The final official retail release for the N64 is strange, due to how late it was. Not only was the previous retail game in America released 9 months earlier, but Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 came out on the PS1 and PS2 before that. Even the GameCube version of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 was 9 months old by the time this came out.

So this time around, this isn’t just an acceptable port of the main game, but it’s an acceptable port of a downgraded version of the main game, released much later than other versions. This uses the smaller, static level variants of the PS1 version (which are very different to the PS2 levels) while keeping the engine from the N64 version of THPS2. The next gen THPS3 was loved for its much improved trick system, but the revert is the only new addition here. All the new trick types, more interactive environments, NPCs, and the like are gone.

While it’s an interesting curiosity that this came out so long after any other N64 game, there’s also no reason to play this version, especially as it’s also rather buggy and I fell through the level multiple times.

Fine

Remake or remaster?

Having the PS1/N64 level variants as a bonus for the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 remake would be great, but I doubt it would happen.

Official Ways to get the game

There is no official way to play Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3.