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best game ever

>> No.2384380

>>2384370
me and my friend would play this and i would always beat him

>> No.2384427

GBA version best version

>> No.2384445

>>2384427
gtfo

>> No.2384459

Did anyone else use to play create a park mode with friends and take turns making their own base with lava pits and spikes and see which base was hardest to get into?

I only owned the 2x version

>> No.2384620

>>2384459
no and now i feel like i missed out on a good time in my childhood, you bastard

>> No.2384640

>vert skaters not welcome here

Fuck you too.

>> No.2384651

>>2384459
Yes, was fun.
Also got really into making elaborate platforming games using THUG's creator complete with deep pits with lava and small platforms. Usually put a huge ramp or bowl or half pipe or something at the end as a kind of reward.

>> No.2384784

I am better than all you at this game. I have played it consistently over the past 15 years cause me and my friends thought it was a GOAT game.

Best Level : Hangar
Worst Level : Marseille or Philadelphia

>> No.2384789

>watch old YouTube video of me playing the game back in 2008

God, way too many Pop Shove-Its. I've gotten better since.

>> No.2384790

>>2384427
This guy has a point, the GBA version is pretty good for a GBA port.

>> No.2384812

>>2384789
wasn't the 360 flip a special trick in THPS1?

>> No.2384813

>>2384812
nevermind i was confused, jamie thomas had a 540 flip for some reason.

>> No.2384854

>>2384620
>tfw
It would be rad if there were a way to share them around here. Like /vr/ct but skateboarding.

>> No.2384904

>>2384784
>Hangar

>not School II
>not Skate Heaven

>> No.2385013

I don't really have any opinion. My adventure with THPS started with #3.

>> No.2385050

>>2384904
The best part of Skate Heaven was the Enema Chen ramp. I always used "Skip to Restart" to go to the ramp directly so I wouldn't have to blow open the volcano or whatever.

>> No.2385110
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2385110

>>2384370

Almost.

>> No.2385115
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2385115

back it up

>> No.2385146
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2385146

>>2384370
>best game ever

>> No.2386485

Its a scientific fact that THPS3 is the best Tony Hawk game

>> No.2386729

>>2385146
>/v/

>> No.2386794

>>2385115
this game was way better imo and had the better soundtrack too. fucking deftones? fuck yes.

>> No.2387484

>>2385110
just picked this up from salvos a few days ago

it's so fucking good

>> No.2387506

>>2386485
Absolute fact.

And before some dork tries to cry "NOT RETRO"
THPS3 came out on PS1 as well.

>> No.2387534

>>2387506
It came out on N64 too. I didn't play much but it felt like a downgrade compared to 2x.

>> No.2387553
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2387553

>>2384370
They were a great series man no doubt about it.

not truly retro but
>mfw loading up THPS3 on PS2 for the first time

It was one of the very first games I bought for PS2 and the graphics blew me away.

>> No.2387563

>>2387553

you just gave me such a nostalgia rush of playing THPS3 when it was new, and thinking that the graphics were amazing and crystal clear.

I suppose they were compared to the blurry fog of N64 graphics

>> No.2387579

>>2386485
i can't remember if this game added reverts or manuals.

>> No.2387584

>>2387563
I didn't really get that wow effect from the jump to PS3 or PS4. Last time I ever truly got it was the jump from N64 to PS2.

SNES to PSX was just nuts though. I remember playing Tekken 2 on my friend's PlayStation for the first time and just being drop jawed. Going home to DKC2 that day was a pretty crappy feel.

>> No.2387589

>>2387584
bloodborne doesn't look like it could work on ps3.

and after the recent patches it actually performs decently.

we we talkin about proskater.

thps4 has my favorite soundtrack.

>> No.2387601

>>2387579
Manuals were in the first Pro Skater already, so maybe it added reverts.

>>2386485
It's either 2 or 4. I'd say 2, but 4 has the largest amounts of goals and the hardest ones can be actually tough to complete. Go ahead, 100% THPS4, it's a ride.

>> No.2387620

>>2387601
>Manuals were in the first Pro Skater already, so maybe it added reverts.

THPS2 introduced manuals, THPS3 introduced reverts, THPS4 introduced spine transfers, THUG introduced walking, THUG2 did...a lot of stuff, and THAW...went overboard.

>> No.2387627

>>2387589
I know Bloodborne is a great game and it's pretty too and I love its artstyle. I know it can't be done on PS3. I'm just saying that the last time I got that real 'wow effect' from upgrading gens was between N64 and PS2. Didn't feel it that much between PS2 and PS3 and felt it even less between PS3 and PS4.

>> No.2387634

>>2387620
I know it's not retro but American Wasteland's final mission is fucking stupid.

Most of that game's missions were stupid and not in a fun way.

>> No.2387635

>>2387601
Actually THPS4 is a lot easier for me in this day and age.

I remember when I played it back in the day some of this shit really gave me trouble but I've been playing this save since last night and I've already unlocked the Pro goals (and cleared the goal list of at least 4 stages as well).

>> No.2387637

>>2387634
I abandoned the series after playing THUG2. I just didn't get it.

>> No.2387641

>>2387635
For some reason I missed out on playing THPS4 and THUG at the time of release and went straight from THPS3 to THUG2.

Really shouldn't have done so because when I picked 4 & UG up a few years ago, they're great.

>>2387637
Neversoft went down the Jackass route for the story mode and it just got stupider. I've never played a newer Tony Hawk's than Wasteland.

>> No.2387642

>>2387635
Sure, but it's still harder than the other ones.

>>2387637
I haven't paid attention after that either.

>> No.2387672

theyve announced thps5 for ps4 and xbone niggs.

i dont think its the old team.

i seriously doubt its going to be good.

>> No.2387676 [DELETED] 

>>2387672
Considering they shut down the actual THPS a few years back, most likely it's a different kind of game.

sage for not retro.

>> No.2387708

>>2387672
It's being done by Robomodo, the same ones who did the awful THPS HD.

>> No.2387838

>>2385050
No no no, the best part was that little area with the benches. You can easily hit over 1000000 points on each pass if you grind the benches and transfer to other benches or manual between them.

Had a friend challenge me to a high-score run on SH once. He went for the half-pipe and scored about 250,000 points. Within one minute on the benches I had over 2 million points.

Rock the fucking benches man.

>> No.2388016

>>2387708
I don't think THPS HD was that bad.

>> No.2388036

>>2387637
The story mode was retarded, but if you just stick with freeskate and mulitplayer, it's just as good as the earlier games.

>>2387708
That game was seriously terrible. It's like they had zero understanding of why THPS was good. As silly as the later Tony Hawk games were, the physics and controls were still on point for the most part.

>>2387641
American Wasteland is a good place to stop playing them, actually

>> No.2388360

>>2388036
>American Wasteland is a good place to stop playing them, actually
Wow, were Project 8 and Proving Ground really that bad then?

Obviously the premiere of Skate fucked the TH series.

>> No.2388409

>>2387708
no fucking surprises there

>> No.2388427

>>2388409
NO ALARMS AND NO SURPRISES
NO ALARMS AND NO SURPRISES
NO ALARMS AND NO SURPRISES PLEASE

SUCH A PRETTY HOUSE AND SUCH A PRETTY GARDEN

>> No.2388430

>>2384459
yea my brother and i made levels as difficult as possible with custom rails, gaps, etc

>> No.2388432

>>2388430
I'm horny anon. Your post made me hornier.

>> No.2388445
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>>2388432

>> No.2388446

>>2388427
shut up, Thom

>> No.2388715

Is there a way to get the PC version working?

>> No.2388719

>>2388715
easiest way would probably be to emulate Windows 98
XP might work, not sure
these new OSes really have shit support for older games
unless there's a GOG version you really don't have too many options

>> No.2388728

SO HERE I AM

>> No.2388751

>>2388719
I can't remember if I did it completely or not but I think I got the PC version working on my Sony Vaio UX-380N and that was running Windows 7.

I'll have to try again on my tablet. I still have the ISO.

>> No.2388753

>>2388751
well, there's always a way to make it work
it just usually requires a lot of dicking around

don't really have any advice for you there, good luck

>> No.2388768

I seem to remember reading on Planet Tony Hawk (gawd, anyone remember that site) that the PC version of 2 contained three levels from the first game (Warehouse and San Fran for sure; forget the last one).

>> No.2388812

THUG 2 > THPS 4 > THAW > THPS 3 > THUG > THPS 2 > THPS

>> No.2388814

>>2388812
Switch THAW and THUG, and you've got a perfect ranking.

>> No.2388819

>>2388814
yeah I tend to rate THUG lower than most people. the fact that it doesn't have a classic mode is a big negative for me.

>>2388768
not sure about PC version, but Xbox version has all the levels from 1. and N64 version has a level from Mat Hoffman BMX

>> No.2388824

I think Hoffman Headquarters replaced Chopper Drop, which was a pretty shitty level anyway.

>> No.2388826

>>2388036
>American Wasteland is a good place to stop playing them, actually

nah, the story mode, and the open city could have been done much better, but the career mode is god tier. and thanks to the improved parkour, it has the best control of any game in the series

>> No.2388832

>>2384854
If only the park storing method was made differently, we could trade park files via emulator memory cards.

>> No.2388834

>>2388812
Turn that completely backwards and I'd agree with you.

>> No.2388838

guess i'm going to have to fire up 2 and do the gap checklist again. best part of the game

>> No.2388840

>>2388832
Wait a minute. This actually isn't a horrible idea.

If we all agreed on a base .mcr that has probably everything unlocked we could just trade that around, and have custom parks added to it. THPS2 has an infinite money code, so we don't really need to worry about making a custom skater for everyone to use.

>> No.2388841

>>2388834
I loved the first 2 games when they came out, but going back and playing them now after all the moves and advances the series made with THPS3 to THAW , they feel completely archaic, and not in a good way.

>> No.2388864

>>2387838
thps3 was where the big combos came into play with reverts, i used to play it online

i think if you hit 1.4 bill the game crashes and everyone in your game does too

but most of the good players stopped "whoring" as it got boring, so they all make style videos now

not /vr/ , but thug pro is a revival mod for thug 2 which includes thug 1 , and thps4 maps
and its pretty active today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE0kXyBuUUE

>> No.2388870

>>2388728
wrong version, you're looking at the first.

Why does everyone say that line regarding the second game? It's not on that soundtrack.

>> No.2389187

>>2388826
I meant that it was the last good one, I actually liked it quite a bit

>> No.2390010

After doing a lot of poking around I figured out how to run the PC version of THPS2 on Windows 8.1 x64.

I'm probably going to build a custom ISO of the game that has a working crack bundled with it along with the correct music (the Korean version has some Korean pop group that sounds awful with the game but the crack I have is supposedly for that version so I have an ISO of the US version to dump the music to the game directory so it plays the regular THPS2 music; I can consolidate all these elements into a single ISO that will play the game properly and install the right music).

>> No.2390024

>>2387584
Agreed. I was completely blown away by the jump from PS1 to the Dreamcast and haven't experienced that since.

>> No.2390725

>>2388832
>emulator memory cards
What's wrong with the PC version?

>> No.2390731

>>2384790
port, really?

>> No.2390745

>>2388719
It should work on XP. And no, it's not on GOG but weirdly enough it was on iOS for a while, go figure.

>> No.2390795 [DELETED] 

>>2390725
I find a PS1 easier to emulate than Windows 98.

Is it any easier to trade parks that way though?

>> No.2390810

>>2390725
Does the PC version use separate files for parks? What's the difference between the two versions?

>> No.2390817

>>2390795
Should be as simple as downloading each .PRK you want to the THPS2 install folder.

>> No.2391429

>>2388715
From the disk, mine runs on w7

>> No.2391463

I gave up on the series when it turned into manual spam/button mashing and "turn any vert trick into a triple backflip" bullshit. Basically, I only like the first 4 games.

>> No.2394057

>>2391463
>implying button spamming with all cheats on just to try and get the highest combo possible isn't hilarious due to the sheer fuckuppery happening

>> No.2394087

>>2384790
It's not really a port; basically a totally different game.

I remember it well because it was a GBA launch title; I was impressed that they managed to make the THPS gameplay transition to the isometric perspective so well.

>> No.2394105

>>2388715
There's a mod for THUG2 (which runs fine in W7/8) that adds the levels from THPS 1-4. It's a good fallback if you can't get the PC version working.

>> No.2394135

>>2391463
>>2394057
Personally I never buttonmash in THPS. It's more satysfying to do tricks how and when you want them. The only mashy situation I get into are flat freestyle tricks - Recipe for gigantic multiplier in relatively short time. Rodney Mullen was always my favorite.

>> No.2394220

Wasn't bad by any means and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Wasn't the best though imho. To each their own. :)

>> No.2394671

>>2388870
LIGHTS OUT

GUERRILLA RADIO

TURN THAT ____ UP

>> No.2394675

>>2390010
If you're planning on distributing it, I'm not so excited. I'd much rather have a verbatim original ISO (preferably matching something like http://redump.org/disc/26194/)) and a set of instructions for how to patch it to work on Windows 8.1.

I'm interested in how you did it though. I tried to get Spider-Man (same devs, similar engine) working on 8.1 with wined3d and it was still unplayably choppy.

>> No.2394854

>>2394675
Actually I found the crack is region independent. It'll work with any THPS2 ISO.

So you can just install the base game and use the crack I found on THPS-mods (though I should at least distribute the crack lest you want to sift through a bunch of message board posts like I did to find it).

>> No.2397189

http://thps-mods.com/cracks/THPS2crack.rar

That's the crack I'm using.

Do you need an ISO?

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>>2385146
>>best game ever
pretentious shit is mediocre at best

>> No.2400116

>>2385146
fuck you weeb

>> No.2400125

>>2388840
SOMEONE GET ON THIS AND MAKE A THREAD NOW
NEED IT
USE EPSXE 1.9.0
GOGOGO
I would do it but I'm pretty lazy and also on mobile right now

>> No.2400130

>>2399874
>EarthBound
>pretentious
o am i laffin

>> No.2402597

>>2394854
just ignore the retard and upload that ISO of yours please.

>> No.2402608

>>2390010
when are you going to upload this? I want to play some thps2

>> No.2402645

>>2387634
What, you didn't like skating from one end of the city to the other?
I remember spending hours doing the Wasteland Combo challenges and wrecking high scores everywhere.

>> No.2402826

>>2402645
>you didn't like skating from one end of the city to the other?
I'll need to replay it because I can't remember it that well.

From what I recall, I got past the cops easy as hell and there was no pressure.

>> No.2402850

>>2402608
Oh, sorry. A'ight.

I'm pondering starting a Tony Hawk general over on /vg/ but I need to figure out what I'd do to attract people to it.

Uploading now, will post link when it's done (not the best Internet here).

>> No.2402971

>>2402608
Come and get it: https://mega.co.nz/#!k8gzFYpC!hpDfTEzD_TO8iWxZMH2wqgDBD_CEfU3IsZZu9kFgLa8

Don't change the resolution from 640x480. The game seems to crash if you bump up the resolution, sadly.

Also if you're using a 360 controller, I'd advise getting some kind of keyboard mapper because you can't use the d-pad of the controller otherwise (you're stuck with the analog stick).

>> No.2403580

>>2384854
Are you talking about a thps general? you have my attention

>> No.2404561

Hey, it's May 16th tomorrow.
It's just another Saturday

>> No.2404571

>>2388715
I'm running it on Win7 without problems, i just disabled desktop composition and shit and made it run in win98 compatibility mode.