Ski or Die

Rob Hubbard has coaxed a commendable Heavy Metal guitar sound out of the PC and used it to produce some amusingly over-the-top music. All this, plus polished presentation and fast loading, makes for an exceptional PC product.

Ski or Die is by far the best sports game available on the PC, and the best thing of all is that you don´t need a top-of-the-range PC to appreciate it!

Dispite its simplicity, this game is very entertaining. You control a skier and you get to compete in various challenges. The diversity of this game is its main advantage. You can snowboard, perform acro aerial jumps, storm down a slope in an innertube, try your luck in a downhill descent or simply shoot down kids and various animals using snowballs. The graphics are satisfactory, but the PC speaker sound can get quite irritating so I suggest the usage of sound blaster or no sounds at all. All in all, this is an enjoyable game, both for kids and adults!

Trots arstiden är alltsa Ski or Die klart att rekommendera sysslolösa och inregnade 64-ägare!

Rodney, o velho conhecido do skate, resolveu abrir uma loja de esqui para "ganhar uns trocos" também no inverno.

Graphics are not as good as you would have expected from a C64, and the music borders on "Dismal" (surely NOT Rob Hubbard!), but the gameplay is OK fun on the whole so Ski or Die is worth checking out.

Der Nachfolger zum Skateboard-Mix "Skate or Die" macht einen Riesenspaß. In jede Disziplin wurde spürbar viel Spielwitz und drollige Grafik gequetscht (zumindest unter EGA - mit CGA sieht's weniger berühmt aus).

Ski Or Die does not offer anything new, nor does it execute it with any massive class. Graphically, the figures are a little on the small size, and seem to be outlined rather coarsely. Sound too, is limited - while a soundtrack is non-existant. There again SOD, as it shall forever be known, does have a kind of rough charm. In fact as we skiBrits like to say, it has 'pas de style, beaucoup de bouteille'. It certainly made me thirsty to get on the piste again.

Bei Electronic Arts läßt man sich nicht hetzen: Ein sattes Jährchen verging zwischen dem Erscheinen der MS-DOS-Version von "Ski or Die" und der neuen Amiga-Umsetzung. Zum Glück ist die Spielidee relativ zeitlos: Die Programmierer befördern ein Häuflein unverfrorener Joystick-Wintersportler auf die Pisten, auf daß sie in sechs frostigen Disziplinen antreten.

Alles in allem bietet Ski or Die nämlich hübsche Grafik, guten Sound von Meister Rob Hubbard, eine ausgefuchste Steuerung und jede Menge Spaß für "Schneebeißer" - auch im Frühling!

Spielerisch müßt Ihr bei der C 64-Version des PC-Knüllers "Ski or die" keine Abstriche machen. Fünf actionreiche Wintersportdisziplinen warten auf bis zu sechs Spieler. Wenn man von ein paar Abstrichen bei der Grafik absieht, bietet die Umsetzung das volle Spielvergnügen der PC-Version.

Palcolms winterliche Spielesammlung macht warm ums Herz. Wer auf witzige, spannende und ungewöhnliche Skisport-Disziplinen steht, der wird mit "Ski or Die" so manchen lustigen Abend im trauten Familien- oder Freundeskreis verbringen.

Zwischendurch ist "Ski Or die" (trotz der ganzen Meckerei) ein kurzweiliges Game, bei dem Sportfans bedenkenlos zugreifen können. Wer jedoch Mehrspielerorgien sucht, sollte sich lieber "Nintendo World Cup" krallen!

Overall presentation is a bit shoddy. So what, if anything, has Ski Or Die going for it? Erm, it is quite good fun to play, I suppose. The snowball fight is probably the best bit, while the rest don't really have much to offer at all. So if you're into snow in a big way, Ski Or Die may be your bowl of Frosties. And if not, it obviously won't be.

It looks as if much of the original PC game has been recycled for the Amiga version, and as a result, Ski or Die is rather unadventurous. In general, the events are merely cut-down versions of those seen in Skate or Die, with the addition of snow and skis. It's not a disaster, but could, and should have been a lot better.

Bionic Leader issues a new challenge for shred heads in a collection of winter sports similar in set-up to the original Skate or Die from Ultra Soft. The five events include downhill, skiing, snowboarding, innertubing and snowball tossing. Play control is smooth, but it will take some practice to master the downhill and ski jump. Up to six players can register and take turns competing.

As it is, it's only for those who either love snow, skate-style or old Epyx sports games.

This is more than a bit disappointing for an Epyx game. Most of the events are very simplistic and dull with only mediocre presentation and little sense of fun.

Fun, funny and partially successful multi-event snow sports sim - quite charming but, it has to be said, really very slight.

You'd have thought that after the problems encountered getting a PC version to look as good as Skate or Die did, the C64 version would be a doddle. Not so. The graphics are more than disappointing, the sound forgettable, and playability non-existent.