Winter Games
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Amiga cover art
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| Developer(s) |
Epyx Atelier Double (NES) |
| Publisher(s) |
Epyx (US), U.S. Gold (EU) Acclaim (NES) |
| Composer(s) | David Thiel Kenichi Tomizawa (FDS/NES version) |
| Series | Epyx Games |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, PC, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, C64, NES, Famicom Disk System, Virtual Console, Apple Macintosh |
| Release date(s) | 1985 Virtual Console
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| Genre(s) | Sports game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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.
A snow-and-ice themed follow-up to the highly successful Summer Games, Winter Games was released in 1985 for the Commodore 64 and later ported to several popular home computers and video game consoles of the 1980s.
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.
The events available vary slightly depending on the platform, but include some or all of the following:
The game allowed you to compete in all of the events sequentially, choose a few events, choose just one event, or practice an event.
Winter Games was ported to the Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Apple Macintosh, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and DOS computer platforms, and to the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Nintendo Entertainment System, and the Family Computer Disk System video game consoles. In 2004, it was featured as one of the games on the C64 Direct-to-TV.
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