Fun fact. There is a level in the DS version where all the trick gaps are named after notable players in the Sk8land community. I was one of them. These ds games were truly special if you were involved in the forums and online events.
I can definitely see Downhill Jam on DS a fun time due to its portability, and the wireless multiplayer could offer some fun. But on the GBA? It's quite the technical achievement, despite releasing in 2006 where the GBA was starting to fade out in favor of the DS.
Kill.Swich and Driver 3; Asterix and Obelisk XXL + ATV Dessert Quad or whatever it was called are all technical achievements for the Nintendo GBA ! Sadly, the Simpsons Hit and Run & the GTA 3 we're not ported over to the GBA (not even the DS for that matter). What we got in the end was a top-down, semi playable GTA 3 rip-off (I still enjoyed playing it but I did not find it appealing to look at or to control). If I wanted to play a top-down GTA or even Payback I would return to the ever trusty Microsoft Windows PC device.
I remember I bought the DS version of Downhill Jam for less than $1 at GameStop and I couldn't believe how much fun it was. GREAT spin off of the Tony Hawk games.
I was part of the forums for this game and had a few of the time trial and high score records. This game was a life changer for me. Have some facebook friends from the forums still. We got so good you'd be doing a manual while boosting through the whole map to get the best time. I remember one guy called Goopy did one combo for an entire level and it shook the forums up. You could download people's replays and watch them get their high scores and fast times. Literally could learn from the best. 2007-2009ish. Great times- cherished memories I truly feel nostalgic for. Still have my copy somewhere.
Cool to hear, I had a similar experience with american sk8land for the DS! I had a #8 top score in the Vans skate park level for a while and I remember being super proud of it!
Lol. Goopy. That brings back memories. He was probably the 1st in Sk8land that achieved insane scores without resorting to cheap grinding lines which the leaderboard was filled of. It inspired me to do the same and we were competing for high scores for a long time. We both ended having our names as trick gaps in Downhill Jam.
Well, well,well..A SOTN tee. Looks like we've got similar tastes. Would have loved to've had a video game skate jam with ya if we lived nearby. Hi from New Zealand.
The DS version of this game is absolutely fun to play and has some what of a replay ability with going through different stages and it’s settings... from normal street skateboard to snowboarding and mountain board just absolutely magnificent. Awesome video man!!!
Could you take hawktober and just dedicate it to skateboarding games in general? It would be nice to keep this theme going, but just branch it out a bit. Love the content as always. Thank you ❤️
@@SquareEyedJak Rad Rat does the same thing, albeit not for a special like Hawktober. He's covered a lot of them at this point. I recommend the vids if you're interested in exploring the genre further.
That tony hawk motion foreshadowing, I didn't think you would take a look at that game cause its barley a game lol, but i'm excited to see how you recact to the lack of content in that game :p Great job with all the hawktober vids so far ^^
I played downhill jam gba a lot as a kid and only this year have a l played the DS copy. Don’t think I could go back to downhill jam gba but I really loved the DS game. I’ve been a skater for 10 years and when I started skating the only skate games I had were tony hawk 3 gba and downhill jam gba and I actually used them for trick names. Good memories. Loving this series
Downhill Jam on DS actually looks like fun if I ever get a DS I will try and get this game. loved the video man, looking forward to next weeks videos! :D
Been pulling double shifts at work cause it’s busy season time for the holidays. But want you know I am watching after work each night before I crash and to say keep up the good work man!
1:39 The only thing remotely clever about that name is it keeps the bird parallel to Hawk's name, while also being a reference to the band Flock of Seaguls, where the lead singer rocked that exact haircut. Still doesn't roll off the tongue at all XD
These reviews are so good I just bought six Tony hawk games at once (all 3 versions of this game) on top of like nearly the whole GBA line, which I had no idea about before and am playing religiously now. . also AVGN makes a cameo at 8:57 lol
Ive watched especially these hawk videos many times, your a funny, down to earth and creative guy and deserve a much bigger fanbase. Keep doing you bro
@@SquareEyedJak thank you very much for the response 🙂 and I thought so, I have a Wii myself, but I do not own that game, regardless, once again, good job 🙂
3:34 Excuse me, what was the that??? :P Eeeedinburgh? :P Jokes aside though, I had this game as a kid and am glad it actually holds up alright!!! Loving Hawktober this year, but considering where my weird interests lie, that's probably not too surprising ;)
I had the GBA version right after it's release. I have a memory of bringing my game boy micro to school with this game and being soo jealous of another kid who had a psp.... luckily, I got my own psp the year after that for 8th grade graduation.
I'm also surprised by the technical prowess of GBA Downhill Jam. Not expecting goddamn Star Fox-level FX chip polygons, but damn. That's quite the achievement.
There was even Downhill Jam for J2ME cellphones back in the day. But you probably can't get it now in "legal way" because as many of these games this has been sold on WAP websites or in those "send this code by SMS on this number" at the back side of magazines. But since all THPS franchise is abadonware and Activision can't sell it probably wouldn't hurt anyone if you just download it somewhere. Even if you would find used cellphone on ebay that has it preinstalled to get it in "legal way" the developers wouldn't get any money neither, so fuck it, download it and review it. :D
If you find Downhill Jam on the GBA impressive, I'd love to hear your opinion about Asterix and Obelix XXL on the GBA. I'm not saying anything to that one, just look it up.
im honestly impressed with the gba version on a technical standpoint i played two other games that tried to do this sorta 3d Engine on the GBA those being V-Rally 3 and Need for speed carbon V-rally 3 got it right but OH DEAR GOD NFS Carbon on GBA it hurts my eyes to look at it they tried to cram way to much into what little the system can do and so NFS Carbon chugs at a painful 5- 10 fps and they even tried to put license bit crunched music into the back ground i would stay the hell away from that version of NFS carbon as for Down hill jam i will have to see about grabbing a Rom of that for my DS Emulator
That’s a really neat trick.....playing your gba advance cart on a 3ds!! ;) Edit: Is it an old DS? Now I’m not as sure. I thought you were screwing with us but damn...maybe I’m wrong. Lol
There are more 3d games on GBA. By far the most impressive one is Asterix & Obelix XXL. It was made by two people, and it looks like an early ps1 game running on gba!
@@SquareEyedJak I get the distinct impression that this will include the other extreme sports games released under the Activision O2 brand and the Skate games published by Activision's rival, EA.
Hey man/dude, if you enjoyed this video game IP then you should have a go at Jackass: the Game for the Nintendo DS...there was no GBA version...at least not to my knowledge (although a Sony PSP and PS2 version do exist they are not the same). The Nintendo DS version is more non-linear and free-roaming unlike the Sony PS2/PSP versions...which is truly odd in my opinion ! 🤔😱😬💪
Fun fact. There is a level in the DS version where all the trick gaps are named after notable players in the Sk8land community. I was one of them. These ds games were truly special if you were involved in the forums and online events.
"Instant Fucking Success" Love the classic reference there!
That's pretty cool you went back to the same location for this review.
I can definitely see Downhill Jam on DS a fun time due to its portability, and the wireless multiplayer could offer some fun.
But on the GBA? It's quite the technical achievement, despite releasing in 2006 where the GBA was starting to fade out in favor of the DS.
theres definitely more advanced games i reccomend looking at cars mater national its really impressive
Kill.Swich and Driver 3; Asterix and Obelisk XXL + ATV Dessert Quad or whatever it was called are all technical achievements for the Nintendo GBA ! Sadly, the Simpsons Hit and Run & the GTA 3 we're not ported over to the GBA (not even the DS for that matter). What we got in the end was a top-down, semi playable GTA 3 rip-off (I still enjoyed playing it but I did not find it appealing to look at or to control). If I wanted to play a top-down GTA or even Payback I would return to the ever trusty Microsoft Windows PC device.
007 nightfire’s port is pretty good
I remember I bought the DS version of Downhill Jam for less than $1 at GameStop and I couldn't believe how much fun it was. GREAT spin off of the Tony Hawk games.
I was part of the forums for this game and had a few of the time trial and high score records. This game was a life changer for me. Have some facebook friends from the forums still. We got so good you'd be doing a manual while boosting through the whole map to get the best time. I remember one guy called Goopy did one combo for an entire level and it shook the forums up. You could download people's replays and watch them get their high scores and fast times. Literally could learn from the best. 2007-2009ish. Great times- cherished memories I truly feel nostalgic for. Still have my copy somewhere.
Cool to hear, I had a similar experience with american sk8land for the DS! I had a #8 top score in the Vans skate park level for a while and I remember being super proud of it!
Lol. Goopy. That brings back memories. He was probably the 1st in Sk8land that achieved insane scores without resorting to cheap grinding lines which the leaderboard was filled of. It inspired me to do the same and we were competing for high scores for a long time. We both ended having our names as trick gaps in Downhill Jam.
Well, well,well..A SOTN tee. Looks like we've got similar tastes. Would have loved to've had a video game skate jam with ya if we lived nearby. Hi from New Zealand.
I did NOT expect a Tony Hawk GBA game to give me some serious SNES Star Fox vibes this week, but there it is!
I saw that too! Tony Hawk on SNES featuring the Super FX chip lol
Square Eyed Jak should become a playable character in Nitro Fueled.
Megumi Bandicoot yes
You really can find anything in youtube... I played this game when I was a child, it brings me so much memories. Thank you for this.
Gotta love the Flock of Seagulls-level of haircut Tony's rival has.
Mate I just might fail my exam from how often you are releasing excellent videos. I love you CircleEaredJeff ❤
Loved the 8-bit number of the beast at the beginning ! Great content mate, cheers !
Done by the amazing people who created the Kickblips album, check it out!
kickblips.com/
The DS version of this game is absolutely fun to play and has some what of a replay ability with going through different stages and it’s settings... from normal street skateboard to snowboarding and mountain board just absolutely magnificent. Awesome video man!!!
Could you take hawktober and just dedicate it to skateboarding games in general? It would be nice to keep this theme going, but just branch it out a bit.
Love the content as always. Thank you ❤️
That's the plan moving forward, I'll talk about it more in the future!
@@SquareEyedJak Rad Rat does the same thing, albeit not for a special like Hawktober. He's covered a lot of them at this point. I recommend the vids if you're interested in exploring the genre further.
Dude how have you not blown up yet you’ve been making these quality reviews for years now at a decent pace.
Well give the video a share if you think I've earned it, that really helps to grow the channel. Cheers! :)
Tony Hawktober is low-key a holiday for me. Keep up the good work Jack.
I loved this on DS! So much fun and a brilliant soundtrack!
That tony hawk motion foreshadowing, I didn't think you would take a look at that game cause its barley a game lol, but i'm excited to see how you recact to the lack of content in that game :p Great job with all the hawktober vids so far ^^
It’s a port of the wii version, wii and ds were developed simultaneously. The ds was merely released a few weeks earlier
^
A pretty balling week of Tony Hawk reviewing goodness. Keep being the best of the best, Jak.
This game in this port Is literally my entire childhood ❤️
You’ve gained like 200-250+ subs since the beginning of this years Hawktober. Wonder how much more you can gain by the end of this years one.
Crim kinda wanna know if tony hawk has noticed. Jak’s only TH-camr that really covers the series and is passionate about it clearly.
This was the only downhill jam I played
I played downhill jam gba a lot as a kid and only this year have a l played the DS copy. Don’t think I could go back to downhill jam gba but I really loved the DS game. I’ve been a skater for 10 years and when I started skating the only skate games I had were tony hawk 3 gba and downhill jam gba and I actually used them for trick names. Good memories. Loving this series
0:24 amazing view (:
Downhill Jam on DS actually looks like fun if I ever get a DS I will try and get this game. loved the video man, looking forward to next weeks videos! :D
Cheers mate! DJ DS is certainly fun with solid courses, just wish there was more of it.
@@SquareEyedJak then there's the crap games do the opposite and have way too much! XD But yeah 6 levels is just too short
Been pulling double shifts at work cause it’s busy season time for the holidays. But want you know I am watching after work each night before I crash and to say keep up the good work man!
1:33 I couldn't tell you why, but that took me out! 🤣🤣🤣
Antonio Seagull's uphill Vegemite. You can quote me its fine.
1:39 The only thing remotely clever about that name is it keeps the bird parallel to Hawk's name, while also being a reference to the band Flock of Seaguls, where the lead singer rocked that exact haircut. Still doesn't roll off the tongue at all XD
Wow never actually thought that I'd see someone review this these days.
These reviews are so good I just bought six Tony hawk games at once (all 3 versions of this game) on top of like nearly the whole GBA line, which I had no idea about before and am playing religiously now.
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also AVGN makes a cameo at 8:57 lol
Ive watched especially these hawk videos many times, your a funny, down to earth and creative guy and deserve a much bigger fanbase. Keep doing you bro
ROLLIN AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND 🎶
I loved this game as a kid! Nostalgia
I was surprised how good down hill jam was. I’ve been collecting for DS recently.
Another great video Jak!
Damn, this was a strong first week for Hawktober! Looking forward to seeing what the next week brings as from Monday. :D
I am surprised with all the games you played on this video on how good they can get I played the DS version I still have fun memories
the Silver Surfer theme on a skateboarding video
don't think I didn't notice, ye cheeky git~!
Been loving everything so far
Cheers mate! :D
I've been binge watching these vids nice work
HAWKTOBER: Rise Of the Skate Jam
hey, would putting Jet Set Radio on GBA in this marathon count? because it runs on the same/similar engine to the pro skater gba games.
2:03 Again the Wii version has shorter loading and saving screens.
Shame the control is pure garbage.
I remember my cousin having this game on the Wii, and correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't you use the classic controller or GameCube controller?
Maybe but not according to the box because I double checked.
@@SquareEyedJak thank you very much for the response 🙂 and I thought so, I have a Wii myself, but I do not own that game, regardless, once again, good job 🙂
3:34 Excuse me, what was the that??? :P Eeeedinburgh? :P
Jokes aside though, I had this game as a kid and am glad it actually holds up alright!!! Loving Hawktober this year, but considering where my weird interests lie, that's probably not too surprising ;)
Fraki you should cover the Tony Hawk game boy color and gba ports of the Tony Hawk games in port patrol
Yoooo you really got “Number of the Beast” in 8 bit lol for the start of the vid that’s hype
time to binge watch since TH-cam didn't notify me.🙃
SMASH that bell and follow me on social media, never miss uploads this way!
I had the GBA version right after it's release. I have a memory of bringing my game boy micro to school with this game and being soo jealous of another kid who had a psp.... luckily, I got my own psp the year after that for 8th grade graduation.
What song is playing at 5:04?
I had a dream last night tony hawk high fived me. Thanks for that
Jealous, did you get to land a sick 900?
I remember playing that on my ds 😭
That remix of Number of the Beast is kick ass! I just found it and listened to it whole
That big brutish bloak looks like Bald Bull
I'm also surprised by the technical prowess of GBA Downhill Jam. Not expecting goddamn Star Fox-level FX chip polygons, but damn. That's quite the achievement.
It's surprisingly fun too!
Oh wow. Those sexy flat shaded polygons on the GBA version...
Your videos are the best keep up the good work
Antonio Seagull straight up looks like an anime character.
He looks like Stroheim
Hawktober merch ? TAKE MY MONEY !!!!
11:36 What's the music?
I appreciate how he discouraged people hating on downhill jam on gba for its looks
Haircut of the villain is same as singer from “a flock of seagulls” was wearing in 80s
You should review Disney’s extreme skate Adventure
The ds version had a great soundtrack. Reverse this curse is still a banger
thia game was my childhhood
Wait there's more can’t wait.
Enough to fill another full week!
“Please don’t shit on this game” gives it a 3 still like the video tho
That is one interesting pronunciation of the word Edinburgh 😂
There are several 3D games on GBA that are quite impressive for the system. Just to mention: Stuntman and SSX3.
Goddamn i need to get the ps2 Downhill Jam again!!!!
Kicking myself in the nuts for getting rid of it.
Such an underappreciated game!
This channel is awesome
Lowkey best version of the game
I do disagree with you on the score for the DS Version but still great Jak video👍
8:57 AVGN
Holy shit nice "instant fucking success" throwback
There was even Downhill Jam for J2ME cellphones back in the day. But you probably can't get it now in "legal way" because as many of these games this has been sold on WAP websites or in those "send this code by SMS on this number" at the back side of magazines. But since all THPS franchise is abadonware and Activision can't sell it probably wouldn't hurt anyone if you just download it somewhere. Even if you would find used cellphone on ebay that has it preinstalled to get it in "legal way" the developers wouldn't get any money neither, so fuck it, download it and review it. :D
Le meilleur jeu de mon enfance
I wish vicarious visions did ride and shred for the ds.
and 5 for 3ds
I HOPE You did not Forget Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure and it's GBA Version!
Hell yeah! Squares finally makes his appearance in this year's Hawkrober:D
That Iron Maiden I heard at the start there Jak? 👀
Absolutely is, check out kickblips.com/ for all the chiptune THPS tracks I'm using this Hawktober!
I expected the DS version to be at least a 7/10 score.
2:15 Skating around at the speed of sound
Got places to go gotta follow my rainbow
Antonio Seagull! What a fucking name that is! xD
If you find Downhill Jam on the GBA impressive, I'd love to hear your opinion about Asterix and Obelix XXL on the GBA. I'm not saying anything to that one, just look it up.
Classic game 😂👌
im honestly impressed with the gba version on a technical standpoint i played two other games that tried to do this sorta 3d Engine on the GBA those being V-Rally 3 and Need for speed carbon
V-rally 3 got it right but OH DEAR GOD NFS Carbon on GBA it hurts my eyes to look at it they tried to cram way to much into what little the system can do and so NFS Carbon chugs at a painful 5- 10 fps and they even tried to put license bit crunched music into the back ground i would stay the hell away from that version of NFS carbon as for Down hill jam i will have to see about grabbing a Rom of that for my DS Emulator
Just ordered this, proving ground and sk8land from gamestop
That’s a really neat trick.....playing your gba advance cart on a 3ds!! ;) Edit: Is it an old DS? Now I’m not as sure. I thought you were screwing with us but damn...maybe I’m wrong. Lol
Cool SOTN shirt (:
Did downhill jam not has its inspiration because of tony hawk 1 or 2 with the one map, that was literally a downhill jam?
There are more 3d games on GBA. By far the most impressive one is Asterix & Obelix XXL. It was made by two people, and it looks like an early ps1 game running on gba!
With all the content you're covering this year, I wonder, when will you run out of Tony Hawk content for subsequent Hawktobers?
We'll be expanding to the broader spectrum of skating/extreme sports content.
Next years special: Tony Hawk Evolution MTV Phoenix Snowboarding Hofman Tycoon-tober
Can't wait
@@SquareEyedJak You should give Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure a look sometime.
@@SquareEyedJak I get the distinct impression that this will include the other extreme sports games released under the Activision O2 brand and the Skate games published by Activision's rival, EA.
Guitar pro version of "number of the beast"
Im ok with the short length of this version its better to leave you wanting more than making it repetitive
Love the content
Gba version gets same score as crash purple lol
What happened to Charlie Nash???
Or Stroheim
Hey man/dude, if you enjoyed this video game IP then you should have a go at Jackass: the Game for the Nintendo DS...there was no GBA version...at least not to my knowledge (although a Sony PSP and PS2 version do exist they are not the same). The Nintendo DS version is more non-linear and free-roaming unlike the Sony PS2/PSP versions...which is truly odd in my opinion ! 🤔😱😬💪
Don't forget about proving ground on ds