

And you can take that to the bank.įrom the suburban districts of New Jersey to the tropical beaches of Hawaii, Tony Hawk's Underground told a story that put you, the up and coming pro skater, in the centre of the world. Without its innovative design and brisk approach to capturing a storyline in an otherwise sports-based video game, the franchise never would have blossomed into the marvel it is today. Now, let us proceed.Even to this day, the open-world and punk-heavy hit Tony Hawk's Underground rests as one of the greatest skateboarding games of all time. Also, even though THUGPro is great, it’s a fan-made PC mod, so it isn’t on here either. We also left off the weird and wild ports of some games to older consoles, like Project 8 on PS2 or THPS3 on PS1. But including all of them would have doubled this already-long list. Yes, some of the portable Tony Hawk titles were great. However, that developer has a history with the franchise, as it once handled many of the portable THPS ports.įor this list, we are looking only at the main games released on home consoles. Later this year Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 will be released, and it was developed by another studio, Vicarious Visions. Eventually, after Neversoft stopped developing them in 2007 Robomodo would take over the franchise, releasing some of the lesser-loved entries. Neversoft made the first Tony Hawk games, but over the course of the franchise’s history other developers became involved. While the games changed over the years, the basic idea of riding a skateboard, landing cool tricks, and unlocking new levels, boards, and skaters has remained a constant throughout the good and bad entries.

The Tony Hawk franchise started all the way back in 1999 and since that first game, the franchise has been chugging along, releasing over 15 games across nearly every platform out there including the PS1, N-Gage, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii, and PS4, just to name a few. So here I am, doing everything I can, ranking Tony Hawk games and hoping I don’t anger fans.
