fairly high-flying predator to do the job.

This Game Rules!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game!! It totally rocks! This is the ORIGINAL Tony Hawk game! People say that the rest are better because the graphics are better, but the gameplay is what counts most! It doesn't have as many tricks as the other ones, but, who gives a care?!!!!!! This ones SKATING is better than some newer ones because it is harder to bail. And also, the Career mode is better than some of them because there aren't as many goals, the goals aren't too hard, or too easy (except for the first level which is SUPER easy, cleared it in two two minute runs). If you are looking for a good skating game, a fun sports game, or just an awesome game, buy the Tony Hawk games!!!!

Everything About This Game Is Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My favorite game I own. I love the music track (singing) so here I am growing older all the time looking older all the time felling younger in my mind!!!!
Here's a great Tip:
To do a boardslide or a grind, Jump on the side of a ramp or on a bar while holding down The square. But remaember when you think you are about to stop boardsliding, stop holding down the square or else you will fall. Never hold down the square without doing a trick. You will fall without hitting anything.

The tightest game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: February 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is tight. It is a whole lot better than thrasher. It is probably the best game for Playstation along with Driver.

An Absolute Blast

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: April 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game when it first came out and loved it. I now am very proud to say that I own it. Admitedly the one player section isn't as enjoyable as the two player sections. The arcade style controls will have you pulling off boss moves in no time flat. The graphics while not the best the PlayStation has produced are still very good. The controller makes everything easy. If you have even just one other friend who likes videogames then buy yourself a copy.

Revolutionary, but no depth

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: July 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

These days games carry SO MUCH depth, example game modes, characters, areas/platforms, etc. Unfortunately, TONY HAWK Pro Skater suffers in that area, which therefore makes it not worth the price of $40. On the PRO side, The graphics are simply tremendous, the levels look fabulous, character design, stats, all the features, brilliantly done. But it's not enough. The one player mode easily gets boring, but 2 player is revolutionary, they could've added multi tap, but NO. This game is worth 20, not $40, and wait for it to get on greatest hits.

Lots of fun...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 14, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is really a fun game, but it doesn't really feel like skateboarding. You don't get to control your speed very well and the tricks are nothing like real skateboarding. Don't get me wrong, I really like this game, but if you want a skateboarding game, Thrasher Skate and Destroy is a lot better. It takes some time to get used to, but it's a lot more fun after you do.

My Son Loves It!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I had never played any video game before, and have never skateboarded in my life - and even I enjoyed playing it with him. If there was an option to either disable the music or at least change songs, I would appreciate that, though. Hearing the same incomprehensible song over and over, and OVER, continuously is a downside I think (but this is minimized by keeping the volume down). Freeskate games/scores cannot be saved to the memory card - which would be a nice option, also.

It was still fun to play, despite my lack of experience with both system and subject matter. Watching my character skateboard as though both possessed AND under the influence (result of it being my first-time experience across the board) was absolutely hysterical. I also appreciate the injury graphics being both minor AND *far* from gory.

My 10-yo is absolutely thrilled with it.

This game stimulates the senses and challenges the mind.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

now that we got the parents to get it for ya this is really how the game is. it is the best game that playstation has produced yet. i don't skate but i still love this game. even my seventh grade sister loves this game and she doesn't even know who tony hawk is! but this game and it is well worth your money.

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