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Winter Games Amstrad CPC
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WELCOME TO AMSTRAD'S WINTER WONDERLAND! INCLUDES: BOBSLED, SKI JUMP, FIGURE SKATING, FREE-STYLE SKATING, HOT DOG AERIALS AND THE BIATHLON. HIGHLY DETAILED GRAPHICS AMONGST BREATHTAKING ALPINE SCENERY FOR TOTAL REALISM. COMPETE AGAINST THE COMPUTER OR YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. ONE TO FOUR PLAYERS. — Cassette cover
Winter Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx (and released in Europe by U.S. Gold), based on sports featured in the Winter Olympic Games.
A snow-and-ice themed follow-up to the highly successful Summer Games, Winter Games was released in 1985 for the Commodore 64 and later ported to several popular home computers and video game consoles of the 1980s.
The game was presented as a virtual multi-sport carnival called the "Epyx Winter Games" (there was no official IOC licensing in place) with up to 8 players each choosing a country to represent, and then taking turns competing in various events to try for a medal.
Gameplay
The events available vary slightly depending on the platform, but include some or all of the following:
Alpine skiing
Ski jumping
Biathlon
Bobsled
Figure skating
Speed skating
Luge
Freestyle skiing; more precisely, the aerial skiing discipline, called "Hot Dog Aerials" in the game.
The game allowed you to compete in all of the events sequentially, choose a few events, choose just one event, or practice an event.
Winter Games was ported to the Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Apple Macintosh, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and DOS computer platforms, and to the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Nintendo NES, and the Famicom Disk System video game consoles.
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