Screenshot from Winter Games (C64): the "Hot Dog" event.

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. screenshot C64 Winter Games, software by Epyx 1985, screenshot made myself. ... screenshot C64 Winter Games, software by Epyx 1985, screenshot made myself. ... Close_up of C64 Commodore 64 (C64, CBM 64) was a popular home computer of the 1980s. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Epyx, Inc. ... U.S. Gold was a British computer and video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms. ... A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. ...

A snow-and-ice themed follow-up to the highly successful Summer Games, Winter Games was released in 1986 for the Commodore 64 and later ported to several popular home computers and video game consoles of the 1980s. Summer Games on the Commodore 64 Summer Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx and released by U.S. Gold based on sports featured in the Summer Olympic Games. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the hip hop group, see Commodore 64 (band). ... TRS-80 Color Computer II The home computer is a consumer-friendly word for the second generation of microcomputers (the technical term that was previously used), entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. ... A video game console is a dedicated electronic machine designed to play video games. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...

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. Alternative meanings at IOC (disambiguation) The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organize this sports event every four years. ...

Events

The events available vary slightly depending on the platform, but include some or all of the following:

• Alpine skiing
• Ski jumping
• Biathlon
• Bobsled
• Figure skating
• Speed skating
• Luge
• Freestyle skiing; more precisely, the aerial skiing discipline, called "Hot Dog" in the game.

The game allowed you to compete in all of the events sequentially, choose a few events, choose just one event, or practice an event. Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot. ... Ski jumping is a winter sport in which skiers go down a hill with a take-off ramp (the jump), attempting to go as far as possible. ... The name Biathlon is commonly confused with duathlon, the term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. ... Bobsleigh is a winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered, steerable sled. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Speed skating or speedskating is a form of skating in which the competitors attempt to travel a certain distance as quickly as possible on skates. ... Bonnie Warner is an American luge specialist. ... Freestyle skiing began in the 1930s, when Norwegian skiers began using ski acrobatics in alpine and cross country training. ...

Ports

Winter Games was ported to the Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Apple IIGS, ZX Spectrum, and DOS computer platforms, and to the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, and Nintendo NES video game consoles. In computer science, porting is the adaptation of a piece of software so that it will function in a different computing environment to that for which it was originally written. ... The original Amiga (1985) The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced game console. ... The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ... The Atari 520ST Atari 1040STF with SC1224 color monitor The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. ... The Apple IIGS, the fifth model inception of the Apple II, was the most powerful member of the Apple II series of personal computers made by Apple Computer. ... The Sinclair ZX Spectrum was a home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research. ... Microsofts disk operating system, MS-DOS, was Microsofts implementation of DOS, which was the first popular operating system for the IBM PC, and until recently, was widely used on the PC compatible platform. ... The Atari 2600, released in 1977, is the first successful video game console to use plug-in cartridges instead of having one or more games built in. ... The Atari 7800 is a video game console released by Atari in 1986 (a test market occurred in June 1984). ... Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is an international company originally founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, is an 8-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, Asia, and Australia. ...

Atari 7800 screenshot (event shown: "Biathlon") Image File history File links screenshot Atari 7800 Winter_Games by me This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ... The Atari 7800 is a video game console released by Atari in 1986 (a test market occurred in June 1984). ...

Apple IIGS screenshot (event shown: "Ski jump") Image File history File links WinterGames_GS.gif Summary Screen shot of Winter Games for the Apple IIGS (1987, Epyx). ... The Apple IIGS, the fifth model inception of the Apple II, was the most powerful member of the Apple II series of personal computers made by Apple Computer. ...

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External links

• MobyGames' entry on Winter Games
• Winter Games Newspaper Archive