+therealbountybob Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Pre Skis On ! Staring the season early while we round up a few players and get some games suggested for the official round 1 poll SKI-IT The best 8-bit Sking game on any machine?! Possibly YES but let's see what you think Downhill, Slalom and the fabulous Ski-Quest game modes... Download Game (v1.4) / Instructions and see Videos: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/288471-ski-it-v14/ Play all three game modes [Select]. Practice the Ski Jumps by warping to level 10 on Ski-Quest, you need push up to take off and pull down to land them on the targets (giant skis shown on the left screenshot below), wiggle l/r to jump further. (The video has the jumps at 5mins 45 secs) Round ends as soon as Round 1 starts JOIN IN AND LET'S SEE YOUR SCORES, DON'T BE SHY ANY HELP NEEDED JUST POST trbb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Every time you crash, you can yell shi-it! Fun but very difficult game, for those who haven't played it before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 3 minutes ago, carlsson said: Every time you crash, you can yell shi-it! Fun but very difficult game, for those who haven't played it before. Luckily the kind programmer gave you a shed load of lives eh?! The ski run courses vary but you will become familiar with them as the basic structure always stays the same - there should be a good learning curve. You can jump over a lot of obstacles and of course try go slowly and not ski like a maniac, just a thought. Take it easy out there and watch those knees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) I refuse to read instructions before I try the game, but I got 9:59:9 which I assume is the lowest possible score? I made it only to the second run before GAME OVER. Now I will go read the instructions. EDIT Having completed a second game I see the time is not even a score!!! Second game I got a combined time of 6:57:3. But at least I finished the courses. Edited January 9 by Atari8guy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 14 hours ago, Atari8guy said: I refuse to read instructions before I try the game, but I got 9:59:9 which I assume is the lowest possible score? I made it only to the second run before GAME OVER. Now I will go read the instructions. EDIT Having completed a second game I see the time is not even a score!!! Second game I got a combined time of 6:57:3. But at least I finished the courses. Thanks for playing and posting Arari8guy I always like to play games first without reading up. Yes you don't need to know anything for a skiing game - the only thing to suss out is the jumps on ski-quest and I've added that to the first post. Not completing the course in time or with the time penalties for missed gates on slalom gets you a 9:59:9 and you have then got on the board with 6:56:3 (downhill?) for the two runs, every go will improve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) Finished slalom in 8:52:8 Can you see the cat in front of the screen? 😅 Edited January 11 by MichaG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 9.59.9 more practice needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I must play this... by law 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 9min, 59sec. 9 OMG 😞 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 7:24.5 Slalom 590 on SkiQuest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Slalom: 5:48:3 Downhill: 9:59:9 Skiquest: 590 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 (edited) first tables of the season well sort of... Ski Quest Player Score Pts 1st RedThunder 590 2 2nd AtariSphinx 590 2 Downhill Player Score Pts 1st Atari8guy 6:57:03 2 2nd RedThunder 9:59:09 1 3rd McKong 9:59:09 1 4th AtariSphinx 9:59:09 1 Slalom Player Score Pts 1st AtariSphinx 5:48:03 4 2nd RedThunder 7:24:05 3 3rd MichaG 8:52:08 2 Edited January 13 by therealbountybob corrected! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Aw, man. With those downhill times you could have listed me as first, it would be the only time all season I'd be there! (j/k). Also though I did post a better time in the same entry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 20 hours ago, Atari8guy said: Aw, man. With those downhill times you could have listed me as first, it would be the only time all season I'd be there! (j/k). Also though I did post a better time in the same entry. OK check it out above Atari8guy is top of the board 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Haha, Thank you!!! I'm still playing the game, it's great - well done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 So far only 9:59:9 on me, both Slalom and Downhill. I see from my previous records that I once managed to complete Slalom, though that was a different version of the game and I'm not sure how the difficulty has changed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Its tough, I haven't not been able to equal my score and forget about jumping things....I can't nail that timing at all.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Yeah. Olympic Skier looks like a preschooler game compared to Ski-It. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 2 minutes ago, carlsson said: Yeah. Olympic Skier looks like a preschooler game compared to Ski-It. I'm finding it more difficult than actual skiing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I've never tried alpine skiing in real life so I can't compare, but if I ever did, I would not choose a slope full of trees and fences in the middle of it. Actually I might drag out my dance mat with PSX64 interface and have a go with Mogul Maniac again, though that game is much easier with a joystick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 Real skiing is much easier though you don't get 9 lives. Don't usually get fried by an electric snowball either Plan to start the first poll at the weekend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Did not survive Downhill (9:59:9) but went through Ski Quest (960 points) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Slalom 08:34.4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 On 1/14/2024 at 12:39 AM, Atari8guy said: Its tough, I haven't not been able to equal my score and forget about jumping things....I can't nail that timing at all.... Get some speed up and hold the button in for the entire jump. (not talking about Ski-Jumps here just regular jumps over fences etc). Have you all worked out the boost start - something like pull back after the last beep - if you do it too early or late will not activate (see instructions for more tips) latest tables Ski Quest Player Score Pts 1st MichaG 960 3 2nd RedThunder 590 1 3rd AtariSphinx 590 1 Downhill Player Score Pts 1st Atari8guy 6:57:03 3 2nd AtariSphinx 9:59:09 1 3rd RedThunder 9:59:09 1 4th McKong 9:59:09 1 5th MichaG 9:59:09 1 Slalom Player Score Pts 1st AtariSphinx 5:48:03 5 2nd RedThunder 7:24:05 4 3rd McKong 8:34:04 3 4th MichaG 8:52:08 2 5th carlsson 9:59:09 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) Slalom: 7:23.1 (which I thought was a bad time, but currently would put me in 2nd place) Downhill 9:59.9 (though my first run was 3:38.4) Ski-Quest: 310 pts (10 logs, 7 skicash, time 1:55.6 so I didn't finish this quest) Edited January 20 by carlsson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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