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Skate Or Die
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Game only: the cartridge in a protective holder, no box or manual. The photos are of this exact cartridge — look them over closely for its condition, packaging and details. Every cartridge's shell, label and board are checked for authenticity when it comes into the store, and it's tested before it's listed. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.
Item Description
Bionic Lester does not fight fair, and that is half the fun of Skate or Die! Drop into the empty pool for the joust, grab the padded pole, and try to knock Rodney Recloose's punk son off his board before he does the same to you. That mix of real skating events and cartoon street attitude is what made Electronic Arts' 1987 computer game a late-'80s favorite, and it is exactly what Konami carried over to the NES in 1988 under its Ultra Games label.
The events cover the whole skatepark. The half-pipe hosts a freestyle ramp routine, where you string together aerials, hand plants and rock 'n' rolls for points, and a high jump that is all about building speed for one huge launch. The downhill race sends you weaving through a park course against the clock, while the downhill jam is a rowdy alley run where shoving your rival into trash cans is part of the strategy. Poseur Pete and Aggro Eddie round out Lester's crew of joust opponents, and Rodney's skate shop is the hub where it all starts.
Konami's Kouji Murata arranged Rob Hubbard's famous Commodore 64 intro tune for the NES sound chip, and the cartridge became a hit, selling well over a million copies by 1990. Years before Tony Hawk turned skateboarding into a blockbuster genre, Skate or Die! was the game that brought neon griptape and backyard-ramp bravado into living rooms, and on the NES it is still a loud, cheeky snapshot of skate culture at its most radical.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1988
- Publisher
- Konami
- Players
- Single player
About the game
Hop on your suped-up board and cruise into the wildest multi-event contest ever dreamed of by man or beast. Three of these twisted trials are cut from the concrete courses of pro competitions. Each pits you head to head with a friend, shooting ramps or racing downhill, while going for rock n' rolls, hand plants, aerials, rail slides and methods! Then blast into "Mad Max on Wheels", dueling to the death with Bionic Lester, the dirtiest dude in the jam and joust. And finally "Skate and Destroy", a challenge that'll turn you into a Samurai skater, karate chopping your way through a tough alley filled with thugs, trash and unmentionable traffic hazards. So squirt a little oil onto your ball bearings, and prepare to Skate or Die!
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Skate Or Die
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