Ski or Die

Description

Ski or Die is a winter-themed extreme sports game in which the player can competes in 5 different events:

• Downhill Blitz: Downhill skiing event in which the player can make large jumps over chasms and perform stunts in the moguls section


• Innertube Trash: Two players descend a mountain in innertubes. Score points by picking up items, perforating your opponents tire with a knife or fork and finishing first.


• Acro Aerials: Ski down a ramp and score points by performing acrobatic jumps.


• Snowball Blast: First person snowball fight. Score points by taking out little that attack your snow fortress.


• Snowboard Half-Pipe: Put on your snowboard and score as much points as possible in a limited amount of time by performing tricks inside a half-pipe.

Practice a single event or try the tournament. The tournament mode has hot-seat multiplayer support.

Alternate Titles

• "שעשועי סקי" -- Hebrew spelling

Part of the Following Group

• Skate or Die series

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User Reviews

Great graphics & music but a couple of decent events extra would have been nice	DOS	Roedie (5234)
The best sports game for your PC... kind of...	DOS	Late (97)
Horrible gameplay - nothing like the old California Games it obviously borrows on.	DOS	Mickey Gabel (357)
I used to fire it up just for the music	DOS	Olivier Masse (421)

The Press Says

The Games Machine (UK)	DOS	Jun, 1990	91 out of 100	91
64'er	Commodore 64	Sep, 1990	8 out of 10	80
CU Amiga	Amiga	May, 1991	76 out of 100	76
Power Play	Commodore 64	Sep, 1990	74 out of 100	74
Power Play	NES	Nov, 1991	72 out of 100	72
NES Center	NES	2001	7 out of 10	70
The Video Game Critic	NES	Feb 22, 2012	B-	67
Amiga Format	Amiga	Apr, 1991	62 out of 100	62
Amiga Power	Amiga	May, 1991	52 out of 100	52
The Games Machine (UK)	Commodore 64	Aug, 1990	50 out of 100	50

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Trivia

Ski or Die features quite a bit of product placement by snowboarding brand Burton. You can see their company name in Rodney's shop, on the event selection screen and at the acro aerials event.