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Only six months after the original Tony Hawk's Pro Skater found its way to the Dreamcast the sequel is released. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 features the same style of gameplay and controls as the original with more modes of play, moves, skaters, and locations. Just as in the original many of the locations must be unlocked by meeting requirements at each area as you go along. Money can be earned as well that can be used to purchase new tricks and equipment. Multi-player modes of play include Trick Attack, Horse, Graffiti, and Tag. Tag mode is new to the sequel and works similar to the actual game of Tag. Players perform tricks to weaken their opponent and then tag them to make them "it." When the timer expires the player who is "it" loses.
~ Jonathan Sutyak, All Game Guide

Production Credits

TREYARCH Lead Programmer: James Fristrom; Art Director: Christian Busic; Programmers: Christopher B. Baker, Srini Lakshmanan; Artists: Miranda Collins, Joerg T. Fiederer, Paul Whitehead; Producer: Gregory John; Executive Producers: Don Likeness; Additional Programming: Sean Palmer, Matthias Schill; Additional Character Models: Arnold Agravador; Sound Support: Sergio Bustamante II; Testers: Matthew O. Johnson III, Roberto Sanchez, Brian Tuley; Special Thanks: Dr. Peter Akemann, Eric Steinman, Keith Arem, Doris Argoud, Christopher A. Busse, Tiffany A. Tolman, Kevin Tomatani, Rose Villasenor, Michael Wikan, Gina Shaw, Cathy Pascual, Dr. James Fristrom, Dr. Dianne Fristrom, Corina Kramer, Jeff Emery, Mom & Dad; Designed and Developed by: Neversoft; Never-Ever-Soft Skate Team: Aaron Cammarata, Ralph D'Amato, Nowl Hines, Gary Jesdanum, Joel Jewett, Ryan McMahon, Nolan Nelson, Johny Ow, Scott Pease, Silvio Porretta, Chris Rausch, Junki Saita, Darren Thorne, Jason Uyeda, Mick West; Assisted by: Jeremy Andersen, Dave Coling, Lisa Davies, Edwin Fong, Chris Glenn, Kendall Harrison, Sandy Jewett, Jason Keeney, Mark L. Scott, Aaron Skillman, Chris Ward, Logan Maddie; Neversoft Thanks: Jamie Briant, Mark Burton, Peter Day, Matt Duncan, Chad Findley, Alan Flores, Steve Ganem, Brian Jennings, Kevin Mulhall; ACTIVISION Published by: Activision, Inc.; Executive Producer: Dave Stohl; Producer: Stacey Drellishak; Associate Producer: Stacey Drellishak; Sound Effects and Dialog Engineering: Keith Arem, PCB Productions; Music Supervision: Sonic Fusion; Video Editing and Compression: Christopher Hepburn; Intro Movie: Larry Paolicelli; Additional Music by: Brian Bright, Keith Arem, Matt Duncan, Keith Prokop, Aaron Julin, Aaron Camarata; Voice Talent: Dave Wittenberg, Perry Zombolas, Elissa Steamer, Chris Rausch, Rapph D'Amato, Joel Jewett, Silvio Porretta; Skateboard Talent: Tim Bruns; ACTIVISION QUALITY ASSURANCE QA Director: Jim Summers; QA Manager, Console Testing: Joe Favazza; QA Senior Lead: Joe Favazza; Project Lead: Alex Coleman; Floor Lead/Database Manager: Jairo Silva; QA Testers: Geoffrey Olsen, Ian Moreno, Lee Casady, Halo Mauch, Eric Bitton, Doug Mirabello, Adrian Giovammone, Kurt Gutierrez, Pat Bowman, Jef Sedivy, John Rosser, Gene Neiman; CUSTOMER SUPPORT Customer Support Manager: Bob McPherson; Customer Support Leads: Rob Lim, Gary Bolduc, Mike Hill; QA Special Thanks: Eric Zala, Tanya Langston, Willie Bolton, Indra Gunawan, Jason Wong, Sam Nouriani, Nicholas Favazza, Ben Lance Deguzman Jr., Tim Vanlaw, Glenn Vistante, David Olsen; ACTIVISION STUDIOS Exec. VP Worldwide Studios: Larry Goldberg; Senior VP Studios: Steve Crane; ACTIVISION MARKETING, PR AND CREATIVE SERVICES; Exec. VP Global Brand Management: Kathy Vrabeck; Director of Global Brand Management: Will Kassoy; Global Brand Manager: David Pokress; Associate Brand Manager: Serene Chan; Senior PR Manager: Julia Roether; VP of Creative Services: Denise Walsh; Creative Agency: McElroy: FCB; Business Affairs: George Rose, Michael Hand, Rob Pfau, Michael Larson; ACTIVISION EUROPE Senior VP International: Scott Dodkins; Group Marketing Manager: Michele Marchand; European Product Management Team: Tim Woodley, Guilaume Lairan, Christian Streil; Localization Supervisor: Nathalie Dove; Video Footage Courtesy of: 411 Video Magazine, Bill Weiss, Dwindle Distribution, Geoff Rowley, Jamie Thomas, Jared Prindle, Jay Strickland, Sole Technologies, Skate One Corp, Socrates Leal, Tony Hawk, Ty Evans; Special Thanks to: Cayetano Ferrer, Adam Goldberg, Brian Bright, Brian Clarke, Bryant Bustamante, Chris Archer, Dan Atkins, Gene Bahng, Jay Halderman, Jeff Poffernberger, Joe Shackelford, Marc Turndorf, Marilena Morini, Mike Fletcher, Murali Tegulapelle, Talmadge Morning, Todd Jefferson, Max Crane, Dave Bullock; Thanks to our Sponsors: 411 Video Magazine, Adio, Airwalk, Alpanumeric, A-Team, Axion, Billabong, Birdhouse, Blue Torch, Board-X, Brooklyn House West, Circa, City Stars, Dark Star, Diakka, Emerica, Es, Etnies, Flip, Four Star, Fury, Ghetto Child, Girl, Hurley, Independent Truck Co. Innes, Krux, Matix, MCM, Monster Brand, Oakley, Powell -- Bones Brigade, Quicksilver, Red Dragon, Ricta, Royal, Shorty's, Skate Street, Skatepark of Tampa, Speed Demon, Tensor, The Firm, Toy Machine, TSA, Venicebeach.com, Colcom, Zero; MUSIC CREDITS "Blood Brothers"; Performed by: Papa Roach; Written by: Jacoby Shaddix, Jerry Horton, Tobin Esperance, Dave Buckner; Published by: DreamWorks Songs (ASCAP) and Viva La Cucaracha (ASCAP) Administered by: Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc.; ©2000 SKG Music L.L.C. Courtesy of Dreamworks Records, Under License from Universal Music Enterprises from the Album Infest; "Bring the Noise"; Performed by: Anthraz & Chuck D; Written by: Carlton Ridenhour, Hand Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Charlie Benante, Frank Bello, Dan Spitz, Joe Bellardini, Scott Rosenfeld; Published by: Reach Music (BMI)/ NFP Music Administrerd by: Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (ASCAP); ©1991 Island Records, Inc., Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group Under License From Universal Music Enterprises From the Album Attack of the Killer B's; "Guerilla Radio"; Performed by: Rage Against the Machine; Written by: Zack De Rocha, Tim Commerford, Tom Morello, Brad Wilk; Published by: Sony/ATV Sons LLC/ Retribution Music (BMI); ©1999 Courtesy of Epic Records by Arrangement with Sony Music New Media Licensing; From the Album: The Battle of Los Angeles; "Pin the Tail on the Donkey"; Performed by: Naughty By Nature; Written by: Vincent Brown, K. Gist, Anthony Criss; Published by: T-Boy Music L.L.C./ Naughty Music (ASCAP); ©1991 Courtesy of Tommy Boy Music from the Album Naughty By Nature; "You"; Performed by: Bad Religion; Written by: Brett Gurewitz; Published by: Westbeach Music (BMI); ©1989 Epitaph ; Courtesy of Epitaph from the Album, No Control; "When Worlds Collide"; Performed by: Powerman 5000; Music by: Powerman 5000; Lyrics by: Spider; Published by: Dreamworks Songs (ASCAP)/Soulsuck Music (ASCAP) ; Administered by: Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc. (ASCAP); ©1999 SKG Music L.L.C.; Courtesy of Dreamworks Records Under License From Universal Music Enterprises; From the Album: Tonight the Stars Revolt!; "No Cigar"; Performed by: Millencolin; Written by: Erik Ohlsson, Mathias Farm, Fredrik Larzon, Nikola Sarcevic; Published by: Chrysalis Music (ASCAP); ©2000 Burning Heart Records; Courtesy of Epitaph/Burning Heart Records; From the Album: Pennybridge Pioneers; "B-Boy Document '99"; Performed by: The High & Mighty Featuring Mos Def & Mad Skillz; Written by: E. Meltzer, D. Lewis, D. Smith, M. Berger, B. Baker, L. Quinn, J. Thomas; Published by: Eonic Verbal Tunes, 1972unes, Budde Music, Inc., and Figs, D Music, Inc.; c/o The Bicycle Music Company (BMI)/ Forever People (ASCAP)/Medina Sound Music (BMI) ; Administered By: EMI Music Group, Alotagood Music (ASCAP); Administered by: Next Decade Entertainment, Inc.; ©1999 Rawkus Entertainment; Courtesy of Rawkus Records ; From the Album: Home Field Advantage; "Cyclone"; Performed by: Dub Pistols; Written by: Jason O'Bryan, T.K. Lawrence, Barry Ashworth & Tommy McCook; Published by: Bug Music Inc. o/b/o Lowtech Music (ASCAP) and Bug Music Ltd. (PRS)/MG Songs, Inc. o/b/o Deconstruction Songs, Ltd. (ASCAP)/ Copyright Control; ©1998 Deconstruction Ltd. Courtesy of 1500 Records, Under License From Universal Music Enterprises ; From the Album: Point Blank; "Mya 16"; Performed by: Lagwagon; Written by: Stokin' the Neighbors (ASCAP); ©1998 Fat Wreck Chords; From the Album: Let's Talk About Feelings; "Subculture"; Performed by: Styles of Beyond; Written by: R. Maginn, T. Bashir, M. Safiyullah; Published by: Divine Lyric Creations (ASCAP); ©2000 Styles of Beyond; Courtesy of 9000 Series Team/Spytech Records; "Heavy Metal Winner"; Performed by: Consumed; Written by: Consumed; Arranged by: Steve Ford; Copyright Control, All Rights Reserved; ©1998 Fat Wreck Chords; Courtesy of Fat Wreck Chords; From the Album: Breakfast at Papa's; "Evil Eye"; Performed by: Fu Manchu; Written by: Scott Hill, Brad Davis, Brant Bjork, Bob Balch; Published by: Strolling Astronomer Music (ASCAP); ©1997 Mammoth Records; Courtesy of: Mammoth Records; From the Album: The Action Is Go; "Out With the Old"; Performed by: Alley Life Featuring Black Planet; Written by: M. Mitchell, M. Bass, J. 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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
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Developer(s) Activision
Publisher(s) Neversoft
Aspyr Media (Windows Mobile)
Edge of Reality (N64)
Vicarious Visions (GBA)
Treyarch (DC/XBX)
Natsume (GBC)
Gray Matter Interactive (PC)
Designer(s) Neversoft and Tony Hawk
Engine Rewrite of proprietary Apocalypse engine
Platform(s) PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Windows, Windows Mobile, Dreamcast, Mac OS, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Xbox (as THPS2X)
Release date(s) 2000
Genre(s) Extreme sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Rating(s) ESRB: T, E (N64)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, often abbreviated as THPS2, is the second game in the Tony Hawk's series. It was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision in 2000. It was first released for the PlayStation, with subsequent ports to the Nintendo 64 (by Edge of Reality), Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance (by Vicarious Visions), Mac OS, and the Windows PC (By Gray Matter Interactive). It was also released for the Game Boy Color, and was better received than the first installment on that machine. In spite of that, it still bore little resemblance to the other versions of the game. The Game Boy Advance version, however, was highly applauded for translating the style and sense of the game accurately into an isometric (pseudo-3D or 2.5D) game.

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Gameplay

It features the series' trademark open-ended gameplay, in which the player (playing as a professional skateboarder) completes a number of missions which result in cash rewards. With money gained, the player can then purchase skill improvements and better skateboards. THPS2 was also the first game in the series to introduce the manual, a skateboarding trick where the performer balances on two wheels. This enables players to string together trick combos. The game also introduced the Noseslide, Tailslide, Bluntslide, Noseblunt, Feeble, and Overcrook grinds. It was also the first of the Pro Skater games to feature Create-a-Skater and Park Editor features, now staples in the series.

Some levels in Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 are designed for the player to complete a set number of tasks in two minutes. Such tasks include finding the S-K-A-T-E letters, high scores and finding a hidden tape somewhere in the level. Each of the non-competition levels contain ten tasks for a player to do, each task rewarding a player with cash. Cash is also scattered around the levels in order for players to find, increasing the use for replaying a level. Once a player has enough cash, they can continue on to a new level. The maximum amount of money that can be obtained is $15,000.000. The other type of levels are competition levels. The rating by the judges that a player receives is based on how much they score, variation of tricks, bails, and how much of the level they have used. The judges give scores based on these criteria, the highest and lowest are taken away, and the three scores are given an average. There are three runs total and the best two count. Competition levels also contain cash hidden for a player to collect.

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Nintendo 64

Originally to be released along with the PlayStation version, but delayed to allow further sales of the first THPS for the console. Almost a year later, the game was released by the same company that brought the first Tony Hawk game to Nintendo 64, Edge of Reality. This version includes all of the features from the PlayStation version, including the Create-a-Skater and Park Editor. In addition to visual improvements (less jagged, smooth) like the Nintendo 64 version of the first game, a new level called Bike Headquarters (from Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX) was added. Also added were a few new cheats, such as the 10x Point Multiplier, Double-Moon Physics, and Max Turbo Mode codes. The amount of songs was reduced to six and portions of each one were cut.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X was released on November 14, 2001 (only in the U.S. and Canada) as a launch title for Microsoft's Xbox. The game contained remade versions of all the levels from the first two games in the Tony Hawk series, five new levels, a 4-player split screen and LAN multi-player feature and the ability to create females in Create-a-skater mode. Other new features include a redesigned main page and grind bar. The redesigned Philadelphia level from this version would later be reused in Tony Hawk's Underground 2.

Windows Mobile

Austin-based Aspyr ported the game to Windows Mobile Professional devices in 2006. The game offered hardware acceleration for some Dell Axim devices.

Soundtrack

The following songs are from the original PlayStation release other versions may vary

  1. Papa Roach - "Blood Brothers"
  2. Anthrax Ft. Public Enemy - "Bring The Noise"
  3. Rage Against the Machine - "Guerrilla Radio"
  4. Naughty by Nature - "Pin the Tail on the Donkey"
  5. Bad Religion - "You"
  6. Powerman 5000 - "When Worlds Collide"
  7. Millencolin - "No Cigar"
  8. The High and Mighty feat. Mos Def & Mad Skillz - "B-Boy Document 99"
  9. Dub Pistols - "Cyclone"
  10. Lagwagon - "May 16"
  11. Styles of Beyond - "Subculture"
  12. Consumed - "Heavy Metal Winner"
  13. Fu Manchu - "Evil Eye"
  14. Alley Life - "Out With the Old"
  15. Swingin' Utters - "Five Lessons Learned"
  16. Born Allah - "City Star"

Reception

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 met with a tremendous amount of critical and commercial success. Due to its almost universal high ratings THPS 2 was the highest rated game of the decade from its release until 2010.[1] As of January 2010, it is the second the best scoring video game ever reviewed behind The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time according to Metacritic. According to GameRankings, it is the twentieth best scoring video game ever.

The PlayStation version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 has earned Platinum awards from gaming magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly. Because of this, it is the only game in the magazine's history to ever have earned a Platinum award twice (but is only acknowledged as a single game in EGM's records due to the game receiving a 10 from only one reviewer as opposed to the PlayStation game receiving 10s from all 3 of its reviewers).[citation needed] The PlayStation version of the game received a 10 out of 10 from the magazine Game Informer, while the versions for other consoles received lower scores. The Game Boy Advance version received particular acclaim for being an accurate translation of the series.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Best Game Evah (in the last 10 years)". Planet Tony Hawk. 2010-01-11. http://planettonyhawk.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=161227. Retrieved 2010-01-11. 

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