Skitchin’ Geared Up Edition
date : 2025
type : hack
by : Nani16bit
About:
Skitchin' is a 1994 racing game developed and published by Electronic Arts (EA). The game puts the player in control of an inline skater who must win races in a tournament while engaging in unarmed and armed combat with other skaters and partaking in skitching, the act of clinging onto a moving vehicle's bumper to gain momentum.
Inspiration:
Looking for a new project to tackle, I remembered a comment on my Eliminate Down Remix video from marcos-lq2nh, who mentioned how awkward it felt to switch weapons in Skitchin’ and suggested adding 6-button controller support.
When I replayed the game to see what could be improved, the first thing that bothered me was the password system. The passwords are so long that I often didn’t feel like writing them down or entering them again to continue, especially since the game generates new ones so frequently. So I felt the game would benefit greatly from a proper save system.
Features:
This hack adds a save system with three available slots, storing the player’s name and automatically loading the password tied to that slot. The player is given the option to save progress before each race. Loading and deleting progress is done from the password screen.
Non-intrusive 6-button support is included. The MODE button now works as an alternate acceleration button, set to allow for jumping while racing — made easier when using control option 2, where B is assigned to jump. The X, Y, and Z buttons are mapped to the left, middle, and right weapon slots. When the “all weapons” cheat is enabled, pressing the assigned slot again cycles the weapon upward, or holding DOWN while pressing it cycles the weapon downward.
The warning screen is now skippable, and skipping it automatically enables cheats. Cheats are disabled if no button is pressed before the warning screen finishes.
On the main menu and the pre-race screen, START now activates the selected option instead of immediately beginning the game or race. In the shop, pressing B exits the shop.