The ambitious Skateboard Park Tycoon games | minimme
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- Really though who says “skateboard park” it’s skatepark. Regardless these games are so overambitious!
Notes on how I got each game running on Windows 10:
- The first game and World Tour 2003 both installed fine off the disc, but needed NoCD cracks to run.
- Back in the USA 2004 failed to install, what you need to do is copy the entire ‘DATA’ folder off the disc, and then use a NoCD crack to replace Skate3.exe
- If you want to emulate the mobile game for whatever reason, use Kemulator, set the framerate to around 15, and run it at a resolution lower than around 200x200 - I believe it’s designed to run at 128x128
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0:00 Skillshare
0:48 Intro
2:47 Skateboard Park Tycoon (2001)
8:40 Skateboard Park Tycoon World Tour 2003 (2002)
12:35 Skateboard Park Tycoon Back in the USA 2004 (2003)
18:58 Skateboard Park Tycoon (J2ME, 2004)
21:13 Closing thoughts
22:41 Credits, outro, Patrons, all that good stuff
Apologies for the green Shadowplay dot, these games were a pain to record so it was kind of necessary. - เกม
"so many hidden gems even Metal Jesus couldn't keep track of it" you fucking legend
MJR is so cringey with that.
@@UnjustifiedRecs I don't think that minimme pulled that joke with the same intentions as your comment, but anyway... Your comment may just be more cRiNgEy than MJR's series
@ً incredible response sir
this joke made me snort laughing
Quite surprised Activision didn't slap the Tony Hawk name, or at least one of the numerous other skateboarders they licensed for their games on top of this, double the RRP.
Especially Bam Margera, if they were adding modes where you're purposely meant to injure yourself.
If God really is everywhere apparently his name is Larry.
awesome to see you larry :D.
Most Parents: We're not angry, just very disappointed
Minimme: I'm not disappointed, you were just very ambitious
I mean that is just how you treat your kids then. That is very wholesome in some points. Unless that parents are not telling kids that they are bad because they are having high ambitions. And sometimes you need to fall to see what you need to improve.
Thank you ! I never heard of these skatepark tycoons before :D
PS : Try "Arcadecraft" on XBLA Indies
Same
Tiens mais c'est Punky!
Est-ce qu'on peut s'attendre à une vidéo de ta part sur le sujet ? 👀
Honnêtement vos styles de vidéo sont tellement différents que ça me dérangerait pas de voir ton point de vue sur ces jeux !
I never thought I'd see the day anyone talks about these games
That could be Minimme's official tagline.
Minimme's channel in a nutshell
Me too. I got the last one as a birthday gift in 03 and apart from two of my friends to who i lent the CD, I never met anyone who ever even heard of this game series lol
Never knew these games even existed. That perspective change absolutely blew my mind
Right? It's still impressive, let alone seeing that in 2001. And you could walk around!
I remember getting this in the nutri grain and being so confused as to why the controls were so bad, I was kind of surprised how non functional a lot of it was, like the AI skaters not really interacting with your stuff
I have quite a few memories with this series! My brother and I would huddle around the old PC and play it almost everyday when we were kids. My favorite part was finding all the hidden pathways in the levels. That giant boost tunnel in Santa Monica was pretty great haha
Your dedication to forgotten and obscure games inspired me to create an entire YT channel around the lore and film production of 1995's post-apocalyptic yachting film: Waterworld!
Yeah, it's the best when a TH-camr creates videos about what whatever interests them, and not necessarily what gets the most clicks. You can see the passion come through and they end up winning in the long run! And, yeah, I actually love Waterwold, so I will check out your videos this evening!
Nice advertisment. Not cool bro
@@no-replies Hmm, good point. Should I delete my initial comment?
@@TheAtoll Nah, I think it's neat what you've done. I might not be into Waterworld very much but if you're passionate about something, chances are you won't be the only one on the internet to do so. It's cool to be able to share your passions with other people on here who might be interested as much as you are.
Don't mind him man. Good for you
I remember getting Skateboard Park Tycoon 2004, with a skater shirt at a department store. If I recall correctly, it was actually attached to the shirt.
I’d love to see a video on the railroad tycoon series . RTC3 was one of my all time favorites and there was even a Dreamcast version of the second game
didn't know railroad tycoon was a thing that sounds awesome
Never knew any of those tycoon games were on Dreamcast.
My mom got me one of these at walmart when i was a kid, and it didn't run on our pc. That was an issue with a bunch of the cheap pc games at walmart, most of them didn't work, but the more expensive pc games always ran fine on our pc.
To be fair, your computer needs to have a high iq to run -Rick and Morty- Walmart budget titles.
Whenever I write essays I hear minimme's inflections and my grades have unironically skyrocketed
The Metal Jesus joke. I died.
Been a long time coming, almost 4 goddamn years since the 10k subs special
Gotta get Sims 2 DS off the bucket list now :^)
Dang , They'll make a tycoon out of anything.
That actually used to be a running joke back in the early 00s. It felt like there was a new Tycoon game every month
even Game Dev Tycoon.
Oof, right in the nostalgia
Next do Sim Golf? It's criminal that it never got a re-release for modern systems.
You should checkout golftopia. It's a scifi take on sim golf. I'm enjoying it a lot. That being said it's kind of easy to play
Remember when Age of Empires came packed in a cereal box in Aus? Those were the days!
Would love to see a remake! While I’m enjoying Skater XL the one thing I’m really missing from Skate 3 is creating my own parks
7:57 "Look Gary there I am"
The “minimme prefers shorter Patreon names” guy came back with a vengeance
"TH-cam getting a bit ancy" lol they copyright striked a video of mine I had posted for my siblings of me covering a song on guitar and singing that had 60 views and was 5 years old
I once had TH-cam pick up a song that was sung in a stadium I was driving past... They did retract the decision, though, once appealed.
Music is any same or form is just a minefield on this website.
I knew I recognized Cat Daddy games, and looking it up I played Ski Resort Extreme (which I was bad at) and School Tycoon (which I was good at). I thought I had played Cruise Ship Tycoon, but apparently I had plaid Carnival Cruise Line Tycoon. I'd also played Mall Tycoon, but only the third game was made by Cat Daddy.
Man, the 2000s was a good time to be a PC gamer with a managerial streak.
That was funny. Metal Jesus can't even keep track of all the hidden gems 🤣🤣
Also, Bigwig rips thank you for pointing me in that direction
Bigwig... Haven't listened to them since Highschool.
Thrillville is the most amazing, perfect game ever. Ever.
Excellent video (as always). Have you thought about covering metropolis street racer? It was a technically-ambitious racing game that was exclusively released on the dreamcast. It had three cities (London, Tokyo, and San Francisco) which were faithfully recreated, each with custom-recorded radio stations (much like GTA).
There was a ridiculous amount of detail in the game, down to the fact that the radio stations would dynamically report on the traffic and weather within the game - I could continue to digress, but i think you get the picture. It was also visually gorgeous, possessing that unique, intangible sixth-generation style.
Finally, there is a quote somewhere that compared releasing MSR exclusively for dreamcast to the beatles exclusively selling the white album on mars.
Thank you for uploading when I need to get something off my mind...
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i love this channel, im not even a gamer or interested in playing games, i just like the retro games itself, and as a developer, i like the tiny stuff that creates the games, and this channel recovers a lot of those that ive nevẻ heard before
I’d like to see him play the zoo tycoon games, specifically the first two. Would love to hear his opinion on them. Since he enjoys being able to be in what he makes he’d like the second one
These are exactly the kinds of obscure titles I love watching reviews of. Thank you!!
These games were neat. You could control the sk8rs
Yeah we saw the video
Ah the skateboard tycoon games, i remember growing up with them in western Sydney, the games came and went randomly with cereals like Nutri-grain and weet-bix but was always different in some way, to the point that reprinting CDs would involve version changes of seemingly nothing being fixed or changed that wouldn't work with already installed copies of the game. The game was also notoriously hard to cheat at the time, even programs like Artmoney couldn't fix or add money due to the seemingly endless amount of numbers working and changing underneath.
Fun game! Never figured out why it just stopped working a few months after installing it, even reinstalling would mean the game stopped working.
Your channel is full of vids about weird and bizarre games and yet you managed to make them surprisingly in-depth and informative. Typical youtubers would just pick on easy target and focus on weird parts only. Your vids are some top-tier works.
Wow, its super cool to see someone do a video on the full series, these games, specially 2003/2004 were big childhood games for me and I enjoyed a lot of my time with them. As you mentioned over and over in your video, its such a neat concept, and I think that is the main appeal of the game even with its lackluster skating and building is the idea of being able to just build your own park and then skate it. I also do think the game could really benefit from a lot of like more tycoon game mechanics, a re-work of the skating, and just have some aspects of the game modernized. I want to try to make my own modern version of the game someday as I think there is a lot of potential for it, but it is a very ambitious thing, since it is two games in one in a way, but maybe someday it can be done. Great video! :D
Oh my gosh, I remember these games! I got the 2004 one from a Pizza Hut box or something, lol. I remember playing the break every bone mode FOR HOURS and thinking it was the most fun thing ever.
Oooh you've awoken a memory in me! I got this from a scholastics book fair I believe. I remember it being kinda janky, but I had a lot of fun with it! Never knew there were 2 sequels. Great video!
Just discovered your channel and your videos are awesome! Wish you nothing but success!
Another excellent video! Never heard of this series before it's so niche but brilliant!
Supposedly, products are often titled a year in advance because consumers are less attracted to "outdated" names. MTG core sets and many cars do the same thing, for example
Thanks for reviewing this. I've played Golf Resort Tycoon 2 and remember that being pretty good. You should check it out if your into Tycoon games. I remember getting it at Walmart with a T-shirt with some golf graphic on it. I was into Tycoon games like RCT and Sid Meier's SimGolf at the time, and golf in general, that I wanted it.
If I knew this existed when I was a kid I would've had a heyday I'm sure.
Great video dude! Always love to see your content!
Dude, I freaking love your thumbnails!
Oh man, outstanding video! It hit me right in the feels :) I know Cat Daddy pretty well from their other work. Just when you started describing the main concept of building park and skating there I immediately remembered Championship Snowboarding 2004 developed by none other than Cat Daddy in 2003 and published by Activision Value Publishing. This game is a snowboarding arcade simulator similar to the Tony Hawk formula, you complete goals and unlock new locations to progress. However, some maps, I mean, mountains, of course, since we do snowboarding here, have tycoon modes where the player is tasked with making certain amount of profit by building various ramps, ledges and rails on the mountain. Man, this game even shares UI elements with those shown in Skateboard Park Tycoon series. Naturally, Championship Snowboarding 2004 was a budget title and it showed, I personally found it at the local video game rental store many years ago where it always was in the bargain bin. But this game always had a place in my heart for its charm. Of course, it could not compete with Tony Hawk's or SSX series in terms of quality, but it managed to perfectly capture the spirit of the early aughts with pop punk soundtrack (here it featured songs from band called Flipp) and its style. Gameplay-wise it was nothing exceptional, but it was fun enough to play. I simply love that game and it saddens me that not a lot of people have even heard about it
Thanks a lot for making this video and sharing your memories! I would even dare recommending you to find and play Championship Snowboarding 2004, I guess you might quite like it
P.S. Oh yeah, this game also had these objectives of breaking every single bone in your body within a time limit, lol
Man, I really do enjoy your videos. Even if you talk about stuff I'm absolutely not interested it never fails to amuse me hearing your voice. At this point you probably could talk about any nonsense, like that time where you took a shit in a mall in a bad neighborhood, or something like that, and I'd still watch it. Keep up the good work.
MetalJesus skating in '04 lookin' for top 10 hidden gems
I thank you deeply for bringing this to light. I think we all would enjoy an up to date 4th Skater tycoon game.
I'm happy you are aware of Metal Jesus' content. Definitely an overlap of how forgiving you both are of janky games and how you try to see the positives in everything.
The wholesome aspect of your videos is why I'm subbed.
I had the Back in the USA one. My fav game of all time. I'm glad I looked it up after so many years of looking for my old pc game disc. I'm going to try and download this again, and Ski Resort 2 (haven't heard of it before but I looked it up and it looks awesome)
Love your videos, man. I'm so glad a channel like yours exists, where you examine games that have something special to them despite their flaws. It makes me weirdly emotional to see these strange old games get this much attention. It's always clear that love went into making these games despite their flaws and I just think it's awesome to see you give them these beautiful videos reflecting on their legacies years later.
Anyway, your videos make me happy and I hope making them makes you just as happy. Keep at it.
Knowing I'm not the only person in the world who played Back in the USA fills me with a weird sense of satisfaction. On another note, I'd absolutely love for you to cover more skateboarding games.
You'll love Ski Tycoon it's a 2000s game like this
The perspective shift reminds me of the PS1 Theme Park game. I spent a lot of time on it, even though I didn't really understand the management aspect of the game. I kinda spent all of my time riding the rollercoasters I made and other attractions that I can't remember.
Great content, as always!
I have a copy of the ski resort one, I remember playing that all the time as a kid. It had the same mechanics where you can ski your own slopes, it was great fun for a young boy.
Love your stuff, keep it up mate
I love these videos. The purest example of radical optomism. Still honest but so bright eyed
The labor of love shows, great video.
The way the mobile phone version crams the sprites like that makes it fit perfectly as a GameBoy Advance, or Color game.
Nostalgia commands me, I must call up my childhood friends and ask them if they remember this /one/ thing we played?
i just found a copy of this in an old lee pipes demo disk from 2001! great video!
There's a Papa John's PC demo of A Series of Unfortunate Events that just quietly says in a corner on the back, "Also Included: The Full Version of Skateboard Park Tycoon - Back in the USA 2004." The whole game, presented as a barely notable addition to a demo for a garbage movie tie in, given away for free with a pizza. And that's exactly how I first got to experience this franchise. I love it.
Nutri-Grain may have had video games but OT's had Thorpey's fully sick seal of approval.
I played one of these back when I was really small kid. I was too young to comprehend anything so all I remember is placing ramps and the really clunky skating mode.
I was worried this channel might be dead I'm so glad its not such interesting videos think I've watched them all in like a month keep it up mini ❤
I had the world tour game and never got past the beach level but I endlessly replayed that level because I loved building the park over and over
Giving the car a new coat of paint instead of fixing the engine. Summarizing the entire plot of Pimp my Ride in one sentence
Perfect 20 min + video. *_SWEET!_*
I played a ton of Rollercoaster tycoon as a kid and always wanted to walk around my park and ride the coasters so this seems like an amazing game
Shout out to anyone else who fondly remembers Hoyle's Casino Empire.
One of my favorite business sims that I never expected to like as much as I did.
This is cool because at first I didn't think you could skate at all so when I seen you skating I liked it, you know what I mean. These games look cool thanks.
This is sick 😫
Man, I wish I played this as a kid. It's like a hidden game of my dreams
you brought back a memory i didnt know i had
Aways a pleasure watching your videos
Man I played the last one like crazy... the soundtrack was awesome. My aunts bought it for my birthday in 03 I think
God these and hot wheels stunt track driver were my favorite games as a kid that no one else ever bothered with. Totally forgot these existed.
I think this is a great idea for a video series: obscure games that were very cheap or given away.
i love this videos, keep it up!
Damn, you just unlocked some old memories with this one
You are becoming my favorite TH-camr
I never expected a video on these, my aunt got me the original when I was a kid.
Thanks for your amazing videos
I LOVE SKATEBOARD TYCOON! I had this game growing up and I played the hell out of this the first game was my favorite and I always played easy so I could just play around with some money and build what I want I had some real fun....
My grandparents bought me one of these games as a kid, 2001 Back in the USA. I put so many hours into that game...
I played one of these at a friends house as a kid (IDK which one). Only thing I really remember is in the free roam city there was a subway entrance that if you went in would make you shoot out the top of another building really fast.
I remember getting Spt2k3 (I think...) in a box of Nutra Grain cereal. Loved the soundtrack.
Edit: welp. You just mentioned that. That's what I get for leaving a comment before finishing the video.
Woah, you just made me remember that Nutragrain disc, what the fuck, I had totally forgotten playing this until now. Pretty sure I have in that old CD case with all these low budget games we all know we had
I remember playing this and School Tycoon from way back when
After watching Colour Shed's review of the OG Tony Hawk pro skater game, now Minime is covering skateboarding PC games... this is awesome!
I watched a video of his once but got annoyed he kept pronouncing GTA as GDA.
Might just buy/download some of these. I remember playing one of these I think.
1:26 that must have been why I remember playing one of these.
Looking everywhere for this game! I knew it was a skate game that came in a box of cereal but couldnt find it anywhere!
Awesome content, thank you!
I was obsessed with Rollercoaster Tycoon (which I got my copy of in a box of Cheerios) in Elementary School, and would try to order any game with Tycoon in the name whenever Scholastic came around. I know I knew of these games, and my friend, who also was super into RCT, had one of them, but despite being into skateboarding as well, I never played any of them.
Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 I would go play that at my grandma's house all day long she was into it too! that was so much fun!!! She would get pissed at me for charging people to go to the Bathroom.
I got my copy with a pair of pants. Loved it so much.
Well done!
One of my favorite tycoon games was around 2003ish but it was Rock Band Tycoon aka Rock Manager. That game was awesome to me as someone who played in a punk band and loved everything about making music and starting a band. There was a Gold edition (Patch) that let you start whatever band you wanted and play as long as you want at the end, but the only version I can find is the story version that just has the campaigns....which are still fucking fun and hilarious.
Kiwi kid here. Got world tour 2003 in a nutri grain box too and sunk many hours into the game as a kid lol so nostalgic seeing this video
Damn! Skate + Pop Punk + Tycoon game...
Why in hell is this not still a thing?
Thanks dude, gonna try the third one. :)
Very interesting, such a fun idea for a tycoon game: taste your own hard work as a customer perspective.