Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Cheats, Hints and Unlockables

The sport cars fans have the Need for Speed series, racing has Colin McRae Rally, football fans have so many - FIFA, Football Manager, Championship Manager, Pro Evolution Soccer and several others, hockey has NHL and to tell you the truth, there's at least one highly appreciated series for each sport in the world. Since there are so many competitions for skateboarders, why wouldn't there be a great series for this sport too? Not to mention that skateboarding is one of the most entertaining sports, with breathtaking tricks, awesome moves and the weirdest settings. The Tony Hawk series is mainly addressed to the fans of this sport, yet it proves to be an extremely entertaining arcade experience that pleases even those that didn't know until they got in the game what a kickflip is or never imagined they could attempt a 720 Boneless (at least in the game). Tony Hawk's Underground 2 really got to everybody's attention and is considered one of the best titles in the series. Maybe it's due to the fact that the game now has a captivating story that provides you with a goal to all the stunts you're executing. Just as the NFS series, Tony Hawk's titles benefit from an outstanding soundtrack comprising Hip Hop, Rock and Punk songs (I don't know much about Hip Hop, but the Rock section even includes artists such as Metallica, The Doors, Red Hot Chili Peppers or Faith No More, while the Punk features The Ramones and Rancid among others). Underground 2 is still about all-time favorite goals like S-K-A-T-E, secret tape and high scores during the fifteen levels available. The addition is the story mode that also introduces new characters along with brand new catchy goals such as skating on something in order to destroy it, other vehicles rides and the entertaining "Leave Your Mark" action where you show up a nice graffiti anywhere you like.

If you want to use a little cheating or want to have a clue on the unlockables in the game you might want to take a look at the followings. Since the game features a Cheat Menu, all you need to do is get there and type the code you wish for.


straightedge - Infinite Rail/Lip Balance;
likepaulie - Infinite Special;
oldskool - Unlocks Natas Kaupas;
sellout - Unlocks Paulie;
costars - Unlocks More Characters;
aprilsman - Unlocks Phil Margera;
d3struct - Level Select;
boxoffice - Unlocks All Movies.

If cheating is way off your mind, then maybe you'd like to know what you can unlock and what you have to do for that. Here's a list of characters waiting to be unlocked.

Unlockable Characters
Ben Franklin - Complete Boston Story Mode;
Bull Fighter - Complete Barcelona Story Mode;
Graffiti Tagger - Complete Berlin Story Mode;
Jester - Complete New Orleans Story Mode;
Ryan Sheckler - Complete Skatopia Story Mode;
Shrimp Vendor - Complete Australia Story Mode;
Shrek - Complete Story Mode on Easy;
Phil Margera - Complete Story Mode on Easy;
Paulie - Complete Story Mode on Normal;
The Hand - Complete Story Mode on Normal;
Call Of Duty Soldier - Complete Story Mode on Sick;
Nigel - Complete Story Mode on Sick;
Steve-O - Complete Classic Mode on Normal;
Original Tony Hawk - Complete Classic Mode on Normal.
Jesse James - Complete Classic Mode on Sick (than walk around the first level until you meet a character that wants a drink and shows you downstairs where you'll meet Jesse);
Natas Kaupas - Complete classic Mode on Sick;
Pedestrian Group A - Complete Story on Easy;
Pedestrian Group B - Complete Story on Normal;
Pedestrian Group C - Complete Story on Sick;
Pedestrian Group D - Complete Classic Mode on Normal;
Pedestrian Group E - Complete Classic Mode on Sick;
Pedestrian Group F - Complete Story with 100%;
Pedestrian Group G - Complete Classic Mode with 100%;
Pedestrian Group H - Find All the Gaps.

Unlockable Levels
Pro Skater Level - Complete Story Mode;
Triangle Level - Successfully Complete Classic Mode.
Skatopia Level: Rope Ride - Grab on to what looks like a jet pack and it will take you on a very fast rope ride.
Zoo Level: Aquarium - Jump on the house near the elephant then right on the elephant's back. As he gets mad he'll crush the aquarium door.
R/V Halfpipe - To unlock the R/V halfpipe and that mission for your character, play as Jesse James and jump over three cars.

Unlockable Movies
Cheats Movie - Clear all the gaps on all of the fifteen levels.
Pro Bails 1 Movie - Successfully complete classic mode.
Pro Bails 2 Movie - Get a 100% completion in story mode.
Neversoft Skates Movie - Get a 100% completion in classic mode.
World Destruction Tour Movie - Successfully complete story mode.

Hint Skatopia: Easy Bomb Box Mission
The easiest way to complete the Bomb Box mission in Skatopia is to Flip Trick on one of the lower boxes and Caveman the rest in that row. Jump from one box to
another after getting off your board. Just make sure you do one row at a time.