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SkiFree is a single-player skiing computer game created by Chris Pirih and released with Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3 for Windows 3.0 in October 1991. The player controls a skier on a mountain slope, avoiding obstacles while racing against time or performing stunts for points, depending on the game mode.
FreakOut: Extreme Freeride is a sports video game developed by Swedish studio ColdWood Interactive and published by JoWooD Productions.The player controls one of six playable skiers from a third-person perspective using a combination of buttons to jump and perform tricks, and has to complete challenges to unlock new mountains and equipment.
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 is still mentioned as freeware and many forums and sites have the now dead link to the game page. The legal situation now is unclear because the installer has no disclaimer. Area 51 (2005), a first person shooter by Midway Games. Its free release was sponsored by the US Air Force. It later changed hands and its freeware status was removed.
Computer Entertainer gave the game a score of 3 out of 4, stating: "There’s nothing serious here, from the funny-looking skier to the messages which your ski instructor indicates to you. Including the construction set gives the game the extra added fun that makes the difference" [8] The game sold 1,000 copies.
The game has downhill, snowboarding, aeriak skiing, bobsled, ski jumping, and luge disciplines. Winter Gold is a winter sports game where players can choose between six disciplines such as downhill, ski jumping, snowboarding, aerial skiing, bobsled, and luge across four distinct olympic venues: Salt Lake City, Lillehammer, Albertville, and an unlockable city, Nagano.
The player is treated to videos of Picabo Street explaining the best and easiest way to make it down the hill alive. [3]The player is given choices of five different kinds of racing: Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G, Downhill and All-Around. [3]
The game was released for Android on February 11, 2016. [5] On July 8, 2016, the game was released for the Windows platform. [6] According to review score aggregator Metacritic, the game received universal acclaim from critics. Reviewers praised its art style and sense of atmosphere but criticized its gameplay as unoriginal.