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Description

Skate or Die incorporates five distinct styles of skating, which can be attempted individually or in turn. You skate around a menu room to choose which one to attempt. Before taking off you can visit Rodney's skate shop to buy equipment.

The first event is freestyle, in which your aim is to score as many points as possible in 10 attempts. Judges determine how much style and skill you have shown. The High Jump uses the same equipment, only this time your task is to jump as high as possible at the end of the ramp.

The downhill events are overhead-view races. In the Downhill Race you simply try to complete the course within 90 seconds. In the Downhill Jam you try to outperform a human or computer opponent whilst dodging or jumping hazards. You can use attacking moves to either remove hazards or knock your opponent over.

The pool joust is more of a one-on-one beat em up using a stick, set within a pit to skate around.

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User Reviews

Skate or Die is a game lacking in certain areas but overall has some replay value. DOS Stuart Bergstrom (3)
I love this game!!! Great skating!! Great intro song!! Commodore 64 lowlife13 atjuno (4)
Horrible! DOS Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4491)

The Press Says

Zzap! Commodore 64 Jan, 1988 92 out of 100 92
Mean Machines NES Oct, 1990 78 out of 100 78
The Games Machine (UK) ZX Spectrum May, 1989 76 out of 100 76
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) DOS Mar, 1989 655 out of 1000 66
VideoGame NES Mar, 1991 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60
Crash! ZX Spectrum May, 1989 54 out of 100 54

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Trivia

"Rodney" of Rodney's Skate Shop is an obvious, blatant reference to Rodney Dangerfield. It's funny just how much they ripped off his image.

This game is commonly confused with the Atari coin-op "720 degrees", which is a different game. The confusion stems from the spoken "Skate or die!" yelled in the coin-op.

Crazy Credits: "If you like Skate or Die, drop us a line and we'll see that the nurses read it to (the developers)."


This entry was contributed by Quapil Bronze Star Contributing Member (4788), Trixter Bronze Star Contributing Member (8887), The Imperial Darkhorse (131) and Kabushi (39989)
 

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