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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, released as Tony Hawk's Skateboarding in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Europe, is a skateboarding video game developed by Neversoft. Published by Activision in 1999, it is the first entry in the Tony Hawk's series of video games. Development began after Tony Hawk's debut stint at the 1998 X-Games.
Pro Skater was released for the PlayStation on August 31, 1999, and was later ported to the Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, and N-Gage. It also received a Game Boy Color adaptation, and was released for Xbox in 2001 as part of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x collection. The game was met with critical acclaim from critics, who praised it for its innovative gameplay, level designs and control scheme. It was also commercially successful, selling rapidly upon its opening month. The game resulted in a successful franchise, receiving eight annualized sequels developed by Neversoft from 2000's Pro Skater 2 to 2007's Proving Ground. In 2015, the licensing deal between Hawk and Activision expired after several failed attempts by developer Robomodo to revive the franchise.
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater reviews and comments
So, having played all the new parts I can say that it felt to me like «THPS 2» only without the manuals. Same engine. As in its time, «THPS 4» is an improved «THPS 3».
Really liked the Sound Design. The sounds are on high and the soundtrack is very good «The Menu Theme».
But the game itself is very short, I think «Neversoft» was just trying their style and didn't know that it would be a hit.
In general, «Tony Hawk's Pro Skater» was a pioneer in the skateboarding genre and inspired many developers to create similar games in the future.