720

Released for the NES in 1989, 720 is a fast-paced skateboarding game developed by Tengen and published by Mindscape. Rather than following a traditional story, it drops you into a colorful skateboarding neighborhood where the goal is to prove your skill across a series of challenging events.

You begin by cruising through the streets, looking for skate parks and competitions. The game’s distinctive overhead view gives you room to build speed, weave around obstacles, and line up jumps. Each event focuses on a different style of skating, including ramps, downhill runs, jumps, and other courses that test your control and timing. Pulling off tricks earns points, while clean landings and careful movement are essential if you want to keep progressing.

A constant time limit adds pressure to the action. You cannot simply wander around the map; reaching the next event quickly is part of the challenge. As the game advances, the courses become more demanding, asking you to react faster and judge your approach more carefully. The controls take some practice, especially when you are trying to combine speed with accurate trick placement, but that learning curve is a major part of 720’s appeal.

The NES version captures the arcade game’s energetic presentation while adapting its skateboarding action to a home console. Its bright graphics, varied events, and focus on high scores make it a good fit for short sessions or repeated attempts to improve a run. Whether you remember the original arcade release or are discovering it for the first time, you can play online on your browser through RetroCloud and experience this distinctive piece of late-1980s sports gaming.