Grind Session

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Grind Session
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North American box art
Developer(s) Shaba Games
Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • NA: May 23, 2000 [1]
  • EU: August 25, 2000
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Grind Session is a 2000 skateboarding video game developed by Shaba Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. [2] It was Shaba Games' debut video game, and they would later develop installments in Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series.

Contents

Gameplay

Grind Session features six professional skaters and nine hidden characters. [3] The player also has the ability to choose between four custom skaters, and edit their tricks and names.

Soundtrack

Reception

The game received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [4] Nearly six months after the game's release, however, Daniel Erickson of NextGen said, "If you've already played out Tony Hawk's Pro Skater , go pick up Street Sk8er 2 . At least that plays differently." [13]

The game was a runner-up for GameSpot 's annual "Best Game Music" and "Best Sports Game (Alternative)" awards among console games, both of which went to Chrono Cross and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 . [15] [16] It was also a runner-up for the "Best Extreme Sports Game" award at the Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine 2000 Editors' Awards, which went to SSX . [17]

Notes

  1. ↑ Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 6/10, 5.5/10, and 5/10.

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