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Snowboard Challenge (Europe)

NES / Famicom
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Reviewed in
2001
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Snowboard Challenge is a Loriciel/Asmik NES snowboard with its riders descending alpine tracks and executing aerial figures. The representation offers pseudo 3D behind rider view with descents and halfpipe in a 90s extreme sport formula. Honest for NES sport fans, curiosity of the 8 bit Asmik catalog.

Your verdict
Category
Sports 1 player 3+
Description
Snowboard descent and alpine slalom for snow-sports fans. Published by American Sammy in Europe. Six snowy runs with jumps, obstacles and time trials, in a straightforward style typical of period sports games. PAL version.

Snowboard Challenge review

2/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,06 MB 📅14/09/2001
Published by American Sammy

Snowboard Challenge (NES) price, value & rarity

Major piece
Q1 loose
 $1212 Q6 complete
 $3998 Q10 new
 $12794 !
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Collector interest

Distributed in Europe by American Sammy, this snowboarding title with no real ludic reputation shows how value can rest almost entirely on distribution scarcity. Its very narrow PAL window, with no firm release date on record, makes it an extreme case where the steep price reflects the near-total absence of copies in circulation rather than demand grounded in the game itself.

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