Tony Hawk's Gaming Domination

Tony Hawk's Gaming Domination has been updated for 2020! The book has been revised to include Skate Jam & THPS1+2, adding 8 pages and revising the rest to keep it current. It's also available on Kindle for the first time, all over the world. More info @ tonyhawksgamingdomination.co…

Today's comparison is Tony Hawk gazing over Skate Heaven. Vicarious Visions eschewed the world in the distance for a bright, vibrant, lively rendition of heaven itself. This game looks spectacular! #THPS12

Been thoroughly enjoying THPS1+2 and I'm wrapping up final touches on the book's update. Here's a comparison shot I'll be including. 20 years later - what a difference!!!

I'm updating Tony Hawk's Gaming Domination and will re-issue it next month. The book will add chapters on Skate Jam & THPS1+2 and everything will be brought up to date. It will also finally be available on Kindle for those who prefer the format. Here's a THPS/THPS1+2 comparison.

In celebration of the new (old) THPS & THPS2 remake - here is a graphic I fashioned for the book. This is every Hawk model in every major game. One of so many cool images found within. September is going to be an exciting month!!!

A cleaned-up image of the THPS3D logo. This mobile version of THPS was shown at E3 in 2005, before it lost the "Mobile Edition" suffix. This game didn't support simultaneous button presses, rendering the trick system a mess. More info in this strange one in the book, of course!

An awesome, 18-minute video by Rad Rat Video covers 26 unique & interesting facts from my book. It's funny: he used to read my site and now I follow his videos! The book is packed with tons more than even this! Enjoy if you haven't seen it yet! youtu.be/hx5WDZAgIz4

Neversoft President Joel Jewett was the driver of the golf cart in THPS2. He was replaced in THPS HD by the familiar favorite Officer Dick! The THPS2 picture here is a simple replacement allowing you to skate as the golf cart.

We called him Rastaman in the old days, but he was given the official name Rastapopolous later on. Here you see the iconic skateshop owner in four games: playable in the THPS beta from 1999, in THPS2, THPS3 and later as a pre-created skater in THUG. That was his last appearance.

Meeting Of The Minds! @theslateman & @icebears4ever in Göteborg! One wrote a book on the Tony Hawk line of games, the other is making a feature-length documentary on skateboarding in the 90s and the Hawk games! Awesome day, man. Was fun getting to know you!

Dopey me uploaded the wrong image. Here's the completed, cleaned-up map. Sorry!

The GBA's full map of Alcatraz is impressive and this doesn't even include the secret prison section. This image took me *way* too long to edit, but the final product is worth it. Note: Vicarious Visions rarely included cheats; earning perks was all done the old-fashioned way.

There are 92 versions of Hawk games, but how does that break down? We all know four Playstations, three Xboxes, etc, but how about the Tapwave Zodiac, digiBLAST and PocketPC? The Blackberry game was called Tony Hawk 9! I might as well just share the chart found on page 210.

For their iteration of THPS3 on the PS1, Shaba artists included graffiti dedicated to Stanley the Alien from Grind Session, seen below. Unlike Neversoft's THPS3, no pedestrians are found in the PS1 game. Shaba joked that aliens abducted everyone which explains the barren streets!

Though the book clearly covers the high-profile Hawk games, and in substantial fashion (THPS2 alone spans 19 pages), every game is covered in detail. Here are the two Shred decks, the latter a limited-edition run that few saw due to its lackluster sales. Ride had two as well.

THUG Display from E3 2003. The book contains several other images from past E3s. I attended for four years, from 2002 through 2005, the final one with a busted up ankle. It was a skateboarding injury and Hawk himself signed the cast. More info here: Tonyhawksgamingdomination.co…

Did You Know? The Nintendo64 versions of the first three Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games were issued on colored cartridges in America.

Advertisement for the Japanese release of Sk8: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 on the Game Boy Advance. This version, which came out over a year after its western version, had three exclusive skaters and a handful of minor tweaks. It was well-received, garnering a 33/40 from Famitsu!