Play Backyard Skateboarding Online
Grind curbs and pull off tricks for neighborhood kids in this top-down GBA skater—each character handles differently, and the whole block’s your park. Janky but weirdly satisfying.
Backyard Skateboarding on the GBA is one of those weird little gems that somehow turns a top-down perspective into a surprisingly fun skate game. You start at Mom 'N' Pop's Skateshop, running errands for neighbors to earn stamps—stuff like delivering newspapers against the clock or pulling off tricks for kids who act like mini-bosses. Beat them, and they join your crew with their own stats and sponsors.
It’s janky in that early 2000s handheld way, but there’s something charming about how the whole neighborhood becomes your playground. Ramps, rails, even random curbs—you can grind or ollie off almost anything. The juice meter (basically your score) ticks up as you land tricks, and each skater feels different—some are better at spins, others at speed. And yeah, there’s multiplayer if you’ve got a friend willing to dig out their GBA link cable.
By the end, you’re basically crowdfunding a skatepark called Skate Station Alpha, which feels oddly wholesome for a game about shredding backyards.
Download Backyard Skateboarding ROM
You can download this ROM to play Backyard Skateboarding offline using an Game Boy Advance emulator (Top Emulators).
*This ROM is provided for backup and educational purposes only.
