Horace Goes Skiing

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Description

A more accurate title for this would be "Horace Goes Skiing, but only if he can brave a Frogger clone first", as you start the game by having to reach the ski shop to get skis, and then get back across to reach the slopes. The road is full of cars and bikes, contact with each of which costs $10 in ambulance fees out of your starting $40, and the skis themselves cost $10.

The actual skiing section has a pseudo-3D view, similar to a roving camera mounted above the course. Your task is to cut between the red and blue sets of flags, without hitting any of the trees on the course. Light contact with these will allow you to carry on; heavy contact breaks your skis and sends you back to the first section of the game (which you also return to after completing each of the courses).

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Alternate Titles

• "Horacio Esquiador" -- Spanish title
• "Horace Goes Ski-Ing" -- Alternate spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Frogger variants
• Horace games

User Reviews

My Childhood	ZX Spectrum	Sic Coyote (54)
Two games for the price of one, neither especially good.	Dragon 32/64	drmarkb (112)

Critic Reviews

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Dragon 32/64	Aug, 1984	33 out of 40	82
Home Computing Weekly	ZX Spectrum	Apr 26, 1983		80
Your Commodore	Commodore 64	Oct, 1984		80
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	ZX Spectrum	Mar, 1983	23 out of 30	77
Micro 7	ZX Spectrum	Dec, 1983		50
Eurogamer.net (UK)	ZX Spectrum	Oct 25, 2007	5 out of 10	50

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