Anyone else remember Ski Free?

[irishScott]

I played this thing for hours back in the day (when I was 5-6 years old). Awesome stuff. Googled it on a nostalgic whim, and holy hell it's still around and it works on XP!

http://ski.ihoc.net/

 

[teb468]

That game was fun even. I'll definetly have to try it out again sometime.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Lol, I remember playing that back in the day. I always thought that creature was a bear!

 

[PingSpike]

I remember that on win95...wasn't to exciting but was a definate step up from minesweeper or solitaire.

 

[ghost recon88]

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones
Lol, I remember playing that back in the day. I always thought that creature was a bear!

Is there any way to get past that guy?

 

[slugg]

wow... i was about to make this thread!

 

[mzinz165]

Seriously though, IS it possible to get past that robot? I must have tried thousands of times when I was younger, haha. Didn't really get the concept that it may not be possible back then...

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: mzinz165
Seriously though, IS it possible to get past that robot? I must have tried thousands of times when I was younger, haha. Didn't really get the concept that it may not be possible back then...

I think i got lucky and jumped off a rock, got past him a couple of times. Another one just comes out and eats you. Don't think it's possible.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: mzinz165
Seriously though, IS it possible to get past that robot? I must have tried thousands of times when I was younger, haha. Didn't really get the concept that it may not be possible back then...

It's not a robot, its a Yetti.

 

[irishScott]

Then again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkiFree

Once the player has completed his or her run, the game does not abruptly end. Rather, the player continues skiing until he or she encounters an "abominable snow monster[3]" (an obvious play on the abonimable snow man) who chases and attempts to eat the skier. From that point on, the player can ski until the monster catches them.

The monster appears at the 2000m mark and pursues the player downhill at high speed. Further down the hill (20?30 m) another monster also gives chase, but uphill. An angled route while playing in "fast" mode avoids both of them, but afterwards the distance starts counting down from -2000 m. The world loops around on itself, and everything outside the boundary of the piste triggers the monster. However, if the player returns within the invisible border, the monster stops. It is possible to escape the Snow Monster by traveling another 2000 m from the point which the monster gives chase, creating a loop and starting over from the beginning.

Other snow monsters appear when the player travels 125m upwards from the beginning or 500m to the left or right.

 

[RedArmy]

OH HELL YEAH

 

[Wheelock]

I first encountered this game on a Win95 demo computer in a store. Good little game. That was around the time that I played C&C Red Alert and Quake, though, so naturally I had other more "pressing" matters.

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: ghost recon88

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones
Lol, I remember playing that back in the day. I always thought that creature was a bear!

Is there any way to get past that guy?

Yes, you can. You can juke him and jump over him.

 

[bobsmith1492]

The Abominable Snowman, come on peoples! Bear, robot??

YES, Ski Free! Now THAT was an amazing game.

I seem to remember getting past him once; he appeared in a small icon in the bottom of the screen then another one showed up! That made me think there was a certain number of them you had to beat but it never happened again.

 

[Cabages]

Yes, played it.

Anyone ever play chips challenge?

 

[TechAZ]

Hell yeah!

 

[BurnItDwn]

Played that a TON when my dad bought the 486 and got Windows 3.1. That Damn Yeti always fvcked up my game! Arrrrrr!

 

[JF060392]

i still have that game on my laptop. the bigfoot guy allways kills me.