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Winter Olympic Games

Winter Olympic Games is the officially licensed game for the Winter Olympics tournament of 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. The European version (Winter Gold) does not feature the license, but is otherwise the…

31 December 1993

Winter Olympic Games is a racing developed by Tiertex, released 31 December 1993 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Winter Olympic Games is

Winter Olympic Games is a racing game developed by Tiertex and released in 1993. It was published by Sega Enterprises, Inc.. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Winter Olympic Games is the officially licensed game for the Winter Olympics tournament of 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. The European version (Winter Gold) does not feature the license, but is otherwise the same game. The player can compete for one of 20 different nations in 7 different events: downhill skiing, biathlon, ski jumping, bobsleigh, slalom skiing, short track ice skating and freestyle moguls. Each discipline can be practiced on its own before the actual competition. Competition can either be the full set, only the first or last half, only the downhill disciplines, or without the downhill disciplines. Controls and perspectives differ by event: the downhill ski events are shown in…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Olympic Games series

Winter Olympic Games is the 18th of 48 entries we hold in the Olympic Games series. The next entry was Winter Olympic Games in 1993.

See all 48 Olympic Games games in release order →

What it launched against

Winter Olympic Games launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

Official trailer

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Screenshots

All media

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Quick answers

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When did Winter Olympic Games come out?
Winter Olympic Games was released on 31 December 1993 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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