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Tony Hawk's Project 8 on PC

Xbox 360 Tony Hawk's Project 8 running on PC through recompiled. Supply your own copy of the game.

About the game

Skateboarding with Nail the Trick, which drops into slow motion and hands control of the feet to both sticks. A single continuous city, with no loading screens between areas.

Developer
Neversoft
Publisher
Activision
Genre
Esporte
Original game
07 Nov 2006

How this port works

This is a static recompilation: tooling mechanically translates the original console binary into PC code rather than rewriting the game by hand. The result runs natively, typically with an uncapped framerate and widescreen.

Native PC port of Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Xbox 360) by static recompilation.

How to install

  1. 01You need your own copy of Tony Hawk's Project 8 for Xbox 360 as an .iso image. No extraction needed: the launcher reads the image directly.
  2. 02Leave about 5 GB free and have a graphics card with Vulkan support.
  3. 03Download the release for your platform and unpack it into a folder you can write to.
  4. 04Run the program and point it at your .iso. It checks the image in well under a second and refuses an unsupported release right there — before writing 4.7 GB, not after.
  5. 05On a match it copies the game data into the same folder. That takes a few minutes and can be stopped.
  6. 06Leave the frame rate cap on, which is the default. With it off, in-level cutscenes run three to five times too fast — the known issue that confuses new installs most.
  7. 07Everything lives in that one folder: data, saves and settings. Nothing is written elsewhere on your system. To reach the settings later, run the program with the --gui option.
  8. 08On Steam Deck, add the executable as a non-Steam game and do not force Proton for the Linux build. On macOS the app is signed but not notarised: right-click, Open, Open.

These projects ship no game data. Supply your own copy.

Frequently asked

Do I need the original game to play Tony Hawk's Project 8 on PC?

Yes. The project distributes no game data — you supply your own copy or dump. Every project in this scene works this way, and it is what lets them stay publicly hosted on GitHub.

What does "recompiled" mean?

This is a static recompilation: tooling mechanically translates the original console binary into PC code rather than rewriting the game by hand. The result runs natively, typically with an uncapped framerate and widescreen.

Will Tony Hawk's Project 8 run on a low-end PC?

Native ports and recompilations skip CPU emulation entirely, so they are usually far lighter than an emulator for the same console. With no published measurement for this project, though, any estimate would be guesswork — test it on your own machine.

When was Tony Hawk's Project 8 released?

The original game shipped in 2006, developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. This PC port is from 2026.

Which systems does it support?

The current release (v0.3.0) ships builds for Windows, Linux, macOS. The game originally shipped on Xbox 360.

Is it legal to use?

The project is public and open source, maintained by theokyr, and contains nothing from the commercial game. Responsibility for the game copy you use is yours — which is why the developers require you to supply your own.

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