Skate Crazy

Skate Crazy is a video game in the sports genre developed by Gremlin Graphics Software Limited and published by Gremlin Graphics Software Limited originally released in 1988. It is currently playable on Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC.

Put on your skates and head down to the local parking lot, where your eight-wheeled prowess is put to the test in the 'Parking Lot Challenge'.

The player navigates a level of the parking lot that has been turned into a multi-directional scrolling arena for skate racing gladiators. One must kick cans, pick up trash and avoid obstacles in the form of cones, ramps, sand, bouncing balls, flying frisbees, mazes of tires and rocks, and even other skateboarders. Finishing each level is a battle against time to clear a series of gates in a set order, the next gate is signaled by a row of blinking dots between your flags.

To complete the rounds successfully, you have to perform impressive stunts and tricks to appease a panel of four judges. Each has a card that periodically displays at the bottom of the screen, notifying the player of their progress. When the player's energetic jumping skills have earned enough points to qualify, he passes through the finish gate and his performance is graded. If not qualifying, the player is forced to skate through the parking lot against the clock, collecting a set number of pieces of junk. Passing a level allows the player to skate to the level's exit ramp, from where they can choose to move on to the next level or leave the parking lot and move on to the next part of the game, 'The Skate Crazy'.

This section of the game is a race against the clock through four cityscapes of horizontally scrolling platforms and ramps, where the player increases the speed of his skates by a paced joystick movement. Ground-level obstacles and gaps are crossed with force-controllable jumps, and head-high objects are avoided by judiciously ducking. Birds and other creatures also spell doom for the heroic skater unless he is able to dodge them or throw objects at them.

Points are scored in this section by collecting additional skating paraphernalia, such as pads, clothing, skates and trash.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.