Underplayed Gems

720 Degrees (1986)

720 Degrees cover
Developer
Atari Games
Publisher
U.S. Gold, Midway Games, Mindscape, Atari Games
Platforms
Arcade, Game Boy Color, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System
Genres
Sport, Arcade
Rating
2.1 of 5, 20 player ratings
Main story
about 1.0 hours
Completionist
about 2.0 hours

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How it feels

Pioneering skateboarding arcade game with timed score-attack runs across varied urban skate parks.

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About

720 Degrees is a 1986 arcade game by Atari Games. 720°, a skateboarding game, is notable in that along with BMX Simulator, it is one of the first extreme sports video games, and has a unique timed structure that requires the player score points in order to keep the game going.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.