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Horace Goes Skiing

In 1982 Tang also produced Horace Goes Skiing. In it, Horace must cross a dangerous road teeming with traffic to rent out a pair of skis, à la Frogger, get back over the road and successfully navigate a ski…

50 31 December 1982

Horace Goes Skiing is a platform developed by Beam Software, released 31 December 1982 on Commodore C64/128/MAX, Dragon 32/64, PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

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What Horace Goes Skiing is

Horace Goes Skiing is a platform game developed by Beam Software and released in 1982. It was published by Melbourne House. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX, Dragon 32/64, PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

This title is not a true sequel, as it does not follow on from an original story and is only similar in that it features the same character.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Horace Goes Skiing holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 6% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1982 averaged 66, so it scored 16 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Horace Goes Skiing launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

Official trailer

Gameplay video thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

Horace Goes Skiing — frequently asked questions

When did Horace Goes Skiing come out?
Horace Goes Skiing was released on 31 December 1982 for Commodore C64/128/MAX, Dragon 32/64, PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

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