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.
Winter Games was Epyx's best-selling Commodore game as of late 1987.[5] Its sales had surpassed 250,000 copies by November 1989.[6]
Info rated Winter Games four-plus stars out of five, stating that each event was good enough to be sold separately, and concluding that it was "sports simulation at its best!".[7] In 1985, Zzap!64 gave 94% for the game calling it "another classic sport simulation from Epyx". Lemon64 website users have given average vote of 8.6 which places the game on top 20 list on the site. The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #132 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3½ out of 5 stars.[8] The Spectrum version topped the charts for the month of April.[9] However, the NES and Famicom Disk System versions were critically panned for unresponsive controls, abysmal music and poor graphics.
The Angry Video Game Nerd reviewed the NES version of the game in December 2009. In it, he calls the game's controls some of the worst in a game ever.
In 1996, Next Generation listed the "Games" series collectively as number 89 on its "Top 100 Games of All Time". The magazine wrote that though the games had great graphics for their time, their most defining qualities were their competitive multiplayer modes and "level of control that has yet to be equaled".[10]
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This article is about the Epyx video game series For the international sporting event see Winter Olympic Games For the song see Winter Games 2PM song For the upcoming Russian television series see Game2 Winter For other uses see winter games disambiguation 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 Winter GamesAmiga cover artDeveloper s EpyxAction Graphics C64 Free Radical Software Atari ST Amiga Atelier Double Famicom Disk System NES Publisher s Epyx US U S Gold EU Acclaim NES Pony Canyon Famicom Disk System Programmer s Richard A Ditton C64 Amiga Atari ST Elaine Hodgson Amiga Atari ST Chris Oberth Apple II Fumiko Murakami Famicom Disk System NES Artist s Lonnie D Ropp C64 Michael Kosaka C64 Timothy Skelly Atari ST Amiga Masashi Fujishima Famicom Disk System NES Composer s David ThielKenichi Tomizawa Famicom Disk System NES Platform s Commodore 64 Apple II Amiga Atari ST Apple IIGS Amstrad CPC ZX Spectrum IBM PC Atari 2600 Atari 7800 NES Famicom Disk System Virtual Console Apple MacintoshReleaseCommodore 64 NA October 1985 1 Apple II NA November 1985 1 Genre s Sports gameMode s Single playerA 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 Contents 1 Events 2 Ports 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksEvents editThe events available vary slightly depending on the platform but include some or all of the following Slalom skiing Ski jumping 2 Biathlon 3 Bobsled 3 Figure skating 3 Speed skating 2 Luge 4 Freestyle skiing more precisely the aerial skiing discipline called Hot Dog Aerials in the game 3 Free skating 2 The game allows players to compete in all of the events sequentially choose a few events choose just one event or practice an event Ports edit nbsp C64 screenshot of the Hot Dog Aerials event Winter Games was ported to the Amiga Apple II Atari ST Apple Macintosh Apple IIGS Amstrad CPC ZX Spectrum and IBM PC computer platforms and to the Atari 2600 Atari 7800 Nintendo Entertainment System and the Family Computer Disk System video game consoles In 2004 it was featured as one of the games on the C64 Direct to TV A Virtual Console version was released in Europe on February 20 2009 Reception editWinter Games was Epyx s best selling Commodore game as of late 1987 5 Its sales had surpassed 250 000 copies by November 1989 6 Info rated Winter Games four plus stars out of five stating that each event was good enough to be sold separately and concluding that it was sports simulation at its best 7 In 1985 Zzap 64 gave 94 for the game calling it another classic sport simulation from Epyx Lemon64 website users have given average vote of 8 6 which places the game on top 20 list on the site The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon 132 by Hartley Patricia and Kirk Lesser in The Role of Computers column The reviewers gave the game 3 out of 5 stars 8 The Spectrum version topped the charts for the month of April 9 However the NES and Famicom Disk System versions were critically panned for unresponsive controls abysmal music and poor graphics The Angry Video Game Nerd reviewed the NES version of the game in December 2009 In it he calls the game s controls some of the worst in a game ever In 1996 Next Generation listed the Games series collectively as number 89 on its Top 100 Games of All Time The magazine wrote that though the games had great graphics for their time their most defining qualities were their competitive multiplayer modes and level of control that has yet to be equaled 10 References edit a b 1985 Index PDF Computer Entertainer Vol 4 no 10 January 1986 p 6 a b c Commodore User Magazine Issue 26 November 1985 a b c d Impossible to Display Scan Atari 2600 Reviews U Z by the Video Game Critic Ferrell Keith December 1987 The Commodore Games That Live On And On Compute s Gazette pp 18 22 Retrieved 24 January 2015 Staff November 1989 Chart Busters SPA Platinum Game Players 5 112 Dunnington Benn Brown Mark R December 1985 January 1986 C 64 128 Gallery Info pp 4 5 88 93 Retrieved 2019 03 19 Lesser Hartley Lesser Patricia Lesser Kirk April 1988 The Role of Computers Dragon 132 80 85 The YS Rock n Roll Years Issue 4 Ysrnry co uk Archived from the original on 2000 11 21 Retrieved 2012 12 06 Top 100 Games of All Time Next Generation No 21 Imagine Media September 1996 p 39 External links editWinter Games at MobyGames Winter Games Package and Manual Scans images of Winter Games box manual and screen shots at c64sets com Winter Games at SpectrumComputing co uk The Atari 2600 version of Winter Games can be played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Winter Games amp oldid 1194002495, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
