Parallel Turn

A skiing game with six events. The screen scrolls from top to bottom with the player viewed directly from above. Events are:

• Ski Lift - Hit Run to move and Jump to mount the empty ski chair. You have 30 seconds to pick a chair. Each chair passed puts you higher up in the rankings.
• Slalom - Control the skier downhill past slalom flags and through the time-bonus gates. Overtake the other skiers to increase your ranking.

• Ski Jump - Run to increase your speed and jump to takeoff.

  Biathalon - Ski to a set of targets then aim the crosshairs and shoot. Each target gives a one second bonus.

• Dog Sled - A 100m distance race against the computer. Hit the run button to move.
• Downhill - Similar to the slalom event.

In the Slalom, Biathalon and Downhill, the joystick moves the skier. The Run button increases your speed but pulling down on the joystick decreases your speed. There are two skiers in front of you and one behind who match your speed. Pushing up on the joystick will move the skiers down so you can overtake them. You will lose a life if you crash into a bush or another skier. Clipping a bush causes one ski to come off and drift ahead of you, but if you can catch up to it, it will re-attach.

The game is over after three lives have been lost or you fail to qualify (e.g. running out of time or not making the distance). In a two-player game, play only switches after you lose a life, not after each event.