Playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2/3/4 on the Mac mini

It’s Father’s Day weekend and I guess I’m feeling a little wistful. My kids were born in the nineties which means my wife and I have been empty nesters for a few years now. The house has grown quiet of late, but twenty-five years ago it reverberated with the sound of my kids’ pleas for help beating their video games. I miss those days. It started with PC games like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pajama_Sam" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Pajama Sam</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putt-Putt_(series)" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Putt-Putt</a>, but it wasn’t long before console games took over. First, it was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(1991_video_game)" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Sonic the Hedgehog</a> on Sega Genesis, but that quickly gave way to the PlayStation 2. The PS2 was the peak of my dad video game career, helping my kids beat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_Cooper_and_the_Thievius_Raccoonus" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jak_and_Daxter:_The_Precursor_Legacy" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSX_Tricky" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">SSX Tricky</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank_(2002_video_game)" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Ratchet & Clank</a>. I’m sure they don’t remember but we had a lot of fun playing those games together. Nothing lasts forever. My daughters grew tired of video games and my son moved on to playing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_(video_game)" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Call of Duty</a> with his friends on Xbox. After that, I largely retired from playing video games. But the one game series I miss is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s_(series)" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater</a>. Infinitely re-playable, with easily understood game mechanics that could be chained together to produce spectacular combinations. <a href="https://medium.com/macoclock/playing-tony-hawks-pro-skater-2-3-4-on-the-mac-mini-e84729a55f30">Learn More</a>