Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Developer(s) Neversoft
Vicarious Visions (PlayStation, GBA)
Publisher(s) Activision
Engine RenderWare
Platform(s) Xbox, PlayStation, PS2, GameCube, PC, Mac OS X, Game Boy Advance, Tapwave Zodiac, Mobile Phone
Release date October 2002
Genre(s) Extreme sports
Mode(s) Single player
Multiplayer
Rating(s) ESRB: T (Teen)
ELSPA: 15+

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, often called THPS4, is the fourth game in Tony Hawk's series. It was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision for the GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. In 2003 it was published for the PC, Macintosh and Tapwave Zodiac.

The game is a departure from the previous three games' Career mode, in which you had a set amount of time in order to find and complete goals. THPS4 instead featured a Career mode more similar to Free-skate mode, in which there was no time limit to explore the level. This Career mode would be later seen as the Story modes of Tony Hawk's Underground series, American Wasteland, Project 8 and Proving Ground.

The game, reportedly, would be the last Pro Skater in the series, though some took this to mean it would be the last Tony Hawk's game in the entire series.

Contents

[edit] Levels

Advancing levels works the same as in previous games: Upon completing a certain number of goals in a level, you can proceed to the next one. The game's goals begin relatively easy, increasing in difficulty until the player finally completes all of them.

The game features the following levels:

[edit] Bonus levels

PlayStation 2 and others

Game Boy Advance

  • The Zone

PlayStation

  • Little Big World

[edit] Skaters

The game features the following skaters:

[edit] Pro skaters

[edit] Bonus skaters

PlayStation 2 and others

Game Boy Advance

  • Momo
  • Mindy
  • Frycook
  • Roger

PlayStation

  • Little Person
  • Bam Margera

[edit] Neversoft CAS skaters

Inserting the following names on Create a Skater mode will unlock these characters:

  • #$%@!
  • Aaron Skillman
  • Pauly Rick
  • Adam Lippman
  • Andrew Skates
  • Andy Marchal
  • Angus
  • Atiba Jefferson
  • Ben Scott Pye
  • Big Tex
  • Brian Jennings
  • Captain Liberty
  • Chauwa Steel
  • Chris Peacock
  • ConMan
  • Danaconda
  • Dave Stohl
  • DDT
  • DeadEndRoad
  • Fakes The Clown
  • Fritz
  • Gary Jesdanun
  • grjost
  • Henry Ji
  • Jason Uyeda
  • Jim Jagger
  • Joe Favazza
  • John Rosser
  • Jow
  • Kenzo
  • Kevin Mulhall
  • Kraken
  • Lindsey Hayes
  • Lisa G Davies
  • Little Man
  • Marilena Rixfor
  • Mat Hoffman
  • Matt Mcpherson
  • Maya's Daddy
  • Meek West
  • Mike Day
  • Mike Lashever
  • Mike Ward
  • Mr. Brad
  • Nolan Nelson
  • Parking Guy
  • Peasus
  • Pete Day
  • Pooper
  • Rick Thorne
  • Sik
  • Stacey D
  • Stacey Ytuarte
  • Stealing Is Bad
  • Team Chicken
  • Ted Barber
  • Todd Wahoske
  • Top Bloke
  • Wardcore
  • Zac ZiG Drake

[edit] New Tricks

Tricks new to this game included:

  • Skitching: The skater can grab onto the bumper of a vehicle, moving to either end of the bumper to avoid obstacles.
  • Spine transfer: Allow the skater to move from one quarter pipe to another as long as they were back-to-back.
  • Flatland tricks: While introduced in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, were converted to regular tricks instead of tricks that can only be done while in special.

NOTE: These tricks were not featured in all versions.

[edit] Online play

The online play has been discontinued as of January 1, 2006, though some unofficial servers have been created. To go online with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, one would have needed a PlayStation 2, a network adapter, and an Internet connection. If one had broadband, he or she could have hosted a room of up to eight people. If one only had dial-up, he or she could have hosted a room up to three people. Players with either connection can join any room.

The games you could play online with other people were as follows:

  • Trick Attack: The goal is to get as many points as possible. Whoever has the most points at the end wins.
  • Graffiti: If one player does a trick on an object, that object changes color to your color. If another player does a bigger trick on it that is worth more points, they steal that object, or tag, from you. The one with the most tags wins.
  • Combo Mambo: Almost the same as Trick Attack, except the highest amount of points done in one combo.
  • King of the Hill: A crown is somewhere in the level. An arrow on the screen indicates where it might be found. Once it is found, other players must be avoided; as soon as they make contact with the skater, they will steal the crown. Competitors will always know where the player holding the crown is, as they all have an arrow that points directly to that player. In addition to this, the crown is presumably heavy, for both the player's ground speed and jump height is greatly decreased when in possession of the crown.
  • Slap: The goal of the game is, simply, to hit each other. The faster skater will knock down the other, so it is important not to slow down for one second.

[edit] Soundtrack

  • *Song is censored on next-gen systems (PS2, Xbox, GameCube)
  • **Song is censored on PlayStation version

[edit] External links

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