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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Skate or Die series

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Defender 64	Commodore 64
	Skate or Die	NES	$0.01
	Skate or Die
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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 (4429)

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The Press Says

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Commodore 64	Jan, 1988	878 out of 1000	88
Player One	NES	Oct, 1990	78 out of 100	78
Mean Machines	NES	Oct, 1990	78 out of 100	78
The Games Machine (UK)	ZX Spectrum	May, 1989	76 out of 100	76
Joystick (French)	NES	Sep, 1990	68 out of 100	68
Power Play	NES	Nov, 1989	67 out of 100	67
VideoGame	NES	Mar, 1991		60
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	May, 1989	54 out of 100	54
Total!! UK Magazine	NES	Jan, 1992	52 out of 100	52
The Video Game Critic	NES	Aug 21, 2011	C	50

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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)."

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