Skatin' USA (1989)

Skatin' USA is an arcade action game released in 1989 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The title was published by Atlantis Software Ltd and developed by Graham D. Shaw, with inlay and poster art provided by John Smyth.

The game is designed for a single player. It supports control via Kempston joystick or Interface 2 connected to the right port.

The cassette version of the game was priced at £2.99. In addition to the ZX Spectrum, the game was also released for Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 platforms.

The game achieved an average magazine score of 80.50%. Crash magazine awarded it 79%, while Your Sinclair gave it a score of 82%. The weighted user score currently stands at 7.5.

In Russia, the game became well-known due to a translation by Studio K&S and numerous TR-DOS adaptations by groups such as Dak Soft and Flash Inc. Several cracked cassette versions were also released by KIS and Szafran. POKE codes for the game were frequently published in the local scene.