Skate Boardin'
Skate Boardin' is a video game developed by Absolute Entertainment for the Atari 2600 and published in 1987 by Activision. It was written by Absolute co-founder David Crane, creator of the hugely successful Pitfall! (1982).It is one of the first skateboarding-based video games, preceded by at least the 720° arcade game and Skate Rock for the Commodore 64, both from 1986.
Skate Boardin'
- Date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Skate Boardin' was published by Absolute Entertainment.
- Genre
- skateboarding video game
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Skate Boardin' is a video game developed by Absolute Entertainment for the Atari 2600 and published in 1987 by Activision. It was written by Absolute co-founder David Crane, creator of the hugely successful Pitfall! (1982).It is one of the first skateboarding-based video games, preceded by at least the 720° arcade game and Skate Rock for the Commodore 64, both from 1986.
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• Title — Skate Boardin' • Developer — Absolute Entertainment • Publisher — Activision • Designer — David Crane • Released — 1987 • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Atari 2600
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — The player jumping from a ramp The player must locate and successfully negotiate thirty hidden tricks in the form of ramps and pipes within a time limit of five minutes. To save time it is possible to skitch on the back of moving vehicles. The fire button makes the player jump, which is necessary for remounting the skateboard after falling off. Jumping can also be used to get past hurdles. Continuing to hold the fire button results in a crouch, needed for passing through pipes. Additional challenges include finding the most efficient route through the maze and avoiding various obstacles that slow the player down.
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Skateboardin was one of the first games announced from Absolute Entertainment.
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A follow-up titled Super Skateboardin was released in December 1988 for the Atari 7800. Skate Boardin was re-released in 2002, as part of the Activision Anthology collection.
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- Absolute Entertainment. Activision Presents Skate Boardin'. 1987.
- Activision to Distribute Absolute Entertainment. Computer Entertainer. 6. September 1987.
- Availability Update. Computer Entertainer includes the Video Game Update. 7. 10. 14. January 1989.
- Buchanan, Levi. Top 10 Best-Selling Atari 2600 Games. IGN Entertainment, Inc. 26 August 2008.
- Hague, James. The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers.
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