#13:
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
Tony Hawk was too cool to pick up the following awards:
‘Least realistic skateboard game’
‘Most epic 900’
‘Best hidden tapes’
When my brother and I finally got our hands on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater all our friends came over and we took turns just free skating the first level for hours straight. Who can forget getting the hidden tapes, S-K-A-T-E, the high scores and gold medals in the competitions?
It’s probably more nostalgia than technically a good game, but the fond memories of passing on the controller and searching hidden tapes put this game on #13.
I tried to find a good picture of the warehouse but failed. Oh man, that first jump. Straight through the window! It was madness.
What happened to the other games?
THPS2 introduced the level editor and it was awesome. After that things went downhill with the series. Bad case of same old and too many. I enjoyed some of them, but the magic of 1 and 2 was never surpassed.