On top of the graphics, Skate or Die had the edge when it came to broad availability, gameplay, and the sneering punk rock edge that the entire sport has since been known for. Activision would make their first fateful step into the ring a year later (1987) with Skate Boardin’ for the Atari 2600, designed by none other than David Crane, the creator of Pitfall.īut when EA dropped Skate or Die the same year for the ZX Spectrum, among other home computers, as well as a Konami published “Ultra Games” NES port, Skate Boardin’ seemed downright primitive.
Despite being the first game to feature the sport, it would go on to define what the genre would become with a score-centric combo system, collectibles scattered throughout each level, and a timer tied to every run. The earliest signs of skateboarding in video games can be traced back to Atari’s 720°, released to the arcades in 1986. Don’t forget to bend your knees because we’re gonna be rolling fast through the saga of the world’s most popular extreme sport. It should come as no surprise then that by the mid-80s it had fully infiltrated our video games, evolving over time to be one of the most profitable ventures in the industry before wiping out in 2010, then rising like a phoenix once more through the help of modern indie development.
Before long, the extreme sport became ingrained into our culture, spreading from its SoCal roots through the country and eventually the world, even becoming an Olympic sport in 2020. surfers slapped wheels onto some boards and started carving empty backyard pools, skateboarding became synonymous with the freedom of youth and the rebelliousness that freedom entails.
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