- 60/100
- Players32 ratings
- 90/100
- Critics1 review
1985 · Epyx · Olympic · Sports
Winter Games
Third in the series of Epyx Olympic sports games. Compete in many different sporting events like: Ski Jump, Hot Dog, Biathlon, Bobsled, Free Skating, Figure Skating and more.
- Released
- 1 October 1985
- Platforms
- Amstrad CPCApple IIApple IIGSAtari 2600Atari 7800Atari STCommodore 64Commodore C64/128/MAXFamicom Disk SystemMS-DOSMSXNESWiiZX Spectrum
- Genres
- OlympicSportsWinter sport
- Developers
- Epyx
- Publishers
- Epyx
- Series
- Winter Olympic Games
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Third personSide view
- Themes
- Action
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English
About
Winter Games is a 1985 sports video game developed by Epyx and released in Europe by U.S. Gold. 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.
Based on sports featured in the Winter Olympic Games, 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.
Keywords
- winter sports
- snow
- digital distribution
- virtual console
- wii virtual console
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Reception
Winter Games was Epyx's best-selling Commodore game as of late 1987. Its sales had surpassed 250,000 copies by November 1989.
". 64 gave 94% for the game calling it "another classic sport simulation from Epyx". 6 which places the game on top 20 list on the site. The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #132 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- THEC64 MiniThe C64 Collection 1C64 Direct-to-TV 2C64 Direct-to-TVThe Epyx Games: Sports CollectionMega Sports
- Ported as
- Winter Games
- Built on it
- Winter Games
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Collections12 collections
Platform libraries
- Apple II games
- Apple IIGS gamesReleased games
- Amstrad CPC games
- Atari ST gamesCommercial games
- ZX Spectrum games
- Self-booting IBM PC compatible games
- Nintendo Entertainment System gamesLicensed games
- Famicom Disk System gamesGames
- Atari 2600 gamesRetail game releases
- Atari 7800 gamesCommercially released games (1986-1991)
Genres
- Olympic gamesUnofficial Olympic video games
Publishers
- Virtual Console games for WiiTitles › Commodore 64
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