Best Skateboarding Video Game

Easily the best skate boarding video game is Tony Hawk for Nintendo 64.  This was the first of the Tony Hawk line of video games.  Although this game only had about twelve levels and was relatively short this game was a ton of fun.  The game differs from the new Tony Hawk games since this version did not have any manuals.  In my opinion however, manuals ruined the other versions of the Tony Hawk games.  The manuals made it so you could score nearly one million point tricks; the first game was just simple and enjoyable.  The N64 game only allowed for simple tricks along with simple combinations.  This made the game easier for new comers since the points never reached that high of a level.  Another aspect I really enjoyed about the game was the size of each one of the levels.  The levels were large enough to enjoy but small enough to be able to remember where all the obstacles were.  The two player mode was also a blast to play since there were a number of ways to play it.  One of the modes was simply whoever could score the most points in a certain time limit.  Another mode involved using graffiti to color the ramps where you had higher scores.  This particular mode was a ton of fun since you had to land combo tricks on different aspects of the entire course.  The last mode was pretty fun as well which was horse.  In horse each player had to land the trick the other previously did on the same ramp.  The new game took away allot of these fun aspects and made it less enjoyable to play.