Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is a 2001 skateboarding video game and the third installment in the Tony Hawk's series. It was published by Activision under the Activision O2 label in 2001 for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color and GameCube. In 2002, it was published for the Xbox, Game Boy Advance, Windows, Mac OS, and the Nintendo 64. It was the final official release for the Nintendo 64 (having been discontinued 3 months prior) and the only game that was released for the system in 2002, the first game released for the PlayStation 2 supporting online play and was a launch title for the GameCube in North America and PAL regions.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 received critical acclaim, with the PlayStation 2 version being tied for highest-rated PlayStation 2 game on Metacritic alongside Grand Theft Auto III, and selling over 2.1 million copies in the United States by July 2006. Pro Skater 3 is also considered to be one of the greatest video games ever made.
A remake of the game is included as part of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4, released in 2025.
From Wikipedia's article Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Keyboard controls
| N64 | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| Stick | ↑↓←→ |
| A | X |
| B | C |
| Z | Z |
| L | A |
| R | S |
| C buttons | IKJL |
| D-pad | TGFH |
| Start | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
A gamepad with an analog stick plays much better than the keyboard.
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
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Keyboard controls
| N64 | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| Stick | ↑↓←→ |
| A | X |
| B | C |
| Z | Z |
| L | A |
| R | S |
| C buttons | IKJL |
| D-pad | TGFH |
| Start | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
A gamepad with an analog stick plays much better than the keyboard.
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
5.0 Outstanding!
Critics 91 · 5 reviews
Review scorecard
- Graphics 5.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Sound 5.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Control 5.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Fun Factor 5.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
Overall fallback: Critics 91 · 5 reviews. Overall source The same 91/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores.
What the reviews talk about
What the critics said
IGN rated the game 9.7/10, stating that the game "should go down in history as one of the best twitch-fests on PlayStation 2".
— IGN, 2001 · about another version
From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 article.
Scores
- 96 IGN2001 (PS) 9.6/10 ; (PC) 9.3/10 ; (PS2) 9.7/10 ; (GCN) 9.1/10 ; (XBOX) 9.5/10 ; (GBA) 9.6/10 ;
- 90 GameSpot2001 (PS) 9/10 ; (N64) 8.1/10 ; (PC) 9/10 ; (PS2) 10/10 ; (GCN) 9/10 ; (XBOX) 9.6/10 ; (GBA) 9.5/10
- 90 Eurogamer2001 (PS2) 8/10 ; (XBOX) 8/10 ; (GBA) 9/10
- 90 Nintendo World Report2001 (GCN) 9/10
- 90 GameRevolution2001 (GCN) 9/10
From the review table in Wikipedia's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 article.
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