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Alpine Surfer

Players can freeboard or gate race while performing numerous air tricks and listening to rock and alternative music. 2 downhill courses and 2 levels of difficulty provide the player with 4 challenging options.

21 February 1996

Alpine Surfer is an arcade developed by Namco, released 21 February 1996 on Arcade.

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What Alpine Surfer is

Alpine Surfer is an arcade game developed by Namco and released in 1996. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Players can freeboard or gate race while performing numerous air tricks and listening to rock and alternative music. 2 downhill courses and 2 levels of difficulty provide the player with 4 challenging options.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Alpine Surfer launched on 21 February 1996, within three weeks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II and Soul Edge.

Released around the same time: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Soul Edge.

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When did Alpine Surfer come out?
Alpine Surfer was released on 21 February 1996 for Arcade.

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