Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Typed out by Dan
Instruction Booklet
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Contents
Starting the Game...................4
Game Boy(R) Advance Controls........5
Main Menu...........................6
Select Skater Menu..................9
Level Select Menu..................10
Options Menu.......................11
On-Screen Display..................12
Playing the Game...................13
Scoring............................16
Perfect your Skating...............18
Customizing Your Skater............21
The Skaters........................23
Game Levels........................30
Credits............................34
Customer Support...................37
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Starting the Game
Make sure the POWER switch is OFF.
Insert the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Game Pack into the Game Boy
(TM) Advance
slot as described in your Nintendo
Game Boy (TM) Advance instruction manual.
Turn the POWER switch ON.
Note: The Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Game Pak is for Game Boy (TM) Advance only.
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Game Boy (TM) Advance Controls
All of the instructions refer to the default control scheme shown here.
To change default settings, see page 11.
L - Flip Trick/Toggle Nollie
R - Grab Trick/Switch
Control pad up - Lean Forward/Exit Pool/Manual Balance
Control pad left/right - Turn/Grind Balance
Control pad down - Brake/Lean Back/Manual Balance
Start - Pause Game
A - Grind
B - Crouch /Jump
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Basic Controls
a.. You always move forward without having to press any button.
Hold down the B Button to crouch and pick up speed.
b.. Ollie: Hold down the B Button to crouch; release it to jump. The
longer you crouch, the higher you will ollie.
c.. Nollie: Tap the L Button to move into nollie position, then press and
release the B Button to nollie.
d.. Wallride: Press the B Button to jump, then hold down the A Button
when in the air near a wall, sign, building, etc.
e.. Manuals: Tap up+down or down+up (nose manual) when skating or
landing. Then use up and down to keep your balance.
f.. Boneless: Tap up+up then press and release the B Button.
g.. No Comply: Tap up then press and release the B Button.
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a.. Switch Stance: Tap the R Button to change between Normal and
Switch stances.
b.. When falling from a big drop, press and hold the B Button at impact
to keep from bailing.
c.. Hit the controller buttons repeatedly to get up faster.
Trick Controls
a.. When in the air, tap the L Button plus a direction on the control pad
to do a flip trick.
b.. When in the air, tap the R Button plus a direction on the control pad
to do a grab trick.
c.. To grind, press the A Button when in the air near a rail, edge, or lip.
Press the A Button plus a direction on the control pad to perform
different grinds.
d.. To perform a lip trick, skate straight up a ramp or quarterpipe
holding the A Button plus a direction on the control pad.
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Main Menu
Use the control pad to make a selection. Then press the A Button or
START to confirm your choice.
Choose Career Mode to start a Career where you'll skate through the
levels accumulating cash and medals. You can use the cash to upgrade
your stats, buy a new board, and access locked levels.
Important Note: Whenever you save your career, you save data for all
the skaters in the game. You do not need to start a New Career in order
to use a different skater. Only start a New Career if you want to reset
all data in the game.
Choose Free Skate to skate through the levels you've unlocked in
Career Mode with no time limit. Free Skate is a good way to get a
feel for the environments, practice your tricks, perfect your runs,
and learn each skater's specials.
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Choose Single Session and skate all out in a two-minute session in
an effort to set high scores. Build your earnings in Career Mode to
unlock other levels.
Choose Options to go to the Options menu where you can adjust the
volume, View High Scores, adjust game settings, and see the credits.
Select Skater Menu
Choose the skater you want on the Select Skater menu using the
Control Pad. Press the A Button to confirm your choice. Try every
level with each skater because they all have unique skating abilities
and specials. The vert skaters will get bigger air on the ramps. The
street skaters will have better balance on manuals and grinds. But
they're all pros and every one can kick butt on a board.
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Level Select Menu
After you've selected your skater you'll go to the Level Select menu.
Use the Control Pad to choose the level you want to skate. Some levels
will be locked. You have to accumulate enough money in Career Mode
to unlock them.
Options Menu
Select Options from the Main Menu to go to the Options menu.
Sound Levels: Use the sliders to change the volume for the music and sound effects.
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Cheats: Here you can view and enable cheats that you have earned through Career Mode.
Trick Zoom: Turn the trick zoom function On or Off.
Kid Mode: If you're having trouble landing tricks, try turning Kid Mode ON.
This will give you better balance and stability. Once you've got the hang
of it though, turn it off and skate for real.
Control Setup: Use the Controls menu to modify the controller settings.
The A Button, the B Button, and both shoulder button assignments can be
changed. Change the configuration to what feels most comfortable for you.
Gaps Checklist: All the gaps in every level are listed here. Once you've
found a gap in the game, you'll see it highlighted on this list. Find all
the gaps in the game and who knows what else you might find.
Credits: Choose Credits to see the people who worked hard so you can
grind and ollie to your heart's desire.
High Scores: See who's earned the highest scores in each level.
Save Career: Save Career data for all skaters and high scores for all
levels in the game.
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On-Screen Display
The Special Bar
As you perform tricks, your Special Bar will fill up. When the Special
Bar is fill and flashing, special moves can be pulled off. The full meter
will decrease automatically if you don't use it, so take advantage of it.
If you bail while the meter is full, you empty the whole thing. Still, you
can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs!
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Playing The Game
Free Skate
Choose Free Skate if you just want to skate hard and skate long.
Free Skate is a good place to begin before you get going in Career Mode to
learn the ins and outs of the levels and the best places to pull off tricks.
Look for gaps and lines to increase your score.
Free Skate has no time limit, so take as long as you want to perfect your
tricks, practice your runs and learn your specials.
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Career Mode
Choose Career Mode to start your professional skating career. You'll
choose a skater and then you're ready to go skate. Complete goals for
cash. Select Skate Shop to use some of the money you've earned in your
career to upgrade your board. Choose Edit Stats to use your cash to buy
even better abilities for your skaters. Choose Edit Tricks to add to your
arsenal of Special Tricks.
You can continue every skater's progress on the same career. To start a
brand new career, select New Career and pick the skater you want to live
with until your first victory.
Be Careful! A New Career will wipe out any existing careers when you
save your New Career.
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Competition levels in Career Mode require you perform tricks to rack up
points within a time limit in order to obtain medals and cash. You must
qualify for any one of the medals in order to move to the next area. Getting
a medal carries a cash prize along with it. You must win gold medals in
both competition levels to finish the game.
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Scoring
Doing a trick the first time will give you 100% of its full point value.
Each subsequent time you pull off the same trick in a level, your score
decreases as the table indicates. In Free Play mode, your score for a
trick will decrease subsequent times it's pulled off only if the trick's
performed during the same trick string.
1st
100%
2nd
75%
3rd
50%
4th on
25%
5th on
10%
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Adding spins to your moves introduces a multiplier. With each 180 degree
spin, your score multiplier goes up. The bigger the multiplier, the bigger
the score!
180 degrees
1.5x
360 degrees
2.0x
540 degrees
3.0x
720 degrees
4.0x
900 degrees
6.0x
Grabs have a base score associated with them, however they can be
held for a longer time for additional points. Manuals, grinds, and lip
tricks can also be held for extra points.
Landing a perfect trick gives you 150% of the trick score, sloppy gives you 75%.
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Perfect Your Skating
Riding
You will automatically move in the direction you're facing. For an extra
speed boost, hold down the B Button to crouch and gain speed.
Turning
To rotate the direction you face while on the ground, hold the Control Pad
left or the Control Pad right. You can adjust the speed you rotate by
modifying your truck settings. (See Skate Shop on page 21.)
Remember: When you press the Control Pad left or the Control Pad right,
your skater will turn to his or her left or right, not yours!
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Braking
Hold the Control Pad down to slow down. You will slow down and eventually
come to a complete stop.
Ollieing
The most basic skateboarding trick, the ollie consists of kicking the
skateboard's tail against the ground while pushing forward with the
front foot (this is how skaters perform jumps). To ollie, press the B
Button. The longer the button is held, the higher you will jump.
Ollieing by itself doesn't get you any trick points. There are several
variations of ollieing that will boost the height of your jump and/or
earn points, these are the No Comply (tap up then press the B Button)
and the Boneless (tap up+up then press the B Button).
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Nollie/Fakie Ollie
A nollie is an ollie performed on the front of the skateboard rather than
the back. To perform a Nollie press the L Button before ollieing. If you're
riding switch, you will perform a fakie ollie instead of a nollie.
Spinning
To rotate your facing direction while in the air, use the left and right
on the Control Pad. The rate at which you rotate in the air is based on
your skater's Spin stat. (See Edit Stats on page 22.) To perform a full 180
degree turn, tap the Control Pad twice in the direction of the turn.
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Customizing Your Skater
Skate Shop
Go to the Skate Shop to use your cash to upgrade your deck. Use the Control
Pad to scroll through the skateboard choices. Press the A Button to confirm
your choice. Skateboards you can't afford will have a question mark (?) on
them. Boards you can afford but have not yet purchased will have a dollar
sign ($) on them.
Select Buy Skateboard to accept that board and go to the Character Select menu.
Select Adjust Trucks to change your turning ability. Looser trucks will
allow you to make sharper turns, but tighter trucks give you more control.
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Edit Stats
Go to the Edit Stats menu to use the money you've accumulated in Career
Mode to modify your skater's stats. Use the Control Pad to scroll through
the stats and highlight the change you want.
Edit Tricks
Go to the Edit Tricks menu to spend money on specials for your skater.
Your available cash will be shown. Use the Control Pad to scroll through
the options. Highlight the Special you want and press the A Button to select it.
Note: You can only add a maximum of 6 Specials to each skater.
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The Skaters
Tony Hawk
If you meet Hawk, look at his shins. You'll see how much flesh he's left
behind becoming the most influential skateboarder in history. He lost
some perfecting the first 900. More went while creating 50+ signature
moves and winning 12 world championships. The father of two boys and
modern skateboarding, Tony makes his home in native SoCal.
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Bob Burnquist
Out of Brazil and onto the winner's podium, Bob Burnquist is one of today's
most exciting and original skaters. Blowing minds with his unique style
and switch-stance tendencies, Burnquist won the first pro contest he
entered. He then went on to be the first skater to pull off an Eggplant
Revert, a move now simply known as the "Burntwist."
Steve Caballero
How long has Steve Caballero been part of the skateboarding scene? Over
three decades. Along the way he helped found the Bones Brigade, invented
the Cabbalerial and owned his share of world records-including the
highest halfpipe air and a 44-stair rail. Cab's still riding hard, inspiring
skateboarding's next generation.
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Kareem Campbell
East Coast, West Coast, or any coast, Kareem Campbell and his smooth
metropolitan style are recognized on the real streets. Born in New York
and raised in Los Angeles, Kareem defies any East vs. West barriers. When
he's not skating you can find him chilling with his son, li'l Reem. Kareem's
advice for skaters: "Do it for yourself and keep it honest.
Rune Glifberg
When Rune was 11 years old a friend brought a skateboard to his home
in Copenhagen, Denmark. Later, a skateboard brought Rune to his new
home in Huntington Beach, California (He didn't ride it. He became a pro
on it.) Here you'll find the all-terrain terrorist sessioning pools and streets.
But he saves his best for his true love: wide-open vert skateboarding.
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Eric Kosten
Who do you want to be today? Think Kosten, because he rides like anybody
and nobody else. He'll bust any pro's signature trick with uncanny
similarity then transition into the eponymous K-grind. Besides this
move bearing his name, Eric's famous for clowning around while making
challenging moves look like a joke.
Bucky Lasek
Hardened on the East-Coast and currently refining his skills in Carlsbad,
California, Charles Michael Lasek, better known as Bucky, soars to
sickening heights above half-pipes-and other skaters. He's equal parts
power, originality, and style. When Bucky's not dropping jaws at the
local Mission Valley Skate Park, you'll find him loving life with his
wife and daughter.
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Rodney Mullen
Get up, shower, brush and head out and invent new tricks. Just another
day for Rodney Mullen, the godfather of street skating. A pro for over 20
years, Mullen owns 35 freestyle world championships and a dizzying list
of signature tricks. Like the kickflip, underflip, impossible, casper and
darkslide to name a few.
Chad Muska
Out of his native Las Vegas and into skateboarding's top magazines and
videos-welcome Muska. After lighting it up on the Strip, Chad moved to
California at 15 and quickly became one of the most respected skaters
of all time. This self-styled professional always takes his brand of
skate-and-relax creativity to another level. This includes experimenting
with jungle and hip-hop beats on his "Muskabeat" album.
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Andrew Reynolds
Andrew's only been a pro since 1996, but what he my lack in years, he
makes up for in air and guts. If you're in Los Angeles, California and you
see somebody going huge over massive gaps, sessioning sick sets of
stairs and doing it all with effortless style, odds are you're in the presence
of Turtle Boy himself. Say "hi" as he flies by.
Geoff Rowley
Called the one-man English invasion, Geoff Rowley went from the streets
of Liverpool, England to the top of the skating world. In fact, Goeff's often
called the skater's skater.
He currently resides in Huntington Beach, California, where his diet consists
of miles of handrails, huge staircases and lots of vegetables. Picture a 360
flip down 13 stairs- yep, that's Rowley.
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Elissa Steamer
Making the cut skating against the boys. Dominating every all-girl event
she enters. Getting her name on a pro model street board. You guessed
it- it's Ft. Myers, Florida native Elissa Steamer. Elissa specializes in
sessioning streets and stereotypes. Now living in Los Angeles, California,
Elissa skates like you wish you could.
Jamie Thomas
Originally from Alabama, Jamie has conquered some of the biggest gaps
and longest rails ever seen. His video parts in "Welcome to Hell" and
"Misled Youth" prove it. Jamie is the only person to walk away from the
Leap of Faith with both legs intact.
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Game Levels
Each of the Career Mode levels have several items scattered around for
you to collect. Each level will have a hidden tape. Touch the tape to
collect it. If you search around, you'll also find floating items with the
letters S-K-A-T-E. You don't have to collect the letters to spell skate
in order, but grab them whenever you see them.
Sometimes you'll be able to find bonus money orbs. Grab them to add to
your score.
Some levels will have special goals that you need to complete in order
to advance to the next level. You may also have to collect items or rack
up a certain number of points. There are also items you don't collect,
but do tricks on. A trick is required to tag the item as complete.
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The Hangar, Meacham Field, TX
A hangar is built to store and service airplanes, but its size, shape, and
accessories make it a perfect place to start your skating adventure.
You'll have plenty of room to get awesome air and echoing grinds. If you
can see it, you can skate it. You may just have to figure out a unique way
to get you and your board up real high. Who says you need a plane to fly?
Practice your Lip moves in the windtunnel.
The School II, Southern Cali
Southern California is known worldwide for the movie business,
celebrities, and wild parties. But the population at large has no idea
what's going on when the schools are closed and the skaters take over.
You can create some massive sessions on the steps and rails. When
nobody's around, a school makes for one burnin' skatepark. Jump to
the roof for more areas to trick it up.
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Contest 1: Marseille, France
Marseille is one of the most beautiful cities in a country known for
worldwide for its marvelous architecture and stunning art. The skatepark
in Marseille is known for its huge bowls and endless rails. Once again, if
you can see it, you can skate it. We dare you to prove us wrong.
Warehouse, Troy NY
The warehouse is just as great fun as ever with rails galore and the giant
halfpipe. Grind the high rails for big drops. There may or may not be new
secrets to discover. Go find out!
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New York City, NY
The big city is always a terrific place to grind, if you can keep away from
the cops. Streets, curbs, and benches are obvious places to skate, but don't
overlook what else is there. The thing about a city is that it's built both
high and low. There's a lot more surface area to grind that you'd think
would fit into a square block. Good grinds are sometimes hidden up high.
Contest 2: Skatestreet, Ventura
A terrifically huge skatepark designed by people who love boardsports
and dream about pools and pipes. Get huge air if you can plan ahead to
build up enough speed. Don't forget to switch to mix up your tricks.
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Credits
Vicariously Developed By
Vicarious Visions, Inc.
Team Baisoku
Luis Barriga, Matthew Conte, Rob Gallerani, Alan Kimball, Andy Lomerson,
Alex Rybakov
Project Manager
Jesse 'Agent' Booth
Executive Producers
Karthik Bala, Tobi Saulnier
Music
Manfred Linzner
Assisted By
Guha Bala, Kerry Coffey, Lauren Costello, Steve Derrick, Jorge Diaz,
Jill Doris, Nehme Frangie, Dawn Harrington, Chuck Homic, Chris McEvoy,
Max Pain, Jesse Raymond, Chuck Stanhope, Robert Trevellyan, Jay Young
VV Special Thanks
Neversoft, Cosmigo, Gene Bahng, Steve Crane, Dave Stohl, Jario Silva,
Leo Zuniga, Activision QA, Manfred Linzner, Scott Tsumura, Brian Christensen,
Mark Garcia, Bombers Burrito Bar, Vintage Aircraft Museum, Late-Night Coding Gnomes,
THISO.exe, and CBruce
VV No Thanks To
Fingerboard Pilferer, VSS
Published by:
Activision, Inc.
Producer
Gene Bahng
Executive Producer
Marc Turndorf
V.P. Studio
Dave Stohl
Production Assistant
Joe Shackelford
Production Testers
Jario Silva, Leonel Zuniga
Special Thanks
Chris Archer, Christian Astillero, Brian Bright, Bryant Bustamante, Brian Clarke,
Paula Cuneo, Stacey Drellishak, Michael Fletcher, Joel Jewitt, Adam Goldberg,
Jay Gorden, Eric Grossman, Chris Hewish, Todd Jefferson, Eric Koch,
Talmadge Morning, Peter Muravez, Jeff Poffenbarger, Matt Powers,
Mike Stephan, Murali Tegulapalle, Nicole Willick, and Tony Hawk.
Business Affairs
George Rose, Michael Hand, Rob Pfau, Michael Larsen
Global Brand Management
Will Kassoy, David Pokress, Serene Chan
Special Thanks
Ryh-Ming Poon, Denise Walsh, Jill Barry, Peter Menotti
Activision Quality Assurance
QA Project Lead
Glenn Vistante
QA Senior Lead
Ben DeGuzman
QA Console Manager
Joe Favazza
QA Floor Lead
Jesse Shannon
(C) Nintendo
2001