NES: Slalom
February 27, 2009 - 11:28 am - Posted by Sean
I’m a big fan of snow games, and Slalom designed by Rare has a cheerful winter vibe that’s appealing.
You select between three mountains of increasing difficulty, each offering a series of eight trails to conquer.
You’re racing the clock, and to reach the finish line in time you’ll need to ski through gates and avoid a myriad of obstacles like snowmen, pine trees, and kids on sleds.
It feels like an obstacle course, but the handy jump button lets you soar right over many of the hazards.
Racing against the clock is fun, and a handy icon moves across the top of the screen so you can easily tell how close you are to the finish.
Your goofy skier assumes the tuck position at the bottom of the screen, and his enormous ass is not something I need to see.
The distant scenery looks nice with the purple mountains superimposed over a deep blue sky. It looks like you’re skiing at night!
Unfortunately, the trail itself looks like a white road on a gray landscape. I guess the programmers wanted to clearly delineate the trail, but it makes Slalom look like a car racing game!
The controls are idiotic and lack the precision required to comfortably weave between the gates.
It’s not great, but Slalom still makes for a good seasonal game to play on a cold winters’ night.
Man, you must have a huge storage space to house all your Nintendo games. You have so many games I completely forgot about.