Skater Reviews: Street Sk8er (PSX) - Quintuple Backflips and 720 Alpha Flips 

I actually worked on this game as a QA tester at EA Canada a very long time ago. At the time EA had a division where they would try to publish somewhat unknown games that had already been released. The original game was released in Japan first, not by EA, then published by EA for North America release with different box art, many bug fixes and game play tuning based on our feedback to the dev team. They also added the real brands into the game. All the trick names were completely wrong in the Japanese version, I was the only one who skated on the team so I wrote up a lot of bugs on the wacky trick names. Lots of stuff slipped through do to time, but at least a lot of the trick names are called out correctly.

Put the game disc in a traditional CD player... it plays the whole soundtrack!

I loved this game in my childrenhood, and today I still like it.

I'm 30 years old and pretty out of shape compared to my teen years, but this is the game that influenced me to start skating. My friend had an old KB Toys skateboard that he had gotten for his birthday like 3 years prior that had been sitting in his parents garage the entire time. The bearings were completely shot, the board itself was warped, and the trucks were plastic. We could pretty much do nothing but stationary tricks, or pre-set the board on a grind and try to slide down. I miss those days.

Street Sk8er was one of the most important games of my childhood. The game is confusing and complete nonsense, but being a kid I just got into pretty easily. This game is so unreal that is like a cartoon, I guess this is why I was so fascinated by it when I was a young boy, even the characters seemed like out of a cartoon series. It was also my first experience with punk rock and even rock in general, I'm from Sao Paulo and it definitely wasn't the most popular music style and I didn't have MTv so when I got to listen that kind of stuff, it changed me for good. I own this game a lot, I even got back to it through emulator here 'cause I was missing it. Game is dated indeed but it's a lot of fun, doesn't require much strategy but a big effort will have to be put on hard mode.

Just gotta say, the soundtrack to this game was excellent.

This was my favorite childhood video game. I don't even know how many times I rented it from Blockbuster until I finally found it for sale years later. Classic.

Street skater 2 was fun, played it for weeks on end. I loved the movies in that game too. I've seen better days, good music in it.

I wonder if it'd be possible to find a rom of Top Skater and use the Tony Hawk Ride skateboard controller for it

I havent seen this game in so long i played it when I was 4 on the ps1 what a trip man its been a long time

Tony Hawk loved Top Skater. That's why THPS was originally a racing style game. Same reason he made Ride. The only place I positively know there is a Top Skater arcade is at Disney Quest in Orlando,FL.

Medic!! Haha I loved this game when I was a kid. It was pretty ridiculous but I was so young I didn't know any better.

*MEDIC*!

fs 360 late bs 360 could theoretically be done, but only by kids on Instagram.

This was basically my 1st punk cd. The tracklist played on regular players

This game was incredible. I chose this game over Tony Hawk but after a month I went and got Tony Hawk and absolutely loved that. Street sk8r was great for it's time and was a great precursor to Tony Hawks game

Front side 360-late back side 360. . .which is physically impossible. I love it. I played this game as a kid, totally silly, but was interesting for the time.

I've had this game since I was like 7 years old, I remember beating it as a little kid. A couple weeks ago me and my buddy we trying to speed run old skateboarding games(thps, 3extreme, etc.) and we were struggling to beat street sk8er. We couldn't find a viable strat and we were so confused as to how do certain tricks. Little kid me could beat this game by adult me can't lol

the first time i watched one of your videos i was so thrilled cus i expected something way more amateur, but you seem to know what you're doing. you deserve way more views! cheers.

Have you tried Skate or Die: Bad 'n Rad on the Game Boy? It's a fairly overlooked game that's not much like the NES titles. Half of the levels are 2D platformers, while the other half are top-down obstacle courses. There's a lot of really bizarre enemies and bosses, and I had a lot of fun. I'd encourage you to give it a try, since you're attempting to review every skateboarding game ever made.

No BS, this was the very first game I got with my PS1 in 1999. SMH, blast from the past indeed. Listen, I’m a THPS fan but I still have massive love for this game and Thrasher: Skate or Destroy. They laid the groundwork for a SKATE to be the beloved series that it is today. Respect to the OGs. 🖤✊🏽

snowboard games like cool boarders and steep slope sliders are also worth looking at, not to mention ReBoot on the PS1, which is a shooter/skate adventure game predating Airblade...

You gotta play the kid character, his nunchuk grab is sick.

It is amazing seeing your channel growing ! Keep up the good work man

I used to play it when i was 5 years Old! Miss those old days

Man I want to watch this video but funnily enough I just ordered this game last night to relive some of my childhood. I want to relive the experience myself so I have to just thumbs up the video and wait to watch until I play this again.

The American PS1 jewel cases look far better than European ones. I live in Europe, so the PS1 games I have are the European cases, which were way more bulky. Also, damn, this was EA's first foray into skateboarding. You'd never have thought they would've made one of the best skating games of all time.

I remember playing the hell out of this when it came out. It was fun for the time but even then I wanted a realistic skating game. Kinda cool for nostalgia being the first skating game.

I remember playing a demo of this game and thinking it was meh but it's cool seeing what was influenced by it.

great review, Rad Rat! btw, ever heard of a PC game called Boards and Blades? if so, try checking it out

I loved this game as a kid!

The first PlayStation Skater game before Tony Hawk. Such an awesome game

My biggest memory of this game is putting it in my CD player lol.

Down here in Denver there's an arcade with a "720" machine. All the games are free (you just pay to get in). It rules.

Actually, thps 1 was supposed to be based around top skater. Ice bears interviewed a neversoft dev and he said they were, at initial stages, playing top skater all the time and were told to base it on it

This brings me some memories PS1 and this game it reminds why I like this more than Tony Hawk. You should play the sequel.

Do some nes reviews! T and C surf, skate...skate or die series... and 720 skateboarding!!!

I played this when I was a little kid, still have it lol

At first I thought this was the arcade game "top skater" that I loved as a kid. I can't find any info on it but I feel like they are somehow connected. A lot of the elements in Street Sk8er that you disliked made a lot more sense in the arcade simulator Top Skater. Things like timers and only needing to ollie to perform trick worked because you would get a game over if time ran out and you could only really pop the tail on the fake simulator board. Curious what you think. Edit:just realized you mentioned top skater. I still say this is a "remake"

I enjoyed the game for what it was, but mostly used it for the soundtrack while driving. (it's one of the playstation games where you could listen to the music in a cd player) but I do have a question, why did skateboard trucks back in the 90's have 6 holes for mounting?? I know they did away with it a few years later. keep up the good videos.

Oh my god, 2xtreme, I had that as a very small child but was too young to really play with any degree of skill. I'd love a review of that game if you're feelin' it, I barely remember it and don't know if I ever did much of the content, I was like five or six years old. It seemed cool from what I remember, though.

I bought this game when it first dropped and played the hell out of it. When THPS came out, I refused to play it because this was my game.

Do you still have that copy of lunar silver star story complete? If so I'm insanely jealous! One of the best games ever made!

a Website sounds like a good idea, besides I wanna play basically all these games. you could have a nice organized method of doing that. Amazon links or useful emulators, etc. grow a community and maybe post tips for some of the games youve reviewed for the less than patient gamer. haha

Love this channel! Just doing the whole "like&coment" "algarythym" thing..

Skitchin for inline on Genesis for sure. But I'm not sure about skateboarding.

U have to review the skate game where u stand on the board irl to control the person in the game

I remember playing this in a demo 😮

The tricks were hilariously awesome though. That's it... I think the tricks are more determined by your speed and height, but yeah, you have almost no control over what you do.

This game would be awesome if it came out on the N64 back in the day.

Damn I forgot about 2xtreme lol 😉

0:50 Skate or die 2 review please

Please review Project 8! That was my favorite Tony Hawk game!

btw just found your stuff, diggin' it my dude SeemsGood

I remember being pretty excited when I bought this, then I played it... It was very underwhelming. I completed it then never touched it again. The fact you have virtually zero control in the air totally ruins it.

I think Bonobo was censored in the European version and changed to a random kid! :D

There is a game called like California sports or something from the snes genesis era that has a vert skating segment, aloo g with hackney sack... so not really a "skateboarding" game

Ooooh I love your videos! :D

To me this sounds like a solid, but poorly executed gameplay loop. What is it with Downhill that makes it so hard to emulate?

This game remember Sega Model2 Top Skater

This game is the closest thing to a home port of Top Skater.

Can you do a video on Shawn Palmer Pro Snowboarder? It's very good and is closely affiliated with Thps

To play Top Skater you can download a Sega Model2 emulator and the rom for top skater. I use a ps2 controller with a USB adapter to play. It loses some of the charm because you're not standing on a skateboard to play it but it's still a lot of fun and brings back memories. I use the dpad for turning. X for ollie, triangle for nollie, and L and R buttons for level and character select

Fun fact: this game is free on the PS3.

It's got a lot of accurate tricks, but does it have any accurate hardflips?

this is my favorite skate game. km pretty sure its free on psn store

What up with people putting there wheels in the freezer to make them harder, faster,etc. does this really work ? Please talk about this! Is it just a gimmick ?

Hey, I got a question for your ask rad rat series, that really puzzles me. It is basically: what are nollie lipslides? A lipslide can be defined as a boardslide where your tail goes over the obstacle instead of your nose. you could also say that the popping end of the board goes over the rail, because that's what actually makes the trick harder than boardslides. but what defines the trick when you go nollie? if I nollie into a boardslide, which means popping my nose and making it cross the rail/ledge/coping, I would never call that a lipslide. on the other hand if I pop the nose and shift the tail across, that maybe feels like "nollieing into a lipslide", but it takes the challenge away of making the popping end of your board go over the obstacle. for the same reason 'halfcap boardslides' are not called 'halfcap lipslides', right? What do you make of it? sorry for overthinking this...

Street Sk8er is actually heavily inspired by Top Skater. You can play it through the Nebula Sega Model 2 emulator. Also... no mention of Saho, the unlockable inline skating ninja?

Will you review Tony Hawk American Wasteland?

You can play Top Skater using a Model 2 emulator! I used to play it all the time on my computer in college.

Hey man what Neal Stephenson book is that I see behind you????

No street skater 2???

YOU CAN PLAY TOP SKATER WITH THE MODEL 2 EMULATOR

I think it was less that Tony Hawk was copying Street Sk8er and more that they were both copying Top Skater. I much preferred Street Sk8er 2, Stage 1 of the first game is so infuriating

when will you review the EA skate series

First game with a young Steve Caballero playable carachter. Oh wait thats a monkey

You can even get the full game for FREE on the Playstation Store :)

Couldn’t you be a fruit booting female ninja in this game? I’m pretty sure I played the hell out of this game as a pre teen, and unlocked a ninja!

Medic!

it seems the way the gameplay is designed is literally exactly like Top Skater. It might actually just be a rip off of the game. But Top Skater is way better than this in terms of execution

wasnt there a roller blader in this game at some point?

this game its free now bois

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Wow, I've been trying to remember the name of this game for years! I always thought it was just called sk8. I could never find any info about it. I remember it being absolutely HORRIBLE.

8:11 - Monkey, huh? 🤔

I hated this game even as a kid I knew it was bad. I sucked at skating street I wanted to play a game where I cud skate street ndni did not find it there..

classic ! haha

fuck i hated this game when it was new

It looks awful. No real brands or skaters makes it seem really cheap

The guy on the front cover of Skate or die 2 is Leviathan

that game was hella fun

Great review, this game reminds me a lot of Segas Top skater arcade game which you mentioned at the start. Perhaps this game was a response to making a home console copy of Top skater.