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TONY HAWK'S UNDERGROUND FAQ/WALKTHROUGH
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By Joshthegreat
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Walkthrough written for Sick mode
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Contact : the_king_of_town@msn.com
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I will update this walkthrough once I am done playing THUG 2.
If you have any queries use the email address provided.
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Contents
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1.1 - Basic Control
1.2 - Advanced Control
1.3 - Walking and climbing
1.4 - Control Tips
1.5 - Scoring Tips
2.1 - Pro Skaters
2.2 - Unlockable Skaters
2.3 - Pedestrians
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1.1 Basic Controls
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-Crouching
To crouch, press an hold the X button. Crouching while skating around  will
make the skater go faster.
-Ollie (jump)
To ollie, press and release the X button. An ollie can also be performed at
the top of a ramp to increase height and/or distance (depending on the type
of ramp)
-Grab Tricks
To perform a grab trick, you must first be in the air. Once in the air, press
the 0 button in combination with one of the directional buttons. Each
direction on the directiona buttons performs a different grab trick. The
longer you hold the 0 button, the longer you'll 'tweak' tgat grab trick.
The score for the trick increases over the length of the grab.
-Flip Tricks
To perform a flip trick, you must first be in the air, Once in the air, press
the square button in combination with one of the directional buttons. Each
direction on the directional buttons, performs a different flip trick.
-Grind Tricks
To perform a grind trick you must be near a rail or grindable suface.
First ollie (X button), and then press the trangle button when near the rail
or grindable surface to perform the trick.
+ 50-50 = When parallel to a rail, press and hold the triangle button.
+ 5-0 = Press down on the directional buttons and triangle
+ Nosegrind = Press up on the direction buttons and the triangle button
+ Boardslide/Lipslide = Rotate the board perpendicular to the rail and press
triangle
+ Noseslide/Tailslide = press  < or >  on the directional buttons and the
triangle button. Rotate the part of the board you want to slide, onto the
rail
+ Smith/Feeble = Press down  < or down >  on the directional buttons and the
triangle button
+ Crooked/Feeble = Press Up  < or Up >  on the directional buttons and the
triangle button
Use  < and >  to balance these tricks
-Lip Trciks
To perform a lip trick, skate straight up a ramp of quaterpipe and press the
triangle button with a directional button at the lip (or top edge) of the ramp
Press  < and >  on the directional buttons to balance.
-Manuals
To perform a manual quickly press up then down on the directional buttons. You
can also nose manual by quickly pressing down then up on the directional
buttons. Press up and down on the directional buttons to balance during a
manual.
-Reverts
Te revert when landing back onto a ramp, press the R2 or L2 button when you
hit the ramp surface coming out of an arial manuver or grind on the coping.
-No Comply
To perform a no comply, quickly top up on the directional buttons just before
tapping or releasing the X button.
-Boneless/Fastplants/Beanplants
To perform a boneless, fastplant or beanplant (varies on the pro skater),
quickly tap up up on the directional buttons and release the X button, these
tricks will allow you to jump further and higher than a regular ollie.
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1.2 Advanced Controls
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-Pressure Flips
Tap the L2 button once to move your feet into the pressure flip position.
Press X to jump and the square button plus either up, down,  to execute
a pressure flip.
-Nollie
A nollie is an ollie performed on the fron tof the board instead of the rear.
To perform a nollie, first press the L2 button twice to get into position,
then press the X button. Nollie flip tricks follow from nollie stance.
Note : You can also toggle between regular, pressure or nollie positios by
pressing the L2 button while in a grind or in a manual.
-Switch Stance
You'll score more points whne performing tricks in switch stance, which is
the opposite of the skater's normal stance. To Get into switch stance, press
the R2 button. Your stats will be decreased when switched unless your switch
stat is maxed at 10.
-Wallrides
To perform a wallride, approach a wall at a 45 degree angle and ollie into
the wall holding the triangle button. Press the X button to wallie whilst
in a wallride. Press the down directional button and the X button to wall
jump.
-Wallplant
Jump stright into a wall and press down + the X button to plant your foot
on the wall and kick off in the opposite direction.
-Wallpush
Skate or manual striaght into a wall and hold the triangle button to push
off the wall.
-Spine Transfers
To transfer over a spine (two quaterpipe ramps placed back to back), press
the R2 or L2 button whne launching off on side of the spine.
-Skitching
To skitch (get pulled behind a vehicle), press up on the directional buttons
whne directly behind a vehicle. Press  < and >  on the directional buttons
suring a skitch to balance the skater.
-Flatland Tricks
All flatland tricks stem from the manual (up down or down up). Once in a
manual, tapping twice on the circle button, triangle button, square button or
any combination of those buttons will produce a variety of flantland tricks.
you must balance during the string of flantland combos using up and down
on the directional buttons.
-Double-Tap Flips and Grabs
Press any direction on the directional buttons and tap the flip or grab button
twice to bust a double or advanced version of the base (single tap) twick.
These tricks score more points than thier base trick.
-Grind/Lip Balancing
In the middle of a grind or lip trick, tap twice on the circle button, square
button, triangle button or any combination to change your trick.
-Powerslides
Press down down on the directional buttons then tap the R1 button to do a
quick 180 degree turn.
-Acid Drops
Press the R2 button while jumping over a quaterpip ramp to acid drop into
the ramp. You can do this while skating or walking. (see the walking
section below)
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1.3 Walking and Climbing
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-Walking
In Tony Hawk's Underground (THUG) you can get off your skateboard and walk or
run. To switch from skating to walking, press the R1 and L1 buttons at the
same time. While in walk mode use the directional buttons to conrol your
skater. By pressing and holding the X button, you skater will run instead of
walk.
-Climbing/Hanging
To climb and/or hang, you must first be in walk mode; then jump (using the X
button) near a wall or hanging wire and then press the R1 button to grab the
ledge or wire. While hanging, press  < and >  to move your position and press
up to climb onto the ledge surface.
Note : Not all ledges allow climbing or hanging.
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1.4 Control Tips
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- When you bail, tap the controller buttons repeatedly to get up faster.
- Each skater has a different trick setup. You can configure your tricks the
way you like using the in-game Edit Skater/Tricks menu.
- Special tricks have high poiny values. Expand your special tricks by playing
through story mode.
- You can jump off your board to continue your combo run for a limited time.
Use this move to get your speed back up and keep tricking (just before you
think your combo is over)
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1.5 Scoring Tips
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- Combine grab and flip tricks while catching air for higher scores.
- You can continue your combo moves unsing reverts and manuals. Manuals keep
combo going across flatland ground sections. Reverts keep your combo going
from big air tricks off ramps.
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2.1 The Pro Skaters
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Tony Hawk
Bob Burnquist
Steve Caballero
Kareem Campbell
Rune Glifburg
Eric Koston
Bucky Lasek
Bam Margera
Rodney Mullen
Chad Muska
Andrew Reynolds
Paul Rodriguez
Geoff Rowley
Arto Saari
Elissa Steamer
Jamie Thomas
Mike Valley
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2.2 Unlockable Skaters
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Gene Simmons
Iron Man
T.H.U.D
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2.3 Pedestrains
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Eric Sparrow
Stacy Peralta
Todd the Manager
Neversoft Chef
Jersey Bum
The Addict
The Dealer
Factory Worker
Security Guard
Street Warrior
Headstone Harry
Buisness Man
Manhattan Cop
Constuction Worker
State Trooper
Hotel Deask Clerk
Hotel Doorman
DJ QBERT
Team Filmer
Leaf Blower
Gardener
KGB Member
Tank Guard
Paul from Kiss
Peter from Kiss
Ace from Kiss
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Story Mode
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New Jersey
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Chapter 1 - Hometown Hijinks
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Help Eric
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First of all, jump over the gate by pressing X, and climb on to the roof
straight ahead of you, by jumping up by
the building and pressing R1 to grab hold of it, then press up on the d-pad
to pull you self up.
On the roof you will find Erics wheel, run into it to pick it up. Now to get
ot the next piece of skateboard on the roof ahead of you, take a run up on
the roof you are on using the left analog stick, when you reach the end of
the roof, jump over onto the next roof, you will now see Erics Trucks, run
into them to pick them up. Now turn left at the place where you found the
trucks. You will see another wheel on the roofs, take another run up and
jump over to those roofs, this wont be very hard as it isn't a very large
gap. Run into the wheel and carry on going, jump over a high part of the
roof shaped like a quarter pipe and then you will see his deck, run to it
and you'll have completed that section of the mission.
Now, Eric will ask you what you remember. He'll tell you about getting of
your board. The next challenge is to jump over to barriers off your board.
Now, press R1 and L1 together to get off your board and run along to the
first barrier, press X to jump over it, staying on your board walk up to the
next one and jump over that.
Now you will be asked to gring a barrier. Run up to the barrier and jump,
when you fall close to the barrier press tiangle to grind it, balance to the
end and you're done.
Now you will be asked to do a jump grind combo. Run up to the barrier and
grind it, when you reach the end of your grind jump off, now, when in mid
air press R1 and L1 to hop of you board again before you land ( you will
notice a little circle to the right of you charcter, act quickly before it
runs out or your combo will run out) now run up to the barrier ahead of you,
and jump over it, carry on running to the barrier ahead of you now, and
grind it by oressing trangle. Balance to the end and your done.
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Walk Charles
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Walking Charles is pretty simple, just skate up to his rear whilst holding
forward, you will now grab hold of his tail and he will start running, a
balance metre will appear, concerntrate on the balance metre and keep the
arrow inside of it, or you will let go. In the top right corner you will see
a timer appear, this timer says how many second you have to hold onto
charles for. Get the time limit down to zero and your done.
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Eric's Challenge
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Eric will ask you to land a variety of tricks, the controls for them will
appear in the top right corner of the screen.
Eric will now ask you to revert at the end of your grab. To revert, press R2
quickly as soon as you hit the quater pipe on your landing. Do this four
times. Now you'll have to revert a grab into a manual,  just after you
revert, press 'up + down' or 'down + up' to manual.
Now Eric gets annoyed and asks you to beat his highscore, just skate around
on the pipes you are in and gets points, remember to use all the skills you
have learnt so far to complete this. When you beat his score, your done.
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Get in tight with the street worriors
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In this mission you will be asked to drive a car around New Jersey and hit
all the cones.
Controls:
X = Accelerate
Square = Brake
R1 = Handbrake
Go! Follow the arrow at the top of the screen to find all the cones, when
you see a cone, drive into it to make the arrow change direction to point to
the next cone. You have a time limit, so be quick. It may be a good idea to
take the car for a little drive first to get used to it, then you can do the
mission with less of a driving suprise. Do this, and your done.
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Flyer for the muska demo
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In this mission you willhave to put up flyers around new jersey for free
tickets to the muska demo. Skate around looking for green fists, skate under
each green fist to put up a flyer, you will not have long to do this so pick
out a good run with lots of fists in.
An easy way to do this mission is to skate to your left and grind the
barrier, when you've done that, carry on straight ahead and grind the ledge
in front of you, carry on in that straight line skating under all the fists.
When you reach the ledge that bends to the left, carry on grinding it and
follow the line. To get this right, you will finish off byt the dealers
place on the gas pipe. Once you've put up 8 flyers your done.
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After you have completed any four of the goals above, you will be
interupted with a cut scene of Muska's demo
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Impress Muska - Final Goal
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In this goal you will have to follow Muska's Car, and skate the decent spots
where he stops, this shouldn't be too hard, but be sure to rack up some
serious pointage, because muska doesn't hang around for long, after a while
he moves to a different spot. Keep an eye on the top right corner of the
screen for the message which tells you he's moving. Score 150,000 points in
front of him and your done.
You will now be interupted with a cutscene with you and muska, muska will
drive up along side you, and give you a present, and tell you to get to your
local shop and get sponsered.
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Chapter 2 - Impress the Locals
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Impress Shawn
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In this mission your first asked to get on top of the roof (the one stright in
front of you when you start off), you may need to air up the ramps a couple of
times in order to get the right height, if you're having trouble with this, a
good tip is to boneless (up+up x) when you take of on the ramps to gain extra
height, when you've gotten the height you want to at, press L1+R1 to get off
your board and move slightly forward, this will position you on the roof.
Now your up, you have to tranfer between the houses. To transfer, come down
the ramp and angle your self so you jump carries you accross the two houses.
All you gotta do now isspine back down, do this by getting a little air on the
side that you came up, and press R2.
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Demo the new playground setup
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This mission is basically a high score, get the appropriate points (100,000)
and your done, try to mix up spine transfers and grainds for the best tricks,
and remember to revert to manual, it helps. Remember to stay inisde the
playground, any trick done outside the area wont count!
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Impress Joey
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This mission consists of three tests.
First of all, spine tranfer the trash spine right ahead of you when you start,
just get air and press R2. Try and press R2 as soon as you leave the ramp, it
helps.
Secondly, you'll have to Kickflip into the trash whilst doing the spine,
square +