Like it's snowboarding sister, MTV Sports: Skateboarding tries to take the popularity of MTV and combine with a popular and hip sport. Where Snowboarding was done by Radical Entertainment fame, this take was done by Darkblack. This in itself is usually a common problem with any type of brand name that crosses multiple developers. Because there was no general rule of thumb, you have two vastly different set-up games with two different results. Sadly, this is the worse of the two.

Released in 2000, the game lands itself in a bad predicament. Tony Hawk's original offering was already a year behind, which meant the amazing Pro Skater 2 would be this game's main competition. There's was no way MTV could catch up.

The disc's sole problem comes within the stiffness of the control. There's never a sense of being the character; it always feels like you're some deity trying to possess the on-screen character to do what you would like to do. It's very hard to land safely after a grind, attempting to connect two tricks together is always a close call, and for whatever reason you come to a complete stop if you knick something.

Level designs are uninspired, which is both a blessing and a curse. Tony Hawk's stages often took a few liberties to allow awesome moments, like leaping over the half-pipe in the first stage to reach a VHS tape objective. Here, we're presented with more 'real life' environments, but after a few minutes all you see are ramps and more ramps.

The one thing the game does have going for it is a much better suited soundtrack when compared to MTV Snowboarding. The amusing "Heaven is a Half Pipe" song compliments a track listing that would be right at home among the "Jock Rock" album selection.

If your a collector of the genre or a full library, you'll be buying this regardless. If you're simply weeding out the best, MTV Sports: Skateboarding gets tossed out with the clippings. 

• The following skaters are featured in the game:
  • Andy Macdonald
  • Colin McKay
  • Danny Way
  • Rick Howard
  • Brian Howard
  • Stevie Williams
  • Heidi Fitzgerald
  • Josh Kalis
  • Rob Dyrdek
  • Jen O'brien
  • Salvador Barbier
  • Keith Hufnagel
  • Alan Petersen
  • Scott Johnston
     
• There are over 40 sponsors featured in the manual.
   
• After the controller commands, the instruction booklet features a special safety message from Andy MacDonald.
   
• Interestingly, Andy MacDonald is not the first available skater given to you in the selection screen. The skaters are listed alphabetically, and starts on the earliest letter available according to last name. In the Tony Hawk series, Tony was always automatically first.
   
• The game used an interesting take on the shoulder buttons during a grind move. While you normally shift left and right with the direction buttons, once in balance mode, you must quickly shift the Left 1 and Right 1 shoulder buttons. It's assumed the design references that that D-Pad arrows are your 'feet' and that the Shoulder buttons are indeed your 'shoulders' and 'hands' during a balance meter.