"I'm here to promote the Planet Tony Hawk official IRC channel. Its called #tonyhawkproskater you can find me, Sairuk, Hammer, Kruegel, and a whole host of other people there... if you need help to find an MIRC client head on over our Java Client to check it out, you can then chat to me here and i will find you the information you need I can answer any question regarding this. Remember, MIRC = REAL chat, better than AIM.. Check it out, and if you have any questions, private message me. I'm there for you (proving that I'm good for something here!!! =)"

The most significant addition is the inclusion of Lines. These are very difficult at times - try them out! Sure, I don't have that many descriptions of lines yet, but see if you can find them....even harder than landing some of them! A Line is a long string of moves covering the entire stage. For instance, in Marseille there are 2. One requires you to wallride and do the Dumpster Stomp, then grind a couple of rails, finishing all the way on the other section of the stage.

Good luck! I'll be filling in the rest soon.

Oh, and the BTT listing is in progress...the Level Guides are mostly complete by now.

On occasion, after replacing a level (read the PC Page for instructions) you can get very odd results. Not sure if that's the case here.

There will be a shortened soundtrack, consisting of 6 full songs, complete w/ vocals. Hmmm...that's not bad considering the cartridge format forced them to have all shortened versions last time around. The game will also have all the features from the other console versions, park editor, character editor, 2 player modes etc.

Another interesting news bit is that the N64 port should have one thing that the original console versions didn't. An extra stage should be appearing as a bonus. We're not sure what it'll be, perhaps a THPS stage, the hidden level from the GBA port, who knows! It is still set for a September release last we heard.

I've worked on the GBA Level Guides but have yet to complete them. Lack of time coupled with my terrible battery pack dying every 3 days have left me discouraged. So, I've written up portions of the guides, but have not yet completed them. If you have any useful additions, please let me know. With your help we can complete them.

In the next month, I'm going to be moving, and so there may be some downtime. We've got sairuk getting himself hitched too, so he will be 'busy' as well. I can still update the pages from work, so I don't expect drastic changes...We've successfully had daily updates almost consistently over the past few months. I can't see that changing.

We recommend this read, especially for the following:

"It all plays off the image of skater as rebel (not necessary!) and leads to my score of 3 in the Christian/Moral perspective rating."

Well, the things that I really enjoy are the really subtle things. Like, when you skate over slightly uneven ground, the skater kinda adjusts with his legs, and keeps his torso balanced. There's one section where you see it really well. Or, like, if you're skating along the deck of a halfpipe, with the flatbottom below you to the right, and you kinda "angle in", it looks...well...*right*. In the old games, you'd kinda snap to the game, and the camera would get behind you, which is now way up in the air looking down. In THPS3, the camera comes down over the coping, and stays more level with you, and you can see that the skater actually PUMP the transition as he comes down.

Basically, I wouldn't call myself a skater, but I do skate sometimes, and I can appreciate that THPS3 looks a lot more like someone actually skating, ya know?

As far as cool stuff I've done, yeah, there are a few things that I got a chuckle out of. They're still in there. Mostly I'm just proud of the level of interactivity. The people in the game really respond to you in an intelligent way, and I'm glad my pedestrians are up to the same level as the other designers' guys. I'd hate to be the weakest link...

The N64 version is scheduled for a September release last I checked. That's 2 months before THPS 2X on the Xbox and the big one THPS 3 on the PS2 (on other platforms later of course). Coupled with the fact that N64 cartridges cost so much more - do you plan on getting it? Let us know.