Play Tony Hawk's American Sk8land (E) Online

Game Overview

Tony Hawk's American Sk8land (E) on GBA is one of those handheld skateboarding games that somehow makes the tiny screen feel big. You start off in this open area with ramps and rails everywhere, just trying to land basic tricks while the camera awkwardly tries to keep up. The controls take some getting used to—button combos for flips and grabs feel stiff at first, but once you get the rhythm, pulling off a clean line feels satisfying.

What surprised me was how much they packed into this version. There’s a story mode where you fix up this abandoned skatepark, and the missions range from simple high-score runs to weird stuff like spray-painting billboards mid-combo. The graphics are rough by today’s standards, but the levels have this grungy charm, like a sketchbook version of a Tony Hawk game.

It’s not perfect—the physics can be janky, and bailing feels random sometimes—but for a GBA game, Tony Hawk's American Sk8land (E) holds up better than you’d expect.