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260.0. "SKATE or DIE!" by ASABET::CUNNIFF () Fri Apr 21 1989 12:13

    I rented "Skate or Die" yesterday...
    
    It's a Skateboard game, in which there are various types of
    competition.
    
    You start at the Skate Shop, where you Sign In if you want to compete.
    (I never successfully signed in - the instructions were not very
    user-friendly here.) It isn't necessary to sign in to practice at
    any of the different stages/ramps, but if you want to compete
    (to log high scores (not saved during power-off) during each
    stage/ramp)
    
    Options were: 
    
     - Freestyle - skateboard on a half-tube  |     | between the 
    two sides and do tricks at the top of each \___/  side.
    I had the most fun here - kicks, spins, slides, aeriels, hand-turns.
    
     - High Jump - same type of tube - object was to jump as high as
    possible on the right side of the tube.
    
     - Jam - Pick "Regular Foot" or "Goofy Foot" (either left arrow
    makes you go to the left side of the screen, or it turns you left-
    "Goofy Foot" makes more sense, but they offered the option), then
    ride down an alley with another (computer-generated) punk skateboarder
    who you try to kick/cut off and race to the bottom of the alley
    doing the most tricks/kicks during the way to score points.
    
     - Race - Go down a race course - the control didn't "feel" very
    positive, but it was challenging, albeit frustrating.
    
     - Joust - Using a baton, fight the computer-generated opponent
    in an empty pool -                                         
    
    The competition combines scores for all these events into one master
    score and ranks you (I imagine) - I didn't sign in, so couldn't
    compete.
    
    The graphics were good, the soundtrack was great - it was almost
    as good as "Top Gun"'s soundtrack - good music, and lots of it!
    
    All in all, worth a rental, maybe even a purchase if you like it.
    
    Radical and Tubular - Skate or Die!
    
    

    To sign in - put the arrow on the clip board.
    Then move the square to spell out the name of your skater.
    Then go to the word 'end' and the bottom to end that skater's name
    Sign in as many players as you wish up to 8.
    Then go to the word 'cancel'