Spidey Varial

Said it before, but I'll say it again: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is the best PS1 game. There's so many reasons why, and I could list them all day, but one of the more novel features is the playable Spider-Man character, long before Amazing Spider-Man refashioned the superhero into a hipster poser photographer/skateboarder.

Looking a bit husky there, Spidey.

You can unlock the webhead in THPS2 by beating up on Career mode with your created skater. When that's all done, you're treated to this spectacular footage:

Thrasher Presents: Thrasher's Top Ten Video Games, Part Six

A quick recap of my picks from last week:

Thrasher Presents: Skate and Destroy (PS1)

Everything or Nothing (PS2)

Freedom Fighters (PS2)

Crazy Taxi (PS2)

NHLPA '93 (SNES)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS1)

Another skateboarding game, I know, but both this and Thrasher are irreplaceable in my eyes. THPS2 won our award for Best PS1 Game because it's probably the deepest game ever put together for that system. This sequel took everything that was great about THPS (and there was so many great things about that one) and refined it a thousand times. This game is a diamond.