Rarities In Gaming: Episode 1 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (PS1)

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Hello and welcome to WeCanPlayToo's first ever series! Rarities In Gaming follows games that have slipped under the radar, lost in translation or early betas that practically nobody owns.

This first episode showcases the underrated PlayStation One version of THPS4 and compares it with the 'full version', that is to say the version that was released on PS2, Xbox and PC, and the one that most gamers grew to love. Why is it rare? It was only on Australian shelves for less than a year! The PS1 version, however lacking in features, was still an extremely solid game and to me was reminiscent of THPS2 - by far a high point in the series. Although the controls were skittish, the frame rate was terrible and the graphics blocky and bad even for PSOne standards - it was still a great game.

Now, to all those flamers who think I suck at THPS. This is not a video to demonstrate my skills. Also, on the old-gen consoles, the THPS engine was extremely tight and the controls suck. (Although if you want sucky controls, I'd suggest playing THPS2 on iPhone. A mate of mine, a THPS veteran nearly broke his iPod touch in frustration trying to play it). It's been a long while since I played THPS, and besides, for skating games I've got EA Skate on Xbox 360 =)

Rarities In Gaming Season 1:
#1 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 - PSOne (6/06/2010)
#2 - Juiced 2 - The Unreleased Beta (1/07/2010)
#3 - Gran Turismo 4 - BMW Virtual Drive (TBA)

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• tony
• hawks
• pro
• skater
• psx
• psone
• skating
• skateboarding
• ps2
• xbox
• gcn
• pc
• mac
• aspyr
• neversoft
• thps4
• sony
• classic
• video
• game
• collection
• vintage
• gaming
• high quality

[howincrediblyshit]

Oh man, i wish i had my Gamecube back! I would rinse THPS3 - UG so much! Im playing through THPS2 on my PSP, the nostalgia is almost saddening!

[WeCanPlayToo]

@howincrediblyshit You have Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 on PSP? Is that through an emulator or something? I want.

[RockFr3ak]

@WeCanPlayToo If you mod your PSP you can play Ps1 games with the original ps1 emulator. You really should mod it

[WeCanPlayToo]

@RockFr3ak haha, i don't have a psp, but i am rocking all the old THPS games on my Android phone through psx4droid. it rocks :D

[tghooker]

i'm fucking pissed,i found an iso for this but it doesn't even work mf!

[WeCanPlayToo]

@tghooker try snesorama.us

[HarrisonA81]

That's sad. Comparing THPS4 on ps1 to the pc version is like comparing the wii version of black ops to the pc version

[999alex9991]

kinda useless

[paperthugpunk]

my friend says:

hey! I'd open the Kona USA level!!

but he can't win the vert compthen i have to help him!!!

[Andriu092976472]

buuuuuuuuuuuuu



[SonicIsOver900]

as "rare" as it is, i have the ps1 version.

[BronzeTurd]

i like the ps1 version more than the ps2 version, i have both

[tractakid]

I had great times playing the ps1 version :P

[howincrediblyshit]

@WeCanPlayToo Nope, i think it came through PSN originally, but i got a torrent of the game specifically modded for PSP. It's the original PS1 game. You need a modded PSP if you want to download it, but you can look through the PSN to see if they have it.