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<h2>Overview</h2><figure data-align="right" data-img-src="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/217/608807-screenhunter_19_aug._27_00.14.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-608807" data-size="small" data-ratio="0.75" data-width="1024" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 1024px"><a class="fluid-height" style="padding-bottom:75.0%" href="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/217/608807-screenhunter_19_aug._27_00.14.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-608807"><img alt="Take a custom skater around the world and rise as a pro skater!" src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/0/217/608807-screenhunter_19_aug._27_00.14.jpg" srcset="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/0/217/608807-screenhunter_19_aug._27_00.14.jpg 1024w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_super/0/217/608807-screenhunter_19_aug._27_00.14.jpg 960w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/0/217/608807-screenhunter_19_aug._27_00.14.jpg 480w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/0/217/608807-screenhunter_19_aug._27_00.14.jpg 320w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" data-width="320"></a><figcaption>Take a custom skater around the world and rise as a pro skater!</figcaption></figure><p>Tony Hawk's Underground is a skateboarding game developed by <a href="/neversoft-entertainment/3010-1442/" data-ref-id="3010-1442">Neversoft</a> and published by <a href="/activision/3010-78/" data-ref-id="3010-78">Activision</a> for the <a href="/playstation-2/3045-19/" data-ref-id="3045-19">PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="/xbox/3045-32/" data-ref-id="3045-32">Xbox</a>, and <a href="/gamecube/3045-23/" data-ref-id="3045-23">GameCube</a> on October 27, 2003.</p><p>The fifth installment of the long-running <a href="/tony-hawk/3025-10/" data-ref-id="3025-10">Tony Hawk</a> franchise and the sequel to <a href="/tony-hawks-pro-skater-4/3030-2101/" data-ref-id="3030-2101">Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4</a>, Tony Hawk's Underground features a revamped narrative-based Career Mode where players start their <a href="/customizable-character/3015-155/" data-ref-id="3015-155">custom skater</a> as a local nobody from suburban <a href="/new-jersey/3035-1332/" data-ref-id="3035-1332">New Jersey</a> and with the help of their opportunistic friend <a href="/eric-sparrow/3005-12017/" data-ref-id="3005-12017">Eric Sparrow</a> and various professional skaters from throughout the <a href="/the-united-states-of-america/3035-396/" data-ref-id="3035-396">U.S.A.</a>, rise to become a well-known superstar.</p><p>Alongside a focus on character customization, the game features new creation options, including custom tricks using the Create-A-Trick mode, custom objectives using the Create-A-Goal mode, and custom <a href="/skateboard/3055-8/" data-ref-id="3055-8">skateboard decks</a> using the Create-A-Deck mode. The PS2 version also supports the ability to <a href="/face-mapping/3015-6792/" data-ref-id="3015-6792">map custom faces</a> to the player's skaters. The game also introduces new options for maneuverability, including disembarking from the board (for climbing up to places normally unreachable by skating, or for better preparation mid-combo), wallplanting/wallpushing, acid-dropping onto ramps, and driving certain vehicles. It also adds more tricks per skater, including unlockable Special Trick slots and "double-tap" Grinds.</p><p>Tony Hawk's Underground, like previous installments in the series, features <a href="/crossover/3015-732/" data-ref-id="3015-732">crossover characters</a> from different franchises as hidden playable skaters: <a href="/gene-simmons/3040-29749/" data-ref-id="3040-29749">Gene Simmons</a> (the bassist from the band <a href="/kiss/3025-1824/" data-ref-id="3025-1824">KISS</a>) and <a href="/iron-man/3005-1370/" data-ref-id="3005-1370">Iron Man</a> (a superhero from the <a href="/marvel/3025-173/" data-ref-id="3025-173">Marvel</a> <a href="/iron-man/3025-1557/" data-ref-id="3025-1557">franchise of the same name</a>).</p><p>The game also received a handheld release by <a href="/vicarious-visions/3010-519/" data-ref-id="3010-519">Vicarious Visions</a> for the <a href="/game-boy-advance/3045-4/" data-ref-id="3045-4">Game Boy Advance</a>, released alongside the other consoles. This version still maintains the 2D <a href="/isometric-viewpoint/3015-246/" data-ref-id="3015-246">isometric</a> gameplay from the developer's previous ports of the series. The game also received a limited <a href="/pc/3045-94/" data-ref-id="3045-94">PC</a> release by <a href="/beenox-studios/3010-5259/" data-ref-id="3010-5259">Beenox</a>, exclusively in Australia, sometime in 2004.</p><h2>Levels</h2><ul><li><a href="/new-jersey/3035-1332/" data-ref-id="3035-1332">New Jersey</a></li><li><a href="/manhattan/3035-1613/" data-ref-id="3035-1613">Manhattan</a></li><li><a href="/tampa-bay/3035-1315/" data-ref-id="3035-1315">Tampa</a></li><li><a href="/hawaii/3035-1298/" data-ref-id="3035-1298">San Diego</a></li><li><a href="/san-diego/3035-1345/" data-ref-id="3035-1345">Hawaii</a></li><li><a href="/vancouver/3035-2523/" data-ref-id="3035-2523">Vancouver</a></li><li>Slam City Jam</li><li><a href="/moscow/3035-351/" data-ref-id="3035-351">Moscow</a></li></ul><p>Secret Levels:</p><ul><li><a href="/australia/3035-292/" data-ref-id="3035-292">Hotter Than Hell</a></li><li>Hangar (from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2)</li><li>School 2 (from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2)</li><li>Venice Beach (from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2)</li></ul><h2>Soundtrack</h2><ul><li>Aceyalone - "Rapps on Deck"</li><li>Anacron - "A Prototype"</li><li>Busdriver - "Imaginary Places"</li><li>Cannibal Ox - "Iron Galaxy"</li><li>Dan the Automator - "A Better Tomorrow"</li><li>Deltron 3030 - "Positive Contact"</li><li>DJ Q-bert - "Cosmic Assassins"</li><li>Frog One - "Blah Blah"</li><li>J-Live - "Braggin' Writes Revisited"</li><li>Juggaknots - "The Circle Pt. 1"</li><li>Jurassic 5 (ft. Big Daddy Kane and Percee P) - "A Day at the Races" (THUG trailer song)</li><li>LA Symphony - "King Kong"</li><li>Living Legends - "War Games"</li><li>Mr. Dibbs - "Skin Therapy"</li><li>Mr. Lif - "Phantom"</li><li>MURS - "Transitions as a Ridah"</li><li>Nas - "The World Is Yours"</li><li>People Under the Stairs - "The Next Step II"</li><li>Quasimoto - "Low Class Conspiracy"</li><li>R.A. The Rugged Man - "King of the Underground"</li><li>Supernatural - "Internationally Known"</li><li>The Herbaliser (feat. MF DOOM) - "It Ain't Nuttin'"</li><li>Wildchild - "Secondary Protocol"</li></ul><ul><li>Alkaline Trio - "Armageddon"</li><li>Angry Amputees - "She Said"</li><li>Assorted Jelly Beans - "Rebel Yell"</li><li>Authority Zero - "Everyday"</li><li>Bad Religion - "Big Bang"</li><li>Blue Collar Special - "Don't Wait"</li><li>Bracket - "2 Rak 005"</li><li>The Clash - "White Riot"</li><li>Dropkick Murphys - "Time to Go"</li><li>Electric Frankenstein - "Annie's Grave"</li><li>The Explosion - "No Revolution"</li><li>Flamethrower - "I Want It All"</li><li>GBH - "Crush 'Em"</li><li>Hot Water Music - "Remedy"</li><li>Mike V. and the Rats - "The Days"</li><li>The Adicts - "Viva La Revolution"</li><li>The Browns - "American Werewolf in Calgary"</li><li>The Midnight Evils - "Loaded and Lonely"</li><li>NOFX - "Separation of Church and Skate"</li><li>Paint It Black - "Womb Envy"</li><li>Refused - "New Noise"</li><li>Rise Against - "Like The Angel" (incorrectly noted as "Like the Angels")</li><li>Rubber City Rebels - "(I Wanna) Pierce My Brain"</li><li>Social Distortion - "Mommy's Little Monster"</li><li>Stiff Little Fingers - "Suspect Device"</li><li>Strike Anywhere - "Refusal"</li><li>Sublime - "Seed" *</li><li>Transplants - "California Babylon</li></ul><ul><li>Blind Iris - "Drive"</li><li>Camarosmith - "It's Alright"</li><li>Clutch - "Impetus"</li><li>Crash and Burn - "Crazy and Stupid"</li><li>Entombed - "To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth"</li><li>Five Horse Johnson - "Mississippi King</li><li>Fu Manchu - "California Crossing"</li><li>High on Fire - "Hung, Drawn and Quartered"</li><li>In Flames - "Embody the Invisible"</li><li>Jane's Addiction - "Suffer Some"</li><li>Kiss - "God of Thunder"</li><li>Kiss - "Lick It Up"</li><li>Kiss - "Rock and Roll All Nite"</li><li>Lamont - "Hotwire"</li><li>Mastodon - "Crusher Destroyer"</li><li>Nine Pound Hammer - "Run Fat Boy Run"</li><li>Orange Goblin - " Your World Will Hate This"</li><li>Queens of the Stone Age - "Millionaire"</li><li>Smoke Blow - "Circle of Fear"</li><li>Solace - "Indolence"</li><li>Stormtroopers of Death - "Milk"</li><li>Superjoint Ritual - "It Takes No Guts"</li><li>The Hellacopters - "(Gotta Get Some Action) Now!"</li><li>The Hookers - "The Legend of Black Thunder"</li><li>Unida - "Black Woman"</li></ul>