Slalom is a skiing video game in which the player races in a series of downhill slalom runs while navigating past flags and obstacles before time expires. Slalom was the first NES game developed outside Japan and the Stamper brothers' first game released under the Rare brand. Slalom was released in Rare's 2015 Rare Replay compilation for Xbox One.
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At first I thought "oh, it's better Mach Rider" but no, this game is far more brutal than Mach Rider.
So you gotta ski fast, right? Well tough shit, things are coming at you a mile a minute and the consequences can be dire, a full stop even. Go too slow, other skiers wearing nothing at all, nothing at all will come from behind and pound your skier's ass if he tries to accelerate, flipping you right back out. Go too slow, and you'll miss the strict time requirements to keep going. Oh, and the flags? You better get between them or your skier will slow down, just because. But you have to be precise because the flags are obstacles too. One missed game and it's back to the start. I cleared all the courses on Snowy Hill, the EASY course, and I still had to abuse save states to make it even remotely feasable.
Definitely not a game meant to be played with a modern mindset, you're supposed to just see how far you go and that's it. Unfortunately playing legit will not get you very far.
So you gotta ski fast, right? Well tough shit, things are coming at you a mile a minute and the consequences can be dire, a full stop even. Go too slow, other skiers wearing nothing at all, nothing at all will come from behind and pound your skier's ass if he tries to accelerate, flipping you right back out. Go too slow, and you'll miss the strict time requirements to keep going. Oh, and the flags? You better get between them or your skier will slow down, just because. But you have to be precise because the flags are obstacles too. One missed game and it's back to the start. I cleared all the courses on Snowy Hill, the EASY course, and I still had to abuse save states to make it even remotely feasable.
Definitely not a game meant to be played with a modern mindset, you're supposed to just see how far you go and that's it. Unfortunately playing legit will not get you very far.
Bro is actually caked, tho.
Play it once for 30 seconds, go "Woah, 3D Skiing on on Nintendo?!" and then never touch it again
All about skiing. I’ll admit to using the rewind feature a lot to play though this. Without it, Slalom would be an incredibly frustrating experience.
In Slalom, you have to get to the bottom of the slope before the time runs out. There are opponents, but they’re just there to get in your way. There will also be trees, snowmen and kids sledding uphill to avoid. Some parts of this required a lot of luck as you have to avoid obstacles as well as the other skiers who can block gaps at the worst time.
You also have to make sure you go through the slalom flags – miss a flag and you’ll slow down. There’s also a trick system when doing jumps, but it’s best to avoid jumps as it will slow you down. If you do more than a couple of small mess ups, you will likely not make it in time.
Each mountain has 9 slopes that you work through. In order to progress to the next slope, you have to finish in time. If you don’t, you go straight to the main menu. No second attempt or extra lives, just back to the main menu to start from the beginning. You need a perfect run to see all the tracks in the game.
With the Rare Replay features, I instead had fun seeing how long I could go without needing a rewind, so I could try weaving through loads of moving objects without the frustration of having to redo everything if I hit a single one of them. The challenges also proved to be a lot of fun, as these don’t have the rewind but are quick to try again.
Slalom is a game which wasn’t a great game for its time, but has been turned into something that can be enjoyed due to the extra features of Rare Replay.
For “completion” I beat all 27 courses, then went on and completed the snapshots. These takes some difficult parts of the game, but are doable and fun due to being able to restart the course straight away.
In Slalom, you have to get to the bottom of the slope before the time runs out. There are opponents, but they’re just there to get in your way. There will also be trees, snowmen and kids sledding uphill to avoid. Some parts of this required a lot of luck as you have to avoid obstacles as well as the other skiers who can block gaps at the worst time.
You also have to make sure you go through the slalom flags – miss a flag and you’ll slow down. There’s also a trick system when doing jumps, but it’s best to avoid jumps as it will slow you down. If you do more than a couple of small mess ups, you will likely not make it in time.
Each mountain has 9 slopes that you work through. In order to progress to the next slope, you have to finish in time. If you don’t, you go straight to the main menu. No second attempt or extra lives, just back to the main menu to start from the beginning. You need a perfect run to see all the tracks in the game.
With the Rare Replay features, I instead had fun seeing how long I could go without needing a rewind, so I could try weaving through loads of moving objects without the frustration of having to redo everything if I hit a single one of them. The challenges also proved to be a lot of fun, as these don’t have the rewind but are quick to try again.
Slalom is a game which wasn’t a great game for its time, but has been turned into something that can be enjoyed due to the extra features of Rare Replay.
For “completion” I beat all 27 courses, then went on and completed the snapshots. These takes some difficult parts of the game, but are doable and fun due to being able to restart the course straight away.
Very little lasting appeal.
I mean... it's skiing. Do you like skiing? Skiing is pretty relaxing. He was an individual I met when I decided to take a vacation from everything thanks to Pinball's advice. I decided to head up to, well, a ski resort, and he was one of the heads of said ski resort.
He took his job pretty seriously, making sure that every one of the guests had a great time, nobody got hurt, all the equipment was safe and up to date, and believe it or not, he also pays his employees well! That is something I never thought I would see too often. Either way, we didn't really interact that much, but with the few times I did interact with him, he seemed like a swell guy.
I went ahead and decided to stay up near this ski resort for about a month, just to really let every bad feeling and negative memory flow from my body. And, to my credit, it worked wonders. Since I didn't have to focus on real life responsibilities, and since I was away from all of the struggles of my home town, I slowly came to terms with my father dying, as well as just overall gaining a sense of peace that I hadn't had before.
By the time I decided to return home, I felt pretty good about myself, and was ready to take on what lies ahead of me upon my return. Although, on my way home, I looked at my phone and noticed quite a good number of phone calls from Tennis and Baseball, all in good succession. It all happened in the span of one day, but this was a few days ago, and I just happened to not notice. Not sure what that could've been about, but if they haven't called again after that, the problem must've resolved itself. We'll see once I actually arrive back home.
Game #168
He took his job pretty seriously, making sure that every one of the guests had a great time, nobody got hurt, all the equipment was safe and up to date, and believe it or not, he also pays his employees well! That is something I never thought I would see too often. Either way, we didn't really interact that much, but with the few times I did interact with him, he seemed like a swell guy.
I went ahead and decided to stay up near this ski resort for about a month, just to really let every bad feeling and negative memory flow from my body. And, to my credit, it worked wonders. Since I didn't have to focus on real life responsibilities, and since I was away from all of the struggles of my home town, I slowly came to terms with my father dying, as well as just overall gaining a sense of peace that I hadn't had before.
By the time I decided to return home, I felt pretty good about myself, and was ready to take on what lies ahead of me upon my return. Although, on my way home, I looked at my phone and noticed quite a good number of phone calls from Tennis and Baseball, all in good succession. It all happened in the span of one day, but this was a few days ago, and I just happened to not notice. Not sure what that could've been about, but if they haven't called again after that, the problem must've resolved itself. We'll see once I actually arrive back home.
Game #168