Skateboarding video games first made their way into the gaming charts in the middle of the eighties. Naturally, the ’80s were also a great time for skateboarding games and many titles with skateboard action were readily available for the home consoles. Since then, they have been witnessing many changes in their designs, gameplay, graphics, sound and a lot of other things. Today’s skateboarding games transform you into a professional skateboarder, providing complete freedom to create sick trick combinations and unique runs. Some of the skating games and their consoles are mentioned below.

Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland is available on X Box, Playstation and Gamecube, with an updated version for X Box 360 coming out and the versions for Gameboy and PSP on the way too. Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland’s gameplay is exactly the same as every other Tony Hawk video game. There are new tricks and control options. So the controls are slightly more difficult than on Underground II. But if you’ve played any of the other games, you will know what to do with this version. The controls for when you are off of your skateboard are also far better. You can jump, flip and climb to secret places. The game also features a BMX bike that you can jump on and ride. The bike controls are similar to the skateboard controls. So learning how to ride is not that hard. In classic mode, you get to play through six levels, doing all the things that you enjoyed doing back in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater.

Following the success of ESPN Winter X Games Snowboarding, the second installment known as ESPN X Games Skateboarding, dares gamers to get huge air and soar over the crowd in the half pipe in their quest for X Games glory. It features eight of the finest professional riders in the world including Bob Burnquist, Chris Senn, Kerry Getz, Carlos DeAndrade, Chad Fernandez, Rick McCrank, Colin McKay and Lincoln Ueda as well as the famous industry sponsors and equipment. Featuring over 12 high-intensity tunes from artists such as Linkin Park, New Found Glory and Voodoo Glow Skulls, ESPN X Games Skateboarding would be available on the PlayStation 2.

Backyard Skateboarding is the first skateboarding game in the Backyard Sports lineup. Its main focus is on entertaining kids. With this game, Backyard Sports has entered into a new field of extreme sports. You will be able to skate around a number of bright and sunny 3D environments to make breath-taking skateboarding tricks like kickflips, backslides, ollies and benihanas. There will be several kid-oriented features like Molasses Time which slows everything down, Tornado and Hot Chocolate. You can select your own skater among the 10 Backyard Kids or create your own as per your preference. In keeping with the series’ tradition of including recognizable stars, you can also play as a junior version of pro skater Andy Macdonald. There will be three game modes, including a tour mode, in which you can assemble sponsors and endorsements from companies like as Melonhead Helmets.

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