<s>
Top	B-Application
Skater	I-Application
is	O
an	O
arcade	O
skateboarding	O
sports	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Sega	O
in	O
1997	B-Application
,	O
and	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	O
Model	O
2	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
arcade	O
games	O
to	O
feature	O
a	O
skateboard	O
controller	B-Device
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Top	B-Application
Skater	I-Application
,	O
players	O
stand	O
on	O
a	O
skateboard-like	O
platform	O
which	O
swung	O
side-to-side	O
or	O
tilted	O
,	O
manipulating	O
the	O
actions	O
of	O
the	O
avatars	B-Application
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kenji	O
Kanno	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
Crazy	B-Application
Taxi	I-Application
series	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
similar	O
character	O
art	O
design	O
and	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Top	B-Application
Skater	I-Application
also	O
served	O
as	O
a	O
basic	O
foundation	O
for	O
later	O
skateboarding	O
games	O
including	O
Activision	O
's	O
Tony	O
Hawk	O
's	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Top	B-Application
Skater	I-Application
had	O
a	O
sequel	O
called	O
Air	O
Trix	O
,	O
released	O
by	O
Sega	O
for	O
arcades	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AM3	O
team	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
Top	B-Application
Skater	I-Application
a	O
game	O
which	O
would	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
explore	O
unrealistically	O
large	O
skateboarding	O
courses	O
and	O
perform	O
the	O
fantasy	O
tricks	O
associated	O
with	O
skateboarding	O
's	O
image	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
realistic	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
recreating	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
tricks	O
for	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
would	O
require	O
an	O
unusually	O
large	O
studio	O
with	O
equipment	O
to	O
propel	O
the	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
actor	O
through	O
the	O
air	O
,	O
so	O
all	O
the	O
animation	O
was	O
done	O
by	O
hand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
made	O
its	O
North	O
American	O
debut	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
at	O
Sega	O
's	O
GameWorks	B-Application
venue	O
in	O
Seattle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Top	B-Application
Skater	I-Application
on	O
their	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
1997	B-Application
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
third	O
most-successful	O
dedicated	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kenji	O
Kanno	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
Crazy	B-Application
Taxi	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crazy	B-Application
Taxi	I-Application
(	O
1999	O
)	O
has	O
a	O
similar	O
style	O
to	O
Top	B-Application
Skater	I-Application
,	O
notably	O
the	O
character	O
art	O
design	O
and	O
type	O
of	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ollie	B-Application
King	I-Application
,	O
published	O
in	O
2004	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
creators	O
of	O
the	O
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Radio	I-Application
series	O
,	O
contains	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
gameplay	O
as	O
Top	B-Application
Skater	I-Application
and	O
used	O
a	O
nearly	O
identical	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Activision	O
's	O
Tony	O
Hawk	O
's	O
series	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Top	B-Application
Skater	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
developing	O
the	O
original	O
Tony	B-Application
Hawk	I-Application
's	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
Skater	I-Application
(	O
1999	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Neversoft	O
development	O
team	O
spent	O
lunch	O
breaks	O
at	O
a	O
bowling	O
alley	O
near	O
the	O
studio	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
would	O
play	O
and	O
study	O
from	O
Top	B-Application
Skater	I-Application
in	O
the	O
arcade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Members	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
were	O
fans	O
of	O
Top	B-Application
Skater	I-Application
,	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
which	O
served	O
as	O
a	O
strong	O
basic	O
influence	O
.	O
</s>
