Activision's Tony Hawk Pro Skater series gears up for another run in Tony Hawk's Underground, a 3D skateboarding title offering the most radical departure from previous installments in the franchise to date. More freedom and greater customization features are at the top of the list in improvements, but the biggest change is the absence of professional skaters. Instead of mastering the moves of Tony Hawk or another athlete, players must guide a no-name skater looking for a break on the tough streets of New Jersey. Gone is the Career mode from previous titles and in its place is a Story mode that chronicles an individual's rise from obscurity to become "Skater of the Year."

For the first time in the series, players can actually explore their environment without the skateboard, accessing new areas by walking up a flight of stairs, grabbing and lifting themselves onto rooftops, or shimmying across ledges. Missions have expanded as well, with players able to steal a car to complete objectives and perform other tasks to help gain notoriety and hopefully land a sponsorship deal. PlayStation 2 owners have the added benefit of online support, a console exclusive, allowing players to download created parks, tricks, and goals. Customization options have also expanded to the point where players can upload a digital picture to developer Neversoft so it can be converted into a facial map for a created skater.

Features
Bold new advances in the popular game series
Use all new customization options to create your character
Explore huge 3D city areas at your own pace
Step off the board -- walk and climb to reach remote locations
Rise from obscurity to "Skater of the Year"

YOU OWN THE UNDERGROUND

This time it's YOUR journey. Break the rules. Beat the odds. Become a star!

Put your face in the game to skate as YOU.

Tear it up in cars or other rides.

THUG stars YOU as a skate punk out to make it big.

Go from local unknown to superstar skater.

Do whatever it takes - run, climb, and of course, skate - to make it to the top.

Design your own tricks, decks, goals, and levels. It's your game.

• Third person perspective.
• 3D graphics
• Cartoon graphics
• Skateboarding theme.

X Button crouch
X Button (release) ollie
Circle Button grab tricks
Square Button flip tricks
Triangle Button + D-Pad Left or Right lip tricks
D-Pad Up + D-Pad Down manual
R2 or L2 Button revert
D-Pad Up + X Button no comply
D-Pad Up (twice) + X Button boneless, fastplant, beanplant
GRIND TRICKS
Triangle Button 50-50
Triangle Button + D-Pad Up nosegrind
D-Pad Down + Triangle Button 5-0
Triangle Button (perpendicular to a rail) boardslide, lipslide
D-Pad Left or Right + Triangle Button noseslide, tailslide
D-Pad Down Left or Down Right + Triangle Button smith, feeble
D-Pad Up Left or Up Right + Triangle Button crooked, overcrook

Options Screen, then Cheat Codes
Moon gravity getitup
Perfect Manuals keepitsteady
Perfect rail balance letitslide
Perfect Skitch rearrider
Unlocks All Thug Movies digivid
Unlock Everything havethemall