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The Most Officialest SkiFree Home Page The Most Officialest SkiFree Home Page!Microsoft SkiFree 1.0HistoryIn 1991 I was working at Microsoft as a programmer, writingprogrammingutilities for use by other programmers, such as a dialog editor used inthe development of Word and Excel. I programmed mostly in C forOS/2(back then that was a Microsoft product, and supposedly the wave of thefuture). Deciding it was time to learn Windows programming(Windows3.0 had just come out) I jumped right in and did a graphical version ofmy old VAX/VMS skiing game for VT100 terminals.The VAX version had looked something like this:^ 420m 01:33^^^^^ //^^^^^^^^^^Ski for VAX/VMSThe '^' signs are trees, and '//' is the skier turning slightlyright.,and used a combination ofVT100 escape sequences and ordinary text scrolling to achieve itsanimation. I made several text-terminal video games like this incollege (at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington)and they were fairly popular among the computer nerds.VAX Ski was itself inspired by anfor the Atari 2600console, which I enjoyed playing in my youth. I remember very little ofthe Activision game, but I think it looked pretty much like SkiFree.I wrote SkiFree in C on my home computer, entirely for my owneducation and entertainment.
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One day while I was playing with it atwork, the program manager for Windows Entertainment Pack happened tolook over my shoulder and immediately decided he had to have this game.I called it WinSki, but the Microsoft marketroids hated that and decided,for inscrutible marketroidal reasons, to call it SkiFree. After sometoken resistance I let them have their way. Since the program was notoriginally a Microsoft product, Microsoft licensed it from me and paidme some trivial one-time fee (something like 100 shares of MSFT stock,no royalties) for its use.SkiFree was intended to run on a 386 PC with VGA display. Suchcomputers were not very powerful, nothing like modern PCs that can do3-D rendering at millions of textured polygons per second. No, inthose days there wasn't even any such thing as a 'video accelerator' -the VGA was just a dumb pixel buffer hanging off the excruciatinglyslow ISA bus.
This made it pretty challenging to get good performanceout of even simple sprite-oriented animation! Windows didn't helpmatters any by introducing several layers of abstraction between theprogram and the video hardware. I discovered that it was worthalmost any amount of preprocessing (on the 'fast' 386 CPU) to reducethe amount of video I/O (over the slow ISA), so I designed afairly clever algorithm to combine overlapping objects/erasures andblt minimal regions in each frame. The result was perfectly flicker-freetransparent sprite animation at reasonable speed even on very slowcomputers, such as an old 286/EGA machine I found in the testing lab.Nowadays one would probably just render the sprites back-to-front ina memory buffer and blt the entire window on each frame.In 1993 I started working on Version 2 of SkiFree, which would haveslightly more realistic physics, multi-player, network play, robotopponents, and sounds. I got about half of those things done (splitscreen/keyboard multiplayer, very crude robots, and sound), but managedto get the physics completely screwed up to the point where it was nolonger playable.
At about the same time I also lost the originalsource code and got distracted by other projects, so SkiFree sort ofwent into permanent stasis at version 1.0.In April 2005 I found the source code for SkiFree 1.03and compiled it, so now we have a real 32-bit version that shouldrun on any Windows XP system, even the new 64-bit XP. It also ismore CPU-friendly (uses 1% of the CPU instead of 100%) so it won'tdrain your notebook battery.
Ski Resort Tycoon gives players the opportunity to build, manage, and operate a ski resort. Chair lifts, runs with varying difficulty, hotels, condos, restaurants, and cafes are all available and important parts of a working resort. The included terrain editor allows enthusiasts to micromanage their mountain and create unique runs; the progress tracker keeps a record of each user's successes and failures.
3D perspectives are available from any building or lift on the resort, allowing players to observe the results of their labors.Jumping on the bandwagon is nothing new in computer entertainment. When one publisher comes out with a successful game, several knock-offs are inevitable. Thus, we have Ski Resort Tycoon, where you are instructed to design, build, and maintain a successful ski resort during the winter months.
Believe me, after playing the horrid and emotionally scarring Airport Tycoon/Inc/Mogul, I wasn't expecting much from Ski Resort Tycoon. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised.Features:Surrounding the development of successful running of a ski resort, Ski Resort Tycoon features two modes to choose from: Instant Action and Challenges. The Instant Action option puts you right at the birth of a new resort at one of six mountains. And the rest is up to you. A completely unrestricted (other than the size of the mountain and your money supply) game is ahead.
You can also choose one of several (several=five) challenges, which range from a Tutorial, which teaches you the game basics (100 million times better than Airport Tycoon/Inc/Mogul's), to scenarios where you attempt to build a chairlift to the top of the mountain or build a building to prevent Sasquatch from taking skiers and snowboarders. The scenarios are pretty easy, and really are just a break from building your dream resort. Plus, there just aren't that many, as compared to, say, RollerCoaster Tycoon. One feature that could have added more replay value was a random mountain generator.
Granted, you can change the included mountains easily, but coming up with a different starting point every time would have been advantageous. Other than the two game modes, there really isn't anything else for variety of gameplay.Sound FX:Apparently, graphics nowadays are coveted much more than sound is, and why not? You can post all the beautiful screen shots you want, but sound bytes are less frequently found. With the exception of games like American McGee's Alice, paramount sound effects usually come far and few between in today's titles. Ski Resort Tycoon is no exception. Continuing the trend of having about 10 or so total sound in the game, you'll totally forget there was any sound whatsoever, until you remove some trees and encounter the chainsaw effect once more.
If you zoom out far enough, a music mix comes though your speakers, and I have to say, I routinely zoomed back in to avoid it. You'll hear the quiet mountainside, not the screams of joy of your patrons. Sadly, sound is a low point in Ski Resort Tycoon.Gameplay:There were unquestionably more gameplay features than I expected, even while I was playing. Gameplay boils down to two aspects: changing your mountain, and adding things on your mountain.
Modifying your mountain is straightforward, as you can raise and lower terrain, cut down trees, and smooth the topography with ease. If you need an expert run off a certain lift, just make the mountain higher at the location. This is why it is not all that important that you only get to choose from six mountains, as you can change them at your whim. If you accidentally cut down too many trees, landscaping is available. You can add trees, objects, and pathways. I've found that I discover new items all the time in Ski Resort Tycoon. For example, I found the pathways option well after my customers were skiing everywhere.
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And I just discovered the magic of ATMs! This game is full of surprises!To take up more space than you intended, you can add many buildings to your game. The building unlocking scheme is much like a technology tree found in Command and Conquer, rather than the research oriented system in RollerCoaster Tycoon. The game explicitly states during your time on the mountain which buildings you need to unlock that mountain lodge you've been dreaming of. This eliminates the need for confusing charts, and makes attaining your goals much easier. The types of buildings include cabins, condominiums, hotels, lodges, diners, bowling alleys, restrooms, rental huts, maintenance and safety buildings, and ski schools.
Basically, there are many more buildings than you have room for at the bottom of the hill.The lifeblood of your resort are the ski lifts and runs. Since your ski lift paths cannot be used as a run, careful planning is needed, and it's beneficial to make several runs spoke from a single lift.
Since what goes up must come down, you can each of your intended runs for difficulty. To help you determine the skill level of your run, a surveying tool is included which will inform you exactly which kind of run Death Hill is.
Ing your runs is principal; although skiers will generally ski anywhere there aren't trees. And quite a draw they have: expert skiers were hiking up the mountain to a new run I made even before I opened the lift to that location. Talk about hardcore!To make your resort the best ever, several statistics are available, including the most useful: what your clientele are thinking (or doing).
If they need to use the restroom, you know what to do. This instant feedback is very helpful in planning the next building to construct. Even though the gameplay borrows heavily from RollerCoaster Tycoon, since the aspects of gameplay in that game were so strong, it follows that Ski Resort Tycoon's carbon copy is also good quality.Graphics:The mountain is rendered in three dimensions. This leads into a pretty cool feature, in which you can 'attach' yourself to any building or snow patron and follow them around your park in 3-D.
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It's kind of neat to see the downhill slalom they are about to encounter. The only problem with graphics which makes absolutely no sense is the fact that you can't rotate your view while in 'build' mode. There might be clipping problems with the mountain, but some of the buildings are hard to see around, and you must place your pathways beforehand. Strange that this wasn't included. Each of the buildings and other structures are realistically rendered, and because I totally hate the cartoonish graphics found in tycoon games such as SimThemeParkWorldUniverse, it's a good thing.
Plus, all of the various skiers and snowboarders are given different color outfits, and given the fact the winter outfits aren't exactly the most diverse clothing around, this adds a slightly surprising variance to the mix. Despite some clipping problems in 'first person mode,' the graphics in Ski Resort Tycoon are adequate and pleasant.Overall:Honestly, I was expecting yet another poor tycoon knock-off, but was pleasantly surprised by Ski Resort Tycoon.
Even though the sound and features aren't the brightest in the bunch, the graphics and gameplay save what could have been another Airport Tycoon. If you like the city-building genre, try Ski Resort Tycoon.People who downloaded Ski Resort Tycoon have also downloaded:,©2019 San Pedro Software Inc. Contact:, done in 0.003 seconds.