As someone who currently programs for the GBA, these 3D polygonal characters and large detailed background images is all very impressive.

It's hard to overstate how remarkable the GBA version of THPS2 was at the time. There's three times in my life that I have been blown away by a game in the sense that playing it for the first time really felt like we had entered a brand new era in gaming from a technological standpoint. THPS2 for the GBA, THUG2 Remix for the PSP (it was basically a portable PS2 game and I was in awe of that fact), and GTA3.

Imo the gbc Tony Hawk was better Edit: nvm I replayed it

Can we talk about how amazing it was to basically take a snes into school

You should have checked out Jet Grind Radio on GBA. It’s not a Tony Hawk game, but the gba port uses a modified THPS2/3/4 GBA engine

Those were some really playable games for the time, I remember everyone going nuts over them. The low res models are goofy but probably also allowed much more frames of animation over full sprites

Played the holy hell out of 2 3 and 4 on the GBA. I really liked how the foreground would go slightly transparent when you were below the edge of bowls and quarter pipes, that was really helpful. Also the way you "snapped" to stuff when pressing the grind button helped out a lot with the isometric perspective wonkyness. Some of the points requirements in career were pretty damn unforgiving though.

Thug 2 was the only one i had played growing up I'll be honest. But hey it taught me about the Ramones since it had a watered down rock n roll high school.

Correction god Speedy had this to say about the MIDI soundtracks: "The sound engine might use MIDI, but it's likely it's some sort of tracker format since it uses the GAX Sound Engine and was composed by Manfred Linzner who has a history of making Amiga music." :) any excuse to plug Speedy's channel: kzfaq.info/love/ee6OxuVy7crcYavcA2ibAw also lmao check this out kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdp1mNJjt7yzf4k.html for the full UNCUT xindictive rant also an amazing thumbnail and gif of me at the end ty ❤

I remember how blown away I was with thps 2 for the gba when a friend showed it to me.

I always thought the player character in all these games were just a sprite that was drawn for all the possible angles you could be facing like Sonic 3D. Learning that they were actual 3D models after all this time is like a revelation, and going back to it now it's extremely obvious to me that they're models. It's just like woah man.

You ever play the DS versions of American Sk8land and Downhill Jam? Haven't played them in bloody years but I remember them being pretty good for the time!

I bought the DS version on Sk8land back in the day. It’s a really good game. It feels like a continuation of the PS1 games. I still play it every now and then.

Tony hawk underground on gba is my favorite out of all of them

THPS was actually THE REASON I bought a GBA back when it was new.

Good shit boy. Happy to have made a cameo in this too. THUG GBA really is a broken mess to me.

I got THPS2 and Castlevania Circle of the Moon at launch with a GBA. Amazing games, amazing times. Although I do remember having to get the lighting exactly right to play Castlevania. It was ridiculously dark and murky

"acting like a maniac!... acting like a maniac!. WHIPLASH!!!" xD

You sort of sound like danger dolan.

wow, weirdly enough, that reminds me of the spyro gba games. and jet set radio on gba. also, once the portable tony hawk videos are finished, also, the handheld versions of the ea big games like ssx and burnout would be interesting.

1:05 lol I love how THPS2 has a significantly lower user score than the other games

Well then, I wish I saw this earlier today. I was looking at underground in a shop but ended up getting Avatar instead. It looks like something I would actually enjoy.

Yooo, Dolan got sponsored? Nice

I am curious if you could check out the GBA port of crazy taxi

I had THPS2 the Christmas it came out and brought it to school when we got back. I remember my classmates were blown away that it looks so similar to the PS1 version. At the time it was the most impressive thing anyone had seen on a handheld.

I actually really liked THPS2 on Advance. It played surprisingly well, once you got your head around the controls.

I have played all of these extensively except Downhill Jam. Tony Hawk 3 is definitely the best of all of them. I beat the game 100% with every character and even got all the gaps. It was a blast. I probably put a good 80+ hours into THPS3. The secret unlockable level was a fun reward too.

*Me, who hasn't seen anything Danger Dolan related in years* "Hey, Danger Dolan here." WHAT.

10:30 Tony Hawk American Sk8land, finally found the game I've been playing for months on my old GBA, Oh the memories, the nostalgia.

I've had thps4 for the gba since I was like 5 and its easily one of my favorite games on the gba

Timestamps for no reason: 0:55 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 3:21 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 4:19 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 5:11 Tony Hawk's Underground 9:10 Tony Hawk's Underground 2 10:24 Tony Hawk's American Sk8Land 11:07 Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam 12:08-14:41 Minimme's rankings of all 7 games

Gamer shoes is the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard

you should have thrown in Jet Set Radio gba onto this video as a bonus or something since it was also by VV and runs on a similar engine to the pro skater and underground engine etc...

2:59 Jesus Christ that man is terrifying and I don't know why

THPS4 was awesome. Played it all the time as a kid and I remember finding all sorts of cool secrets on Alcatraz

I use your vids as something to listen to as i try to fall asleep. No loud noises, no yelling just talking. Keep it up

"as an adult I just don't have the time" is always a good excuse when you're doing this solely for a youtube video, proving you have all the time in the world.

Your voice is so buttery smooth people would pay you to do top 10s 😂

Oh man, it's a new kind of list video! good work dolan! foot reveal when

Controlling the guy just felt so good in these games, they had a fine engine and just had to build the games (maps, objectives, progression) around it.

Wow, the GBA version had blood. The n64 version ain't have that.

there's nothing i love more than GBA versions of console games. what a stellar shitshow of creative downgrades.

RIP Vicarious Visions

this might sound completely nuts but i've been consistently been playing thps2 since i got it. it's by far my favourite, not only because the environment appears to be constructed with polygons instead of the prerendered ugliness of the ones after, but the level design is way stronger for allowing more "realistic" lines that make sense to me as a real-life skateboarder. i've put hundreds of hours in free skate mode, it's the best way for me to destress, zone out, take a break, etc. ...

Playing Tony Hawk 2 on a coworker's GameBoy Advance on my break is what made me decide to buy a GBA.

At 6:08 you say “first time normal song put in game” but in thps3 (the one with wee man) they play “Break on through” by the doors

This was a great video and I love to see these games get some attention. When I was growing up I played the crap out of THPS4 and THUG1 on my GBA. Later on I played them on PC and consoles, and they were good, but these versions never appealed to me as much as the isometric GBA games. I genuinely think THPS4 and especially THUG1 are among the best games on the GBA and the very best of the Tony Hawk games on any console. I've never felt a desire to revisit the 3D PC and console games, and yet I still go back and replay the GBA games sometimes, and it's always delightful for me. They have such a unique kind of charm that no other games I know of have replicated.

Gamer achievement shoes? Are you fucking kidding me?

fuzzy gba metallica gives me earpain in the best way possible

Kickflip into manual into McTwist into really confusing perspective.

I like that vicarious visions last port was a pro skater downgrade to switch

Ah man so many memories of Thug 2 on the GBA. I remember it never registering me completing the final goal and getting so frustrated. I tried picking it up recently and oh boy. Kinda wack lol. Good video though. I like seeing more of personality shine through. The self aware moments are great

Nice vídeo! Greetings from Brazil!

Anybody else notice the 👌 in Tony Hawk's shadow in the thumbnail?

I like the idea of THUG, the look of SK8LAND & the feel of the numbered entries

0:10 nice, a first impressions videor

I know this isn't a new video but, I loved the gba tony hawk games when I was a kid.

Pro skater 4 was my first gba game and it kicks ass

I actually bought Tony Hawks Underground 2 sealed for 8 dollars. Got home and immediately ripped it open.

My brother had THPS2 and I really enjoyed it back when it came out. I never played any of the console games until later on tho

Back in the day, I didn't had a home console, so my first approach to the series was with Pro Skater 2 on GBA. It was great! Also love Underground 2, but for the soundtrack more than anything else.

Downhill jam was the best! Because of them THOSE FLAT SHADED POLYGONS

I remember buying American Sk8land in an airport before a trip. I never finished...

If your gonna play sk8land play the DS version it's like a ps1 classic and it's really fun

Tony Hawk Downhill Jam was part of my childhood. I remember I got a Gameboy micro because I didn't want to share a GBA with my sister and I got the game with it. I played it nonstop for years and I have very fond memories of it. I'm sure that if I played it now I would hate it though.

*Wait what is that on **6:42*

Crazy that vicarious visions brought the series back with the remasters of the first 2.

To think VV did the 1+2 remastered edition in this day and age. Its impressive.

i still have the pro skater 2,4 and underground. it was my introduction to the series, and it was awesome.

i loved when i played these when they came out

I was never a big fan of the THPS series, but when I first played the GBA version of 2, it seriously blew me away. In some ways, I liked it MORE than the Playstation counterpart, and I certainly think it's a much more noteworthy technical marvel!

Downhill jam looks like you could have fun for 5 mins, emulating it on your phone while takin a poo

oi dont get copy striked for that metallika midi

Ahhhhh a nice bag of crisps and some lemonade and a nice minimme video

I jumped Oxegen Bar gap 😂

I have thug 1 & 2 for the GBA, but it sucks that thug 2s graphics are worse

3:00 in hahaha that uncomfortably sustained zoom

I had THUG2 on GBA as a kid and played the shit outta it. When you're doing DS, I have a feeling you're gonna love Sk8Land. Wasteland was fantastic on PS2 and there was no way they were gonna do it justice on the handheld so making a parallel universe spinoff was a solid idea. I recently played it again (was the first DS game I purchased) and it still remains a kickass game. You can even record your own voice for when you do an awesome combo and another sample for when you bail.

i wasnt ready for the face

are the gamer shoes good for skating? I feel if my gnar gnar and gamer ability may contrast and combine then bend reality.. A kickflip may even break time.....

I forgot about Danger Dolan. He used to be very popular

You could say that this game is... *GRAPHICALLY IMPRESSIVE*

So this is what DD has been doing in hi spare time

Hey bro, have you ever played the GB port of Daikatana? Its surprisingly really good and super different from the main game.

DS Tony Hawk? Oh boy... I can't wait to see what you have to say about Motion...

“Viceroy kicks” The owner of that company definitely got the name from Mac DeMarco haha that’s pretty cool .

is that Zero Signal playing over the THUG rant? Smooth.

Show the DS version next please?

THPS2 was one of the first GBA games I owned... I loved it

And now VV made the greatest remake of tony hawks pro skater

Glad to see you're getting sponsors congrats!!! Cool video! btw FIRST!!!!

Downhill jam was a game that I sank way too much time into as a child

Xindictive?! Okay, now THAT's odd! Not every day that you hear the nickname of a friend in a random video on the internet! Coooooool stuff!

Thps 2 for gba was and still is impressive!

The graphics of the GBA Tony Hawk ports always remind me Little Big Adventure. It uses a very similar technology.

Thug underground was AMAZING I’m gba

wait... danger dolan is minime??

Did I just heard a FUCKING MIDI

THPS2 for GBA is great. You can even unlock Spider-man.

incredibly fucking disappointed there isn't a (known) gba version of Midlife Crisis by Faith No More