Skate or Die!

Skate or Die!
Developer(s)Electronic Arts
Konami (NES)
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Ultra Games (NES)
Producer(s)Don Traeger
Designer(s)Michael Kosaka
Stephen Landrum
David Bunch
Programmer(s)David Bunch
Stephen Landrum
Artist(s)Michael Kosaka
Nancy Fong
Composer(s)Rob Hubbard
Platform(s)Commodore 64, Apple IIGS, MS-DOS, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, NES
ReleaseCommodore 64
October 1987
Computer ports
1988-1989
NES
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)1-8 players

Skate or Die! is a skateboarding video game released by Electronic Arts (EA) in 1987 for the Commodore 64. It is EA's first internally developed game.[2] Versions for the Apple IIGS, MS-DOS, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum followed. It was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System by Konami, published under the company's Ultra Games branding.

  1. ^ "Skate or Die". Newspapers.com. December 2, 1988. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  2. ^ Campbell, Colin (14 July 2015). "How EA lost its soul: chapter 8 - A tug-of-war with developers". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2022.