Tony Hawk's weird GBA ports - minimme

[@3DSage]

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

[@maxhermany]

Does gba gamedev still alive?!

[@3DSage]

You can still find it online. It hasn't been updated in a long time but it doesn't really need to be. Go get it and make something cool!

[@samhackett5715]

Are you from 2003?

[@kingpin1331]

Got anything for us to try?

[@michaelsoftbinbows]

Heh, I tried to make a home brew gba game, a little rpg. Unfortunately while testing it I kinda bricked my gba...

[@derrrtee]

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

[@HangmanOfficialUploads]

It totally is, tho Edit: nvm I replayed it

[@VideoGameFX]

Top 10 Character arks

[@shagstars]

They were not, I have tony hawk proskater 2 gbc and it sucks quite a bit.

[@videofudge]

@@VideoGameFX greatest plot twist of the decade

[@baccarah7010]

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

[@shreever9473]

Still a fun little thing to take around sometimes ngl

[@racingginger3147]

@@shreever9473 while its not a GBA, I still walk around with a DS lite and a r4 backup of my entire physical library.

[@bug-kong]

SHREEVER 94 yeah it’s still a classic. A gba and a flash cart and you’re golden, there are heaps of fantastic games to get through and it’s more portable than any handheld since

[@minignoux4566]

Too bad i broke my screen backlight

[@lillyclarity9699]

@@bug-kong N3ds is more portable imo. little bigger, still easily pocket-sized, but much better battery & backlight (extremely important for portable gaming, honestly), super easy to install cfw, capability of emulating Ps1+everything older, as well as having built-in VC emulation for nes, snes, gb, gbc, gba, etc. natively which usually surpasses third-party emulation in accuracy, ends up making it a much better device for portable gaming imo. nothing really beats a hacked vita, though

[@minimme]

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: kzbin.info/door/ee6OxuVy7crcYavcA2ibAw also lmao check this out kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaWolqJoh7uChbc for the full UNCUT xindictive rant also an amazing thumbnail and gif of me at the end ty ❤

[@arkjag2991]

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.

[@rhysm.5915]

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.

[@WestOfLee100]

(me playing thps4 on the gba) “wait what?”

[@Heattokun]

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

[@weirdproq]

He should also check out the GBA port of Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure, which also looks to use the same engine.

[@doctorhino8736]

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

[@MYSEGAISBROKEN]

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.

[@chrisgangsta]

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

[@bsauced]

chrisgangsta Same. It was one of my first "omg we live in the future" moments

[@kodokushiHill]

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

[@LEXXPortPatrol]

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!

[@LEXXPortPatrol]

Welp I sent this comment literally 10 seconds before you said you were gonna look at the DS games so just ignore me

[@klickklack_pron9504]

Don't forget proving ground for ds too! favorite out of all of them, but American sk8land is a close competitor.

[@KyleAnvilSlinger]

Fraki I should revisit downhill jam. I got it as a kid and never got the hang of it so I got bored from it easily.

[@OutOfTheShadows1]

honestly a psp episode would be cool as well

[@D2MightyDucks]

OutOfTheShadows I'm playing THUG 2 Remix for the PSP right now 😁 it holds up!

[@Xindictive]

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

[@NovaPrima]

Xindictive where are you from? Your accent is like 25% Aussie.

[@Xindictive]

Australia.

[@NovaPrima]

Oh, well in that case, why is your accent like 70% American?

[@BackyardCreativity897]

Came to the comments just to see if someone else was wondering about this

[@JaKingScomez]

Xindictive don't call him boy

[@no-no-noku]

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.

[@TheGoldenBolt]

Yooo, Dolan got sponsored? Nice

[@GunPoor]

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

[@gammaphonic]

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.

[@acadia5898]

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

[@quizzyssbu3156]

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

[@BugsyFoga]

You sort of sound like danger dolan.

[@derrrtee]

Nathaniel Foga Dolan has a little deeper voice as I remember

[@YoutubePizzer]

Nathaniel Foga Danger dolan... **takes cigarette out of mouth, lets a cloud of cancer slip out of my throat** I haven’t heard that name in years...

[@kissmyhead1429]

I completely forgot Danger Dolan even existed until now

[@derrrtee]

Angell Mendoza same

[@theoldfisherman5215]

He is dumbass

[@chipotlemerlot9298]

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.

[@father042]

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

[@horsermchead2504]

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

[@NateCooperino]

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

[@tagonizer]

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

[@batt3ryac1d]

Some of them are surprisingly good it's crazy.

[@ThirdBirdTurdthatIdiot]

but, most of these were good... especially thps2 and max payne

[@DmitriyK12]

@@ThirdBirdTurdthatIdiot ✌️👍

[@DmitriyK12]

🙄😛

[@diarykeeper]

GBA = Spring of dedication and creativity. Never happened again...

[@TRJ2241987]

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.

[@OutOfTheShadows1]

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.

[@TimGaukerToons]

OutOfTheShadows Jet Set Radio Advance was developed by Vicarious while Spyro was Digital Eclipse but have a similar isometric viewpoint.

[@OutOfTheShadows1]

Timothy Gauker ok. so i'd assume jet set radio was the same engine.

[@TimGaukerToons]

OutOfTheShadows More or less.

[@GamingXPOfficial]

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

[@deanisplemoni]

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

[@Risperdali]

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

[@CrashFan03]

I feel sorry for you, man. The original GBA's screen was so dull.

[@WestOfLee100]

*laughs in ds and gba sp*

[@jinhyeukchoi2365]

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

[@reallycool]

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

[@matthill8382]

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

[@Outside998]

Gamer achievement shoes? Are you fucking kidding me?

[@dyingEnet]

"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.

[@Arhidilius]

IMO, this is just a method to say that in his life there are higher priorities than this video and at the same time not get young people triggered. (Sorry for English, it's Google translator)

[@feliciomm]

Nice vídeo! Greetings from Brazil!

[@matthewpunk2012]

Assa sino

[@C.C.Sinclaire]

fuzzy gba metallica gives me earpain in the best way possible

[@bdbaccay]

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.

[@Noiseheads]

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

[@yosoyunapina]

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.

[@NeptuneNoire]

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

[@DouglasThompson]

Thps 2 for gba was and still is impressive!

[@Sweetcommando]

great to finally see you, Dolan!

[@flickering_wick]

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.

[@DefiantTurtle21]

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

[@quasiotter]

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. ...

[@MisfitOutfit]

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

[@nickabbott319]

Ikr

[@FormlessPizza]

RIP Vicarious Visions

[@steiwher]

0:10 nice, a first impressions videor

[@k1ngk4gl3]

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

[@catfishkempster]

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

[@Zusse]

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

[@wowza935]

Ahh,another superfluous comment.

[@decrepitjew2572]

Great content from a great bloke. Keep it up man.

[@evilchickon]

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

[@Benzinilinguine]

Idk who this guy is, but he probably deserves real sponsors rather than a lame kickstarter

[@Macrusader]

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

[@rafaelceottomusic6918]

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

[@flutterdrive4286]

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...

[@minimme]

Now that you mention it def should've, maybe a follow up vid :)

[@RaposaCadela]

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!

[@RancherRandy]

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

[@programacionmacabro8574]

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.

[@JimLahey1234]

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

[@TheGuru6447]

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

[@sean_69]

Kind of crazy, almost two decades later they go from porting TH to gameboy, to pretty much reviving the series.

[@claysoggyfries]

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

[@tree_alone]

3:00 in hahaha that uncomfortably sustained zoom

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Kickflip into manual into McTwist into really confusing perspective.

[@Twixinator101]

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.

[@breakingaustin]

I jumped Oxegen Bar gap 😂

[@sorc1234567890]

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

[@Ryusuta]

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!

[@ff_crafter]

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

[@slickryder]

A clip of game

[@Ravelle17]

“Create a dick”, as he said

[@Eichro]

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

[@weltvonoben]

I honestly loved the th gba games as kid. Enjoyd them and also the cheats and Eastereggs were great

[@wolfgangamadeus232]

Your hair it's graphically impressive !

[@diarykeeper]

It must be the textures !

[@drhall343]

7:42 sounds like Tommy Wiseau doing a monologue about THUG. 😂

[@Takimeko]

Wow I didn't even think about that. The guy sounded more like DSP at first.

[@leandronc]

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.

[@bludtinge]

great video as usual

[@minimme]

tyty

[@limpskimp6794]

I rember playing the hell out of Underground on PSP. Dope video anyways my man.

[@SmugMatty]

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

[@r4microds]

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.

[@jvideo0007]

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

[@bioswat96]

I played Jam on GB so much when was a child. Good times

[@ratchet2266]

oi dont get copy striked for that metallika midi

[@kingjaz7708]

ratchet226 *Metallica

[@slickryder]

Edgy Midi- no

[@cpnfeathersword0409]

great video mate

[@jothamsmith2658]

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

[@MatroxMillennium]

I picked up THPS4 for $8 earlier this year at Half Price Books. Haven't played it much yet, but if it's as good as you say, maybe I ought to make the effort.

[@samlane2116]

Once they're done with their Crash remakes, I'd LOVE to see Vicarious Visions take on Tony Hawks Pro Skater

[@thefunnier716]

Wish granted

[@tomlink5784]

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

[@AnDrew-oh5uq]

i loved when i played these when they came out

[@austinpetten9037]

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

[@VictrixRoyal]

Wait danger dolan? (Pls don’t hate if it’s just a meme I’m tired man)

[@VictrixRoyal]

Holly shit it is him. I didn’t recognize the voice all the way as he isn’t doing narration like that

[@nustde00]

wait... danger dolan is minime??

[@FirstPersonLife]

It took me a couple videos before I realized you’re saying “career mode” and not “Korea mode”

[@1ittlegs]

Who's here after realizing that the dudes who did the GBA ports are now remaking the first two games?

[@VSaccount]

yes

[@user-cp9id1mj8b]

i wasnt ready for the face

[@CZpersi]

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

[@RaxonXVI]

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

[@SymmRTA]

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

[@jamflowman8283]

I still have underground and underground 2 for the gba and let me tell you over the years I haven’t even made it to the second level on both of them

[@spidermaster360]

does the gba versions still have the secret skaters like spiderman in pro skater 2 or jango fett in pro skater 4?

[@EmSee360]

You remembered "Sexy flat shaded polygons" :)