Olympic Skier

Olympic Skier
Game No.	351
Voting	6.67 points, 21 votes
Developer	Shaun Southern
Company	Mr. Chip Software
Musician	Shaun Southern
HVSC-File	/Musicians/S/Southern_Shaun/Olympic_Skier.sid
Release	1983
Platform	C64, Plus/4, Atari 800XL/XE
Genre	Sport, Ski, Multi-Event
Gamemode	Single player
Operation
Media
Language
Information	Re-release with slight changes by Americana Software in 1986

Description

You take part in the Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo in 1984 as an athlete. There are altogether three disciplines. At Slalom you need to absolve the parcours error free as fast as possible. In Ski Jump the furthest jump with a standing landing wins. In the supreme discipline - Downhill - you have to reach the finish line without a crash within under 40 seconds. For each race there are points, that are added at the end. The computer evaluates the total score correspondingly. The player with the most points wins the game.

Design

The game offers vertical scrolling. The graphics and sprites are kept simple. There is a title music and two intermediate tunes between the disciplines.

the helicopter, a permanent companion in downhill (Mr.Chip)

the highscore list (Mr.Chip)

Hints

With the key RESTORE  you can jump to the main menu at any time.

Slalom

Slalom (Americana Software)

Controls
steer
brake
accelerate

Score

• If you do not reach the finish line, you recieve (depending on the distance absolved) up to 99 points.
• If you reach the finish line, you get with a time of 23.0 (or slower) exactly 100 points.
• For each 1/10 second that you are faster, there are additional 2 points.
• One of two possible gate misses cost each 3 penalty seconds (= 60 penalty points).
• The maximum score is 300 points which you get with 13 seconds and below.

Tips

• Go down with maximum speed!
• Avoid missing gates!
• If you pass a gate successfully an acoustic signal will ring.
• No unnnecessary movements. --> The shortest way is also the fastest.
• You should go over the finish line at the far left.

Ski jump

Ski jump (Americana Software)

Controls
raise speed (press fire button as often and fast as possible)
jump and flying phase
land

Score
There are each 4 points per 65 meter. A maximum of 200 points (115m) are possible. When you crash your score is divided in half!

Tips

• A high speed is already half the battle.
• Jump as late as possible.
• Only press the joystick (from the top) downwards when landing.

Downhill

	Downhill (Americana Software)
Track

Controls
Steer
brake
accelerate
jump

Score

• If you crash you get up to 199 points depending on the distance covered.
• If you need more than 40 seconds this equals a crash.
• If you reach the finish line, you get exactly 200 points when needing 40 seconds.
• For each 1/10 second that you are faster you get 2 more points.
• The maximum points are 500 points which you get with 25 seconds or below.

Tips

• Watch the time limit! (40 seconds)
• During a jump you cannot steer.
• Study the map to find the simplest and fastest way.
• Practice makes perfect!

Solution

How do you reach the maximum points (200) at Ski Jump?

1. Hammer like a madman on the fire button in the start-up phase!
2. At the edge of the jump-off platform push the joystick upwards and keep pushed.
3. At the very last moment pull the joystick downwards to land smoothly.

Voting

Voting of the C64-Wiki users (10=the best vote):
6.67 points at 21 votes (rank 563). You need to be logged in to cast a vote.
C64Games	5	07th March 2010 - "satisfying" - 2023 downs
Lemon64	7,2	07th March 2010 - 31 votes
Kultboy.com	8	26th June 2011 - 2 votes

Reviews

Werner: "A simple and fast game which does not take two minutes to play and goes without loading. Therefore it can be played by several players one after the other. All the same, 7,5 points from me."

TheRyk: "Amazing but true, this 1983 game is one of the first multi event sports games ever - in a single filer. Maybe Shaun Southern made Downhill extra tricky to compensate for the fact that there are only 3 events of which Slalom and Downhill are quite similar. But better small, easy and great than long, complicated, boring or always the same as you often find in late 80s winter multi event games. Good game, 6 points!"

Kiki77: "When I had my new C64 a good colleague of mine came over with a cassette which contained Olympic Skier. It was really lots of fun in twos, but also only with one player. The graphics were kept simple, but the fun in the game was there many times over. For 1983 the graphics were still good. Therefore 8 big nostalgia points."

Miscellaneous

Evaluation table
Points	Evaluation
000-049	hilarious
050-099	amusing
100-149	rubbish
150-199	awful
200-249	hopeless
250-299	lousy
300-349	poor
350-399	could be better
400-449	try again
450-499	average
500-549	promising
550-599	quite good
600-649	good
650-699	very good
700-749	terrific
750-799	formidable
800-849	brilliant
850-899	excellent
900-949	super skier
950-999	mega skier
1000	perfect

Versions

• At Ski Jump there are differences in the score!

Version 1983 by Mr.Chip: 115 meter = 180 points

Version 1986 by Americana Software: 115 meter = 200 points

• Also in the graphics (title screen, fuller trees in the Americana Software version, clouds) and sound there are differences.

Cover

Highscore

1. Tayo - 872 - excellent (20.03.2010)
2. Werner - 583 - quite good (13.05.2010)
3. TheRyk - 516 - promising (26.01.2014)
4. FXXS - 393 - could do better (29.10.2013)

	#2 Werner		#3 TheRyk

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  #4 FXXS

Olympic Winter Games 2010 in the Forum64 - individual results

• played with the Mr.Chip version from 1983

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze	further ranks
Slalom	300 - Tayo	266 - Werner	264 - TheRyk, r242	4) 5) 212 - Andsa 6) 210 - Löwe
Ski jump	200 - Werner	196 - Andsa	188 - Tayo	4) 174 - TheRyk 5) 172 - r242 6) 168 - Löwe
Downhill	500 - Tayo	438 - r242	426 - Werner	4) 180 - Löwe 5) 153 - Andsa 6) 106 - TheRyk

Olympic Winter Games 2010 in the Forum64 - total results

Evaluation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	further ranks
TOTAL	1) Tayo 2/0/1	2) Werner 1/1/1	3) r242 0/1/1	4) Andsa - 0/1/0 5) TheRyk - 0/0/1 6) Löwe - 0/0/0

Links

• C64Games.de - Game No. 3412 (Americana)
• Gamebase64.com - Game No. 5372 (Americana)
• Lemon64 - Game No. 1828
• Stadium64.com (Mr. Chip + Americana)
• Test Report No. 3038 on Kultboy.com

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• Highscore Competition in the Forum64
• Freeware PC remake

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