Horace Goes Skiing box art
ZX Spectrum

Horace Goes Skiing

1982 · Psion Software · Extreme Sports · 1 player

About

A more accurate title for this would be "Horace Goes Skiing, but only if he can brave a Frogger clone first", as you start the game by having to reach the ski shop to get skis, and then get back across to reach the slopes. The road is full of cars and bikes, contact with each of which costs $10 in ambulance fees out of your starting $40, and the skis themselves cost $10. The actual skiing section has a pseudo-3D view, similar to a roving camera mounted above the course. Your task is to cut between the red and blue sets of flags, without hitting any of the trees on the course. Light contact with these will allow you to carry on; heavy contact breaks your skis and sends you back to the first section of the game (which you also return to after completing each of the courses).

Gallery

Horace Goes Skiing — Box front
Box front
Horace Goes Skiing — Box back
Box back
Horace Goes Skiing — Title screen
Title screen
Horace Goes Skiing — Screenshot
Screenshot

Details

Developer
Psion Software
Publisher
Sinclair Research
Genre
Extreme Sports
Players
1
Release Date
January 1, 1982
System
ZX Spectrum

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