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Sierra Sports: Skiing 1999 Edition (also known as Skiing with Picabo Street, 1999 Edition, and, in Europe, Ski Racing: Extreme Edition) is a sports game developed and published by Sierra On-Line for Microsoft Windows in 1998. It follows Front Page Sports: Ski Racing.
The game features 14 courses, which can be skied during both day and night. Besides racing, the game also features different modes such as a Ski School, Centipede Races, and Search and Rescue in addition to a Freestyle mode in which up to 4 players may ski freely. Players may use their own Miis or one of the customizable in-game avatars. They ...
The object of Skiing is to complete the chosen course, either downhill or slalom, in the fastest time possible. Play begins by selecting the number of players for the game. Each player will have three heats in which to post their fastest time for the course. With multiple players, they take turns in the same order for each heat.
Then the player can ski on five different international slopes which include Italy, Austria, Japan, Switzerland and Canada in order of increasing difficulty. The game offers two modes, Alpen mode, which is single player and has the player racing against the clock, and Versus mode, which allows two players to compete on the same slope.
The game can also be played without the Balance Board. The game world features 7,000 vertical meters of skiing or snowboarding. Besides racing, the game also features different modes such as a School, Slalom Challenge, and Half-pipe in addition to an Enjoy the Resort mode in which up to 4 players may ski or snowboard wherever they want on the ...
In Japan, Game Machine listed Alpine Racer 2 on their February 15, 1997 issue as being the sixth most-popular dedicated arcade game at the time. [4] A reviewer for Next Generation remarked that the ability to choose from three different characters adds depth to the gameplay, the new courses are larger and more beautiful than those of the original Alpine Racer, and the added multiplayer ...
The player can choose between 3 practice modes and a split-screen battle offline, and 2 singleplayer leaderboards time trials and a 4 players battle mode online. [1] These modes can be played on 2 different tracks. The game also has an achievement system in which the player can earn a maximum of 27 emblems that can be displayed in the online ...
In-game screenshot. Alpine Racer is a racing video game based on the sport of alpine skiing. [3] It uses a handlebar controller for movement with rotating foot pedals to simulate real skis. [3] The player moves the on-screen skier down a course, while avoiding collision with obstacles, such as trees and rocks, or falling off the edge of the slope.