Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland
About Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland
From the archive
This is the original PS2Home fact sheet for Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland, preserved from the early-2000s archive. Details reflect the PAL release as catalogued at the time.
Official fact sheet
No levels. No load times. Just never-ending action that doesn’t stop until you leave the game! Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland gives you – for the first time ever in a Hawk game – the freedom to skate, or bike, throughout a rich, expansive open environment. Once you arrive in Los Angeles, the vast city that gave birth to skate culture, the sky’s the limit as you progress through the Wasteland story and choose missions that will have you immersed in the action without ever skating the same line twice!
- Freedom To Ride Forever: No load times. No level-based gameplay. In American Wasteland, you travel throughout the vast urban terrain of Los Angeles including Hollywood, East L.A., and other landmark areas without restrictions or repetition.
- Ultimate Player Control: More tricks and expanded controls than ever before!
- New on the board tricks include the Bert slides, Natas spins handstands, and one-footed grinds and manuals
- New off the board tricks include wall runs, wall flips, and charged jumps
- Choose Board Or Bike: For the first time, you can choose to ride BMX bikes throughout the entire game, with all-new physics, a BMX specific control system and several BMX-specific goals.
- Customize Like Crazy: Enter and explore dozens of shops in game to customize your gear and your look! Check out skate shops, barbershops, tattoo parlors, and clothing stores as you accomplish goals and earn cash.
- Expanded Online and’ Multiplayer: For the first time ever, Xbox Live in addition to PlayStation 2 Online! New two-player co-op play available in Classic Mode, in which you can complete classic THPS goals alongside your friends.
