Music Monday: Riding Up The Walls
Over time we’ve seen the gaming market inundated with yearly sequels to the Tony Hawk games. We’ve seen the Ride series fail at bringing us a more immersive experience, and poorly realized sequels for handhelds and consoles alike. It’s such a shame, as the original Tony Hawk games are some of the best sports games ever made. From the grand levels filled with any sort of structure you’d ever want to kickflip off of to the ability to string out combos for hours on end, the early games brought amazing skating abilities to our fingertips.
The best part of the early games, though, has got to be their soundtracks. Everyone who played THPS remembers shredding around the Warehouse listening to Speedealer or Suicidal Tendencies, or riding through Skate Heaven in THPS2 while blasting Powerman 5000 and Anthrax. People have fallen in love with these soundtracks, and for today’s Music Monday, I thought I’d show off a handful of my favorite tunes from the series.
So bust out your boards, it’s time to shred with Bad Religion, cKy, and Goldfinger.
Goldfinger: Superman (from THPS)
Bad Religion: You (from THPS 2)
cKy: 96 Quite Bitter Beings (from THPS 3)
You just made my Monday so much cooler :D
I remember the Project 8 demo with this song. That was the last skating game I played really.
Yes! The old Tony Hawk games are fantastic and their soundtracks are all excellent compilations. Brilliant Music Monday!