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Slalom (Europe)

NES / Famicom
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Reviewed in
1987
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✪ Reviewed on March 2, 2023
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Slalom is a Nintendo and Rare NES ski game with its skier descending alpine tracks avoiding obstacles and gates. The representation offers pseudo 3D behind skier view with turns and jumps in a founding arcade winter sport formula. Honest for NES sport fans, curiosity of the 8 bit Rare catalog.

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Category
Sports 1 player 3+
Description
First-person slalom skiing developed by Rare. Published by Nintendo, released in 1987 in Europe. Three alpine courses with tight timing and obstacles to dodge, using a fast pseudo-3D engine impressive for the hardware. PAL version.

Slalom review

2/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,02 MB 📅01/06/1987
Published by Nintendo

Slalom (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $14 Q6 complete
 $61 Q10 new
 $205 !
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Other versions
Slalom
USA
01/06/1987
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Collector interest

Slalom holds a historic place as the first game Rare developed for the NES, the seed of the partnership that later produced Battletoads and Donkey Kong Country. This PAL version came from a smaller European run than the American one. Collector interest crystallizes around that status as Rare's very first production rather than the pseudo-3D skiing itself, dated yet technically bold for 1987.

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