The European title of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. Same cult parks, same miraculously well-judged trick and combo system, same rock soundtrack. A local release identical to the American version, just as strong a recommendation for anyone wanting to discover the genre milestone on N64.
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Description
European title for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, a revolutionary skateboarding game with Tony Hawk and pro skaters on parks and urban streets. Published by Activision/Neversoft, released in 1999 in Europe. Trick and combo system, freely explorable urban levels, objective quests, and iconic punk rock soundtrack.
Tony Hawk's Skateboarding review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
From Goldfinger's "Superman" to the punk of the Dead Kennedys, the selection redefined what a game soundtrack could be. Ska, punk and hip-hop charge every trick combo with a cocky energy. This founding melting pot, copied a thousand times, remains one of the most influential in video game history.
Gameplay
"Masterful"
Holding a trick, picking up a grind, stretching the combo to the very last second: the controls turn every board into an instantly addictive scoring machine. The compact levels brim with lines to discover and invite repetition. The handheld version trims the smoothness a little, but that exhilarating flow in the hands has lost none of its bite.
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Chaining grinds, ollies and tricks in one flow, chasing the combo that blows up the score: the formula hits home from the very first session. The freedom to carve your own path through compact levels and the cult soundtrack create an addictive alchemy. Immediate, snappy and fiercely replayable, the game that brought skating into the living room.
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Chaining ollies, grinds and flips while swelling a combo without ever touching the ground sets off a hunt for the perfect run that replays each level for two minutes of grace. Nailing the hidden objectives and beating your score keeps the session restarting endlessly. The controls take some getting used to, yet this heady flow and its cult soundtrack stay wildly gripping.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
Activision European December 1999 pressing of the first Tony Hawk's Pro Skater on N64, distributed locally under the Tony Hawk's Skateboarding title to differentiate the European branding before the Pro Skater harmonization. This naming singularity makes it one of the most instantly identifiable PAL Activision cartridges, and its limited European run at the start of the THPS cycle makes it a precise target for European Activision collectors documenting the Skateboarding branch.
Is Tony Hawk's Skateboarding still worth playing in 2026?
The first Tony Hawk's Pro Skater reinvented the skating video game and laid the foundations of an entire genre. A trick and combo system of miraculous precision, realistic parks finely modelled and a rock soundtrack that fits like a glove. On N64, the version is slightly trimmed musically and the rendering shows the cart, but the revolution is fully present, and every two-minute session begs to start again. For fans of accessible retro sports and seminal game design, still a strongly recommended detour today.
