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Street Skater for PlayStation 1
Street Skater for PlayStation 1 combines skateboarding tricks with a race against the clock. You ride through Los Angeles, New York and Tokyo, find good approaches to rails and ramps, and try to reach the required score. Checkpoints add to your remaining time. Simply reaching the finish quickly is therefore not enough: you also need to land jumps and grinds along the way. A fall deducts points and interrupts the speed that carries you to the next obstacle.
You start with four skaters who differ in jumping power, cornering, top speed and acceleration. During your first Street Tour, completing stages earns points for improving their attributes. Half Pipe, Bowl and Big Air provide bonus rounds that award extra time for the next stage. Further play unlocks routes, characters and boards. In Free Skate, you can switch off the timer to practise an already unlocked course without immediately starting another complete Tour.
You play alone or compete in Vs with two players taking turns, without a Multitap. You steer with the directional buttons; analog stick control is not provided. After a completed Street Tour stage and distributing upgrade points, the game offers a memory card save option. Config and Save also store settings, records, characters and completed courses. You can then load your unlocked content later without starting again with the first skater.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 1 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
The manual is missing from this copy of Street Skater for PlayStation 1. That is why the product title says “No Manual”. You receive the game in its box, without the instruction booklet. This makes the contents clear before you order.
The original printed manual usually contains at least English and often around six European languages. The languages vary by edition; Dutch is not always included. This information describes the original booklet and does not mean that it comes with this copy. A copy with a manual is offered separately when available.
The history of Street Skater
Electronic Arts brought Street Skater to the European PlayStation in 1999. In North America, the same game was named Street Sk8er; its Japanese predecessor appeared as Street Boarders. The original credits list the Micro Cabin team alongside Electronic Arts staff. The design mixes a continuous street route with separate vert rounds. Speed therefore plays a different role from an open skating area: you try to use a series of obstacles before the clock runs out.
The publisher linked those streets with skateboard brands and music. Boards included designs from Powell Skateboards, while songs by bands such as Less Than Jake and H2O accompany the rides. The manual separately details the music licences and different tracks for each skater. The fictional characters therefore have not only different attributes but their own musical selections. That combination of street courses, board designs and punk and ska music shaped this release's presentation.
Progress remained tied to riding the same Tour again. An improved skater could handle higher jumps and harder tricks, while new routes gave familiar courses another line. The sequel Street Skater 2 appeared later with a park editor and a changed structure. The first game centres on its fixed street stages and the bonus rounds between them. The Classics packaging is a reissue of that original game; its content belongs to the first Street Skater.
Similar games for PlayStation 1
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater for PlayStation 1 shares Street Skater's rails, ramps and licensed music. Both have you find a line for cleanly landed tricks. Tony Hawk provides skating areas with tasks and videotapes to earn, including collecting S-K-A-T-E. Street Skater instead sends you through a street stage past checkpoints. You therefore cannot keep practising around the same object indefinitely if you still want to reach the finish in time.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 for PlayStation 1 likewise lets you improve a skater and unlock places. There, manuals connect combinations across flat ground, and you can build your own skatepark. Street Skater uses fixed courses, rewarding progress with new routes and bonus rounds. The trick you perform depends partly on your speed, the ramp and the chosen direction. Its challenge mainly lies in putting together a good run within the available time.
Cool Boarders 2 for PlayStation 1, like Street Skater, links speed with tricks and clean landings. On a snowboard, the descent determines your direction, and you need to read bends in the snow. Street Skater has you build speed yourself on the street and divides the Tour into checkpoints and vert bonus rounds. Both demand a proper approach to a jump, but on the skateboard, benches and rails along the route also contribute to your score.
MTV Sports: Snowboarding for PlayStation 1 shares the music, fictional riders and balance between speed and trick scores. Its MTV Challenge includes races, Half-Pipe and Big Air. Street Skater instead uses its vert rounds to earn extra time for the next street stage. Multiplayer also works differently: MTV puts two snowboarders on a split screen simultaneously, while two Street Skater players take turns making attempts and compare their results.
Championship Surfer for PlayStation 1 also requires speed, jumps and a good position for the next trick. On the water, the wave you ride constantly changes; Street Skater provides fixed streets with rails and ramps. The surfing game also offers attack items in Rumble, with two surfers interfering with each other simultaneously. Street Skater keeps its two-player contest to separate attempts. During a Tour, pressure mainly comes from the score target and time to the next checkpoint.
