Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 is a 2002 skateboarding game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision under their Activision O2 label. The game was ported by different developers to various systems. It is the fourth installment in the Tony Hawk's series. The game was released in 2002 for the GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance. In 2003, it was released for Windows and Mac OS X by developer Beenox and publisher Aspyr. In 2004, a Tapwave Zodiac version was released. Another port of the Game Boy Advance version was also released as a launch title for the digiBLAST, a Linux-based handheld console for children released in 2005. Furthermore, the game features Jango Fett and Eddie (Iron Maiden's mascot) via licensing deals, as well as professional skater Mike Vallely and Daisy, a female skater visually based on and voiced by Jenna Jameson.
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! colspan="3" |Featured pro skaters
! colspan="2" |Celebrity guest skaters
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- Bob Burnquist
- Steve Caballero
- Kareem Campbell
- Eric Koston
- Rune Glifberg
- Tony Hawk
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- Bucky Lasek
- Bam Margera
- Rodney Mullen
- Chad Muska
- Andrew Reynolds
- Geoff Rowley
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- Elissa Steamer
- Jamie Thomas
- Mike Vallely
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- Jango Fett
- Eddie
- Daisy
- Little Person
- Mindy
- Frycook
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- Roger
- Momo
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<small> unlockable</small>
<small> PlayStation-exclusive</small>
<small> Game Boy Advance-exclusive</small>
Reception
The game received critical acclaim. IGN gave the Xbox version a 9/10, stating that "Tony Hawk 4 is by far the best skateboarding title around and head and shoulders above its 'me-too' competition". The PlayStation 2 version received the highest score from IGN, with a 9.3/10, commenting that though the graphics hadn't changed from its predecessor, the maps were much larger than in Pro Skater 3, along with praising the increased difficulty.
GameSpot named Pro Skater 4 the best Xbox game, and second-best PlayStation 2 and GameCube game, of October 2002. It later won GameSpots annual "Best Alternative Sports Game on GameCube" and "Best Alternative Sports Game on Xbox" awards, and was nominated in the "Game of the Year on GameCube" and "Best Online Game on PlayStation 2" categories. During the 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, Pro Skater 4 received a nomination for "Console Sports Game of the Year" by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.
Game Boy Advance version
GameSpot declared it the second-best Game Boy Advance game of November, behind Metroid Fusion, and a runner-up for the publication's annual "Best Sports Game on Game Boy Advance" award, which went to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.