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Title: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: lukester on March 06, 2014, 12:08:48 PM
Got this yesterday for N64. Pretty cool game.

I'm not too good so far. All I really know how to do is grind somewhat, and all of my tricks end up failing.

What are some tips for a noob like me? Any way to get air and speed? How do I do a trick right?
Title: Re: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: bartre on March 06, 2014, 12:43:55 PM
oooooh, boy.
i love this game, i truly do.

first off, if you want to go faster, hold the C-down button, then when you get to the edge of a ramp or a gap, release, and you'll gain more air.

to successfully land a trick, you have to end it straight and have the trick fully finished.
it's also worth noting that the madonna has a bit of a funny animation, so learn it.
Title: Re: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: lukester on March 06, 2014, 12:58:10 PM
oooooh, boy.
i love this game, i truly do.

first off, if you want to go faster, hold the C-down button, then when you get to the edge of a ramp or a gap, release, and you'll gain more air.

to successfully land a trick, you have to end it straight and have the trick fully finished.
it's also worth noting that the madonna has a bit of a funny animation, so learn it.

Cool advice!

What are some good methods to string combos?
Title: Re: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: HailingTheThings on March 06, 2014, 03:01:16 PM
Try spin + grab tricks on a quarter or half pipe and before you land back on the ramp try hitting the grind button. Sometimes will land into a grind. Also, on flat land simply try doing tricks into grinds and out of grinds into manuals into quarter pipe air spin + grab tricks.

Hope this was somewhat helpful, been a while since I played. :3
Title: Re: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: Opethian on March 07, 2014, 01:11:57 AM
reverse footing lets you get full points for all the same combos. I cant remember if you can do the 900 in the N64 one but its hard to combo into.
Title: Re: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: jtucci31 on March 07, 2014, 03:04:31 AM
Enjoy the hell out of that soundtrack. It's fantastic!
Title: Re: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: HailingTheThings on March 07, 2014, 09:18:09 AM
Enjoy the hell out of that soundtrack. It's fantastic!

Seconded.

I remember playing this game when it first came out on PS1. My friends and I were so into that we burned the soundtrack and skated to it. Yay!
Title: Re: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: Punch on March 07, 2014, 09:40:05 AM
Enjoy the hell out of that soundtrack. It's fantastic!

Dude he said he has the N64 version, no CDDA for him. Well at least loadings are kept to a minimum and it's better looking I imagine.
Title: Re: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: bob on March 07, 2014, 09:51:17 AM
i absolutely dominate the hawk series.

https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=14574.0
Title: Re: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: jtucci31 on March 07, 2014, 09:55:50 AM

Enjoy the hell out of that soundtrack. It's fantastic!

Dude he said he has the N64 version, no CDDA for him. Well at least loadings are kept to a minimum and it's better looking I imagine.

Woah wait, the N64 version doesn't haw a soundtrack? I've only played the play station version. Pardon my ignorance


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Title: Re: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: lukester on March 07, 2014, 11:45:53 AM

Enjoy the hell out of that soundtrack. It's fantastic!

Dude he said he has the N64 version, no CDDA for him. Well at least loadings are kept to a minimum and it's better looking I imagine.

Woah wait, the N64 version doesn't haw a soundtrack? I've only played the play station version. Pardon my ignorance

It does have a soundtrack. It's 8 songs though, and each one is about a minute long. It's all fine, though, and yes no load times.
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Title: Re: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: lukester on March 07, 2014, 12:45:05 PM
Ok I've gotten a lot better, but I still can't get some things right.

Is there an easy way to balance the skater on a grind?

When should I do the multipliers, or the spins?
Title: Re: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: Arkhan on March 13, 2014, 07:47:07 AM
First tip: Play it on Playstation instead.
Title: Re: Need help with Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Post by: bob on March 13, 2014, 07:52:34 AM
First tip: Play it on Playstation instead.

Then, hop right in to THUG 2.
Many people say 3 is the best because it introduced the revert which is essential for zillion point combos. But THUG 2 is terrific and has great locations like Skatopia.