Difference between revisions of "SkiFree"

Latest revision as of 17:38, 11 March 2024

SkiFree is a singleplayer top-down view action and sports game.

The game was originally sold as part of Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3 in 1991. Since then, the developer has released it as a free download, along with updates for modern systems, including an executable that can be run on 32-bit and 64-bit systems.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Part of Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3.
Developer website		Free download.

Game data

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%WINDIR%\entpack.ini^{[Note 1]}

entpack.ini contains high scores.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Always runs windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Native Windows Vsync.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		Native Windows mouse cursor.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		No sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Executable	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows				32-bit version available from the official site. Retail is 16-bit only.

System requirements

Windows 3.x
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	3.0
Processor (CPU)	286, 386SX, 386DX or higher
System memory (RAM)	640K plus 256K extended memory	1 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 MB
Video card (GPU)	EGA, VGA, Hercules

Notes

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ The Most Officialest SkiFree Home Page - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-2] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] The Most Officialest SkiFree Home Page - last accessed on May 2023

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[Note 1]

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 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Top-down view }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Action, Sports }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | Snowboarding or skiing }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
+|official site= https://ski.ihoc.net
 |steam appid  =
 |gogcom id    =
 |strategywiki =
-|mobygames    = skifree
+|mobygames    = 41662
 |wikipedia    = SkiFree
 |winehq       = 317
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 }}
-'''Key points'''
+{{Introduction
-{{++}} Originally sold as part of '''Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3''', now a free download.
+|introduction      =
-{{++}} Updated for modern systems (compatible with 64-bit versions of Windows).
-'''General information'''
+|release history   = The game was originally sold as part of '''Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3''' in 1991. Since then, the developer has released it as a free download, along with updates for modern systems, including an executable that can be run on 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
-{{mm}} [https://ski.ihoc.net The Most Officialest SkiFree Home Page!]
+|current state     =
+}}
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
+{{Availability/row| retail |  | unknown | Part of Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3. | | Windows 3.x}}
 {{Availability/row| developer | https://ski.ihoc.net | DRM-free | Free download. | | Windows 3.x, Windows }}
 }}
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 |120 fps                    = unknown
 |120 fps notes              =
-|hdr                        = unknown
+|hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
-|color blind                = unknown
+|color blind                = false
 |color blind notes          =
 }}
@@ Line 96: / Line 99: @@
 |acceleration option       = false
 |acceleration option notes = Native Windows mouse cursor.
-|mouse sensitivity         = unknown
+|mouse sensitivity         = false
 |mouse sensitivity notes   =
-|mouse menu                = unknown
+|mouse menu                = true
 |mouse menu notes          =
-|invert mouse y-axis       = unknown
+|invert mouse y-axis       = false
 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
-|touchscreen               = unknown
+|touchscreen               = false
 |touchscreen notes         =
 |controller support        = false
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 ==Audio==
 {{Audio
-|separate volume          = unknown
+|separate volume          = false
-|separate volume notes    =
+|separate volume notes    = No sound.
-|surround sound           = unknown
+|surround sound           = n/a
 |surround sound notes     =
 |subtitles                = n/a
 |subtitles notes          = Everything is text-based.
-|closed captions          = unknown
+|closed captions          = n/a
 |closed captions notes    =
-|mute on focus lost       = unknown
+|mute on focus lost       = false
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
 |eax support notes         =
-|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio        = n/a
 |royalty free audio notes  =
 |red book cd audio        =
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 |shader model versions  =
 |shader model notes     =
+|windows 16-bit exe     = true
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
 |windows arm app        = unknown
-|windows exe notes      = 32-bit version available from the [https://ski.ihoc.net official site] (retail is 16-bit only).
+|windows exe notes      = 32-bit version available from the [https://ski.ihoc.net official site]. Retail is 16-bit only.
 |macos intel 32-bit app =
 |macos intel 64-bit app =

Developers

	Chris Pirih
Publishers
	Microsoft
Release dates
Windows 3.x	1991
Windows	April 4, 2005^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Top-down view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Sports
Sports	Snowboarding or skiing