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Backyard Skateboarding

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Complete skateboarding challenges to earn stamps and unlock new characters in this top-down sports game.

Backyard Skateboarding was originally released in 2004 for Windows and Macintosh, and the Game Boy Advance version was released in 2005.


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Released
2005
Original release
2004
Genre
Perspective
Diagonal-down
Visual
2D scrolling
Size
2.23 MB
Rating
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About Backyard Skateboarding

Backyard Skateboarding is a Game Boy Advance title that forms part of the Backyard Sports series. Its premise involves a group of skaters working to fund the construction of a skatepark by completing tasks around their neighborhood. Progress is tracked through a tour book that requires collecting stamps from various locations.

Gameplay unfolds from a bird's-eye perspective in freely explorable scrolling environments. Players control a customizable skater, each with distinct ratings in attributes like speed and balance. Movement, jumps, and tricks are performed directly, with environmental features such as ramps enabling grinds and aerial maneuvers. A "juice" score is displayed on screen.

The core progression involves fulfilling specific challenges or tasks for local characters to earn stamps. These objectives can include time-sensitive activities like newspaper delivery. Each area features a boss character who, once defeated, becomes a new playable skater and brings a sponsor to the cause. This accumulation of sponsors ultimately provides the resources to build the final skatepark, named Skate Station Alpha. The game also supports multiplayer functionality.

Backyard Skateboarding Screenshots

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Title screen
Main Menu
Story
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Tour Home
Select Skater
Select Level
Customize Skater
Tour Summary menu
Tour Book
Trick List
Sponsors