Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Cheat Codes & Secrets

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Cheats & Codes

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater includes a cheat code system accessed via the Options menu. Enter these codes to unlock special content.

Cheat Codes (Enter in Options → Cheats)

Note: Entering cheat codes disables score saving for that session.

Secret Skater: Officer Dick

Complete the game with any default skater to unlock Officer Dick, a police officer character. He has a unique moveset and is one of the game’s hidden characters.

Secret Skater: Private Carrera

Available on PlayStation. Complete the full career mode with all default characters to unlock Private Carrera, a female military-themed skater.

900 Combo Achievement

On the Downhill Jam or large halfpipe stages, building a high enough special meter and performing the 900 trick requires:

1. Build special meter to full (fill the yellow “Special” bar)
2. Gain high speed into a halfpipe
3. Hit the trick inputs at the peak of a large air

Tony Hawk’s 900 is mapped to: hold Square + Triangle (PlayStation). This is the only character who can perform a 900, reflecting his real-world achievement at the 1999 X Games.

High Score Strategy: COMBO Linking

The key to high scores in THPS1 is combo linking through grinds and manuals. Since THPS1 doesn’t have manuals, grind tricks are the primary combo extender:

1. Build speed with speed powerups and pumping transitions
2. Hit a grind on a long rail or ledge
3. Revert at the end of the grind and chain to the next trick
4. Link to another grind immediately

Warehouse tips:

• The long central rail gives the most grind combo potential
• Speed pickup at the start gives necessary velocity
• The quarter pipes allow large air combos after speed buildup

Secret Tape Locations

Each level has a hidden tape collectible in a hard-to-reach location:

• Warehouse: On top of the highest platform, requires launching off a half-pipe at full speed
• School: On a ledge above the fountain area, accessible by ramp grinding
• Mall: Hidden in the upper floor accessible via a ramp near the food court entrance
• Skate Park: Above the large central half-pipe — requires a massive air from the main ramp
• Downtown: On a fire escape ledge accessible only from the building’s roof ramp
• Downhill Jam: Midway down the course on a narrow ledge along the right side wall
• Burnside: Above the large overhead ramp, accessible via transfer to the highest platform
• San Francisco: On the roof of a building alongside the trolley track

SKATE Letters

Each level contains the five letters S-K-A-T-E scattered around the environment. Collecting all five in a single run counts as one goal completion per level.

Tips:

• Plan a circuit route that naturally passes each letter
• Some letters require specific tricks to access (the A in Warehouse is in the air over the half-pipe)
• Missing one letter means finishing the run and starting again — you cannot collect partial sets across separate runs

Combo Tips for High Score

Multipliers increase with each additional trick in a combo: a 4-trick combo scores 4x the base value.