Winter Games
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This article is about the Epyx video game series. For the international sporting event, see Winter Olympic Games. For the song, see Winter Games (2PM song). For the upcoming Russian television series, see Game2: Winter. For other uses, see winter games (disambiguation).
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.
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Developer(s) | Epyx Action Graphics (C64) Free Radical Software (Atari ST, Amiga) Atelier Double (Famicom Disk System/NES) |
Publisher(s) | Epyx (US), U.S. Gold (EU) Acclaim (NES) Pony Canyon (Famicom Disk System) |
Programmer(s) | Richard A. Ditton (C64, Amiga, Atari ST) Elaine Hodgson (Amiga, Atari ST) Chris Oberth (Apple II) Fumiko Murakami (Famicom Disk System/NES) |
Artist(s) | Lonnie D. Ropp (C64) Michael Kosaka (C64) Timothy Skelly (Atari ST, Amiga) Masashi Fujishima (Famicom Disk System/NES) |
Composer(s) | David Thiel Kenichi Tomizawa (Famicom Disk System/NES) |
Platform(s) | Commodore 64, Apple II, Amiga, Atari ST, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, IBM PC, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, NES, Famicom Disk System, Virtual Console, Apple Macintosh |
Release | Commodore 64 Apple II |
Genre(s) | Sports game |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
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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.