The Games: Winter Challenge
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Not to be confused with The Games: Winter Edition.
Developers | |
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MindSpan | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Accolade |
Digital | Piko Interactive |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1991 |
Windows (DOSBox) | July 31, 2020[1] |
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | July 31, 2020[1] |
Linux (DOSBox) | July 31, 2020[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Genres | Sports |
Sports | Mixed sports |
Series | The Games |
The Games | |
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The Games: Winter Challenge | 1991 |
Summer Challenge | 1992 |
The Games: Winter Challenge is a singleplayer and multiplayer sports game in the The Games series.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com | Bundled with Summer Challenge. Prepackaged with DOSBox. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\*.WGL <path-to-game>\*.RP? |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
- The
*.WGL
files hold tournament data and*.RP?
are saved instant replays. - The default save game path can be changed.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Two keyboard layouts. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and Sound Effects can be toggled. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
- This game supports the Roland MT-32 and LAPC-1 for music.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 10 | Hot seat |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | Tandy/PCjr, EGA, MCGA, VGA |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 6.22 | |
Processor (CPU) | 286 | 286 10 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 640 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Tandy/PCjr, EGA | MCGA, VGA |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.11 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL compatible 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 7 classic games that are a blast to play on PC! - GOG.com - last accessed on 2020-07-31