It’s unlikely that anyone working on the game imagined it becoming the pop culture phenomenon it turned out to be. It felt like an instant smash hit it went on to sell millions of copies and was ported to the Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast a year later. The first THPS debuted in 1999 on the PlayStation and was developed by a then largely unknown (and since shuttered) studio called Neversoft. “I could definitely see that we were on to something.” “The essence of what makes skateboarding special is still the same as depicted in the game.” “It’s a bit of a time capsule,” says Mullen.
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In September, two decades after the series debuted, the first two games will be remastered, bringing the experience to a whole new audience. It also paid tribute to the skaters themselves like no game before it, while making fashion and music an integral part. It was over-the-top in places, but it was largely a faithful take on skateboarding - and not just because it accurately re-created the complex world of tricks.
It wasn’t just a digital take on the sport’ it was also a window into a burgeoning subculture. THPS wasn’t the first skateboarding video game, but it was the most important. I could not believe the exposure the game gave to me.” That was my first taste of it, and it just went on. And although I had a strong name from all of those years prior, this was unlike anything I had ever seen. “They had to put me on top of a van because it was so intense,” Mullen says. But nothing prepared him for what happened after he appeared in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2. He turned pro when he was 13, and is now 53, which means he’s spent four decades perfecting his craft and elevating skateboarding. Mullen is widely regarded as one of the most influential skaters of all time, credited with creating many of the tricks - like the kickflip and 360 flip - that are now integral components of the sport. Rodney Mullen still remembers the first time he went on tour after appearing in a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game.
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