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{{Infobox game
 
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|cover        = The Games Winter Challenge cover.jpg
 
|cover        = The Games Winter Challenge cover.jpg
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==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
{{Availability/row| retail | | unknown |  |  | DOS }}
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{{Availability/row| retail | | physical |  |  | DOS }}
 
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | summer_winter_olympic_challenge | DRM-free | Bundled with [[Summer Challenge]]. Prepackaged with DOSBox. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | summer_winter_olympic_challenge | DRM-free | Bundled with [[Summer Challenge]]. Prepackaged with DOSBox. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 
}}
 
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===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/saves|DOS|}}
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{{Game data/saves|DOS|{{p|game}}\*.WGL}}
 
{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
 
{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
 
{{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 
{{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 
{{Game data/saves|Linux|}}
 
{{Game data/saves|Linux|}}
 
}}
 
}}
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{{ii}} The default save game path can be changed.
  
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
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==Video==
 
==Video==
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{{image|Winter Challenge general options.png|General options.}}
 
{{Video
 
{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
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|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
 
|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
|widescreen resolution      = unknown
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|widescreen resolution      = false
 
|widescreen resolution notes=  
 
|widescreen resolution notes=  
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|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
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|ultrawidescreen            = false
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
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|4k ultra hd                = false
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
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|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|fov notes                  =  
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|windowed                  = false
 
|windowed notes            =  
 
|windowed notes            =  
|borderless windowed        = unknown
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|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
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|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
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|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
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|vsync                      = unknown
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==Input==
 
==Input==
 
{{Input
 
{{Input
|key remap                = unknown
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|key remap                = false
|key remap notes          =  
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|key remap notes          = Two keyboard layouts.
|acceleration option      = unknown
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|acceleration option      = n/a
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
|mouse sensitivity        = unknown
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|mouse sensitivity        = n/a
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
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|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
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|invert mouse y-axis      = n/a
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|touchscreen              = unknown
 
|touchscreen              = unknown
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
|controller support        = unknown
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|controller support        = true
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
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|full controller          = unknown
 
|full controller notes    =  
 
|full controller notes    =  
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|controller remap          = false
 
|controller remap notes    =  
 
|controller remap notes    =  
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|controller sensitivity    = n/a
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
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|invert controller y-axis  = n/a
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|xinput controllers        = unknown
 
|xinput controllers        = unknown
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==Audio==
 
==Audio==
 
{{Audio
 
{{Audio
|separate volume          = unknown
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|separate volume          = false
|separate volume notes    =  
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|separate volume notes    = Music and Sound Effects can be toggled.
|surround sound          = unknown
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|surround sound          = n/a
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
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|subtitles notes          =  
 
|subtitles notes          =  
|closed captions          = unknown
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|closed captions          = n/a
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|mute on focus lost      = unknown
 
|mute on focus lost      = unknown
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|red book cd audio notes  =  
 
|red book cd audio notes  =  
 
}}
 
}}
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{{++}} This game supports the Roland MT-32 and LAPC-1 for music.
  
 
{{L10n|content=
 
{{L10n|content=
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  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
  |audio    = true
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  |audio    = n/a
  |subtitles = unknown
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  |subtitles = n/a
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
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==Network==
 
==Network==
 
{{Network/Multiplayer
 
{{Network/Multiplayer
|local play          = unknown
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|local play          = true
|local play players  =  
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|local play players  = 10
|local play modes    =  
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|local play modes    = Hot seat
 
|local play notes    =  
 
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|lan play players    =  
 
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|online play players  =  
 
|online play modes    =  
 
|online play modes    =  
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|vulkan versions        =  
 
|vulkan versions        =  
 
|vulkan notes          =  
 
|vulkan notes          =  
|dos modes              = MCGA, EGA, Tandy/PCjr, VGA
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|dos modes              = Tandy/PCjr, EGA, MCGA, VGA
 
|dos modes notes        =  
 
|dos modes notes        =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
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|OSfamily = DOS
 
|OSfamily = DOS
 
|minOS    =  
 
|minOS    =  
|minCPU  = Intel 286
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|minCPU  = 286
 
|minRAM  = 640 KB
 
|minRAM  = 640 KB
 
|minHD    =  
 
|minHD    =  
|minGPU  = MCGA, EGA, Tandy/PCjr
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|minGPU  = Tandy/PCjr, EGA
  
 
|recOS    = 6.22
 
|recOS    = 6.22
|recCPU  =  
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|recCPU  = 286 10 MHz
 
|recRAM  =  
 
|recRAM  =  
|recHD    =  
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|recHD    = 2 MB
|recGPU  = VGA
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|recGPU  = MCGA, VGA
 
}}
 
}}
  

Revision as of 18:22, 31 July 2020

The Games: Winter Challenge
The Games: Winter Challenge cover
Developers
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: Winter Challenge on HowLongToBeat
The Games: Winter Challenge on IGDB
The Games: Winter Challenge on MobyGames
The Games: Winter Challenge on Wikipedia
The Games
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
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Bundled with Summer Challenge. Prepackaged with DOSBox.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
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
DOS <path-to-game>\*.WGL
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 default save game path can be changed.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

General options.
General options.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
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
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
10 Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes Tandy/PCjr, EGA, MCGA, VGA

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 286
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Tandy/PCjr, EGA
Windows
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
macOS (OS X)
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
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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References