Starting out with the initial "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" in 1999, the series proved to be one of the most popular and best-selling video game franchises of the early 2000s. Three more "Pro Skater" games were released from 2000 to 2002, after which the developers took a more story-oriented approach with the releases of "Underground", "Underground 2" and "American Wasteland" from 2003 to 2005. "Project 8" in 2006 and "Proving Ground" in 2007 were the last games in the series developed by Neversoft. After that, developer Robomodo took the franchise in a different direction by developing the peripheral supported spin-offs ' and ', released in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Both were commercial and critical failures. Robomodo tried unsuccessfully to revive the series with the back to the roots-oriented releases of "Pro Skater HD" and "Pro Skater 5" in 2012 and 2015. The series spawned several other spin-offs, such as "Downhill Jam" in 2006, "Motion" in 2008, and "Shred Session" in 2014, along with several ports and re-releases.