Capturing the icy thrill, breakneck speed, and precision slalom agility of Olympic winter sports in coin-op arcades, Taito released Alpine Ski in 1981, challenging players to navigate three distinct skiing events across vertical scrolling snowy mountain slopes—blasting down the mountain in Downhill Skiing, weaving between blue and red flag gates in Slalom, and timing a high-flying leap off the Ski Jump ramp for massive distance points.
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Alpine Ski is a skiing video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. It was released in Japan in December 1981 and internationally in 1982.
Alpine Ski was re-released for the first time through the Taito Legends 2 compilation. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in 2019.
Gameplay
The player controls a skier on a vertically scrolling course who can move left, right, or increase forward speed. The aim is to maneuver a skier through a downhill course, a slalom, and a ski jumping competition in the shortest time possible. Two players can compete against each other.
