<s>
Skate	B-Device
or	I-Device
Die	I-Device
!	I-Device
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	O
II	O
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
were	O
released	O
the	O
following	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
characters	O
were	O
featured	O
in	O
Skate	B-Device
or	I-Device
Die	I-Device
!	I-Device
</s>
<s>
Right	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
several	O
Epyx	O
programmers	O
and	O
graphic	O
artists	O
quit	O
over	O
Epyx	O
 '	O
decision	O
to	O
bring	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
in	O
to	O
market	O
and	O
manufacture	O
their	O
console	O
project	O
(	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
a	O
skateboarding	O
style	O
game	O
came	O
from	O
Producer	O
Don	O
Traeger	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
been	O
inspired	O
by	O
a	O
coin-operated	O
skateboarding	O
game	O
from	O
Atari	O
called	O
720°	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
conversion	O
was	O
contracted	O
to	O
Codemasters	O
,	O
who	O
contracted	O
Kinetic	O
Designs	O
to	O
do	O
the	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
1989	B-Application
but	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
C64	O
version	O
of	O
Skate	B-Device
or	I-Device
Die	I-Device
!	I-Device
</s>
<s>
For	O
Konami	O
's	O
NES	O
port	O
,	O
Kouji	O
Murata	O
composed	O
an	O
arranged	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
tune	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
's	O
Ricoh	B-General_Concept
2A03	I-General_Concept
sound	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1988	B-Application
in	O
Dragon	O
#132	O
by	O
Hartley	O
,	O
Patricia	O
,	O
and	O
Kirk	O
Lesser	O
in	O
"	O
The	O
Role	O
of	O
Computers	O
"	O
column	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
winterized	O
sequel	O
,	O
Ski	B-Application
or	I-Application
Die	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1990	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
PC	O
,	O
and	O
NES	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
true	O
sequel	O
,	O
Skate	B-Device
or	I-Device
Die	I-Device
2	I-Device
was	O
published	O
in	O
1990	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ski	B-Application
or	I-Application
Die	I-Application
retained	O
the	O
multi-event	O
format	O
while	O
Skate	B-Device
or	I-Device
Die	I-Device
2	I-Device
veered	O
into	O
"	O
adventure	O
"	O
territory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Criterion	O
Games	O
,	O
creators	O
of	O
the	O
Burnout	O
series	O
,	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
Skate	O
or	O
Die	O
remake	O
or	O
sequel	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
Criterion	O
having	O
issues	O
with	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
cancelled	O
in	O
2003	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Burnout	B-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Takedown	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
NES	O
version	O
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
service	O
in	O
Europe	O
(	O
excluding	O
France	O
)	O
and	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
