Thrasher: Skate and Destroy (also called Thrasher SK8 in Japan and Thrasher presents Skate and Destroy; see box art) is a skateboarding video game developed by Z-Axis and released in 1999 for the Sony Playstation. A Game Boy Color version was also developed, but was later cancelled. This is likely due to when Thrasher was released, following in the wake of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and therefore being largely overshadowed (much like many other skate...
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Thrasher: Skate and Destroy (also called Thrasher SK8 in Japan and Thrasher presents Skate and Destroy; see box art) is a skateboarding video game developed by Z-Axis and released in 1999 for the Sony Playstation. A Game Boy Color version was also developed, but was later cancelled. This is likely due to when Thrasher was released, following in the wake of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and therefore being largely overshadowed (much like many other skateboarding and extreme sports games released after).
Despite having less recognition, it received high scores from both IGN and GameSpot, being seen as "technically superior to Tony Hawk" and an "almost sim-like approach to the sport". Aside from less advanced graphics, this was one of the reasons Thrasher was ignored, as the learning curve (due to unconventional controls) is fairly steep compared to the 'pick up and play' style of the Tony Hawk games.
The objective of the game is to take one of the six fictional skaters and work through a total...
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