Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble is a skateboarding themed action/adventure video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Unlike the NES port of the original Skate or Die!, which was developed by Konami and published by their Ultra Games subsidiary, the sequel was developed internally and published by Electronic Arts themselves, serving as their second and last self-published NES game following The Immortal.
Skate or Die 2 is well known for successfully using digitized vocals and electric guitar in the opening theme (composed, along with the rest of the game's music, by Rob Hubbard), rarely heard on the NES.
The skater seen on the cover art is Jef Whitehead, who would years later become known for being the sole member of the black metal project Leviathan.
At the start of the game, the player is armed with a paintball gun and a handful of weapons to throw at his enemies.
Skate or Die 2 is a side scrolling game, though the player can return to previously visited areas.
The game opens with a cutscene that places the story in a fictional town called Elwood.
When the hero asks what the town's skaters are supposed to do, the construction worker gruffly replies he should get a job so he can buy a building permit "or take up knitting".
In addition to the other skaters, the hero has to deal with slow moving shoppers carrying stacks of boxes and a security guard.
While making his way past roller skaters, crabs, seagulls, and posing body builders, the hero can meet up with Lester and Rodney again to continue learning new tricks and buy new boards.
Once all the pages of the blueprint are recovered, CJ heads off the city hall with the money the hero earned in stage two.
Unlike the other stages, the warehouse is a four floor maze of rooms instead of one long screen the player can move back and forth on.
The best reaction (gained after exceeding 30,000 points in a run) would be the sprite doing a balancing act of the board on his finger while yelling "Way cool, dude!"