History of Skateboarding Video Games | Sub Genre Retrospective

Doesn't matter if you've ever ridden a board, or just watched it on TV, skateboarding is world renowned. Not only has it finally made it to the Olympics, but skateboarding is also a quintessential gaming genre. Chances are you own at least one. Usually labeled as a sports game, it transcends this by not only dabbling in many other gameplay styles, but being an innovative genre in its own right.

But how did skateboarding games come to be? What was the first one? And does it still have bright future?
Well sit back, chill out and enjoy this skateboarding retrospective.

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Intro Skate Video 0:00
Skateboarding Games 1:42
History of Asphalt Surfin' 2:49
First Games: 5:09
Skate or Die 8:37
The 90s 12:55
Top Skater 15:03
THPS1 19:06
The Competition 22:26
Tony Hawk Series 27:32
skate Series 34:34
The New School 39:53
Weird Games 42:11
Extremely Goofy 49:01
Best Flick It Style Game 53:46
Best Arcade Style Game 59:15
Final Thoughts 1:02:38
Outro 1:04:36


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Games Mentioned:
1xtreme
2xtreme
3xtreme
720
AMERICAN WASTELAND
Bad n Rad
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
California Games 1 and 2
Dead Rising
Disney Skateboarding Extreme Adventure
Disney Sports Skateboarding
Evolution Skateboarding
Extremely Goofy Skateboarding
Go Go Hypergrind
Grind Session
MTV Sports Skateboarding
Olli Olli
Olli Olli 2
Olli Olli World
Ollie King
Project 8
Proving Ground
Simpsons Skateboarding
skate 1
skate 2
skate 3
Skate or Die 1 and 2
Skateboardin'
Street Sk8er
Street Sk8er 2
Super Skateboardin
THPS1
THPS2
THPS3
THPS4
THPS5
THPS HD
THPS RIDE AND SHRED
THUG
THUG 2
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2
Thrasher Skate and Destroy
Top Skater
Touch grind
Tour de Thrash
Yanya Caballista City Skater

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