Skiing (Atari 2600)

Skiing is a single-player only game, in which the player uses the joystick to control the direction and speed of a stationary skier at the top of the screen, while the background graphics scroll upwards, thus giving the illusion the skier is moving. The player must avoid obstacles, such as trees and moguls. The game cartridge contains five variations each of two principal games.

In the downhill mode, the player's goal is to reach the bottom of the ski course as rapidly as possible, while a timer records the player's relative success.

Richard A. Edwards reviewed Skiing in The Space Gamer No. 43 and called it a simple game with "excellent" graphics and varying scenarios.

Chris Pirih, the creator of SkiFree, cited Skiing as the inspiration for the text-based game called Ski that eventually became SkiFree.