Ski

51 Years old Arcade Video game Allied Leisure Industries, Inc. [Hialeah, FL, USA]

Ski © 1975 Allied Leisure.

The very first skiing video game. Using the sliding foot controllers, navigate down a slalom course, passing between the pairs of flags. For every set of four that you pass through in a row, your speed increases as does your "mileage." Mileage = the score, which is also represented using a red numerical display counter.

Goodies for Ski
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TECHNICAL / MACHINE PICT.

This CPU-powered game employed a few tricks from Allied's Electro-Mechanical games to make for a more simulator type experience.

This included sliding ski controls, a red numerical LED score display, and it used an 8-track tape to play "alpine music" as you played.

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TRIVIA

Released in October 1975 in the USA.The first game to use a simulated pair of ski controllers.

This game reportedly did very well at ski resorts in New York state, but like many other Allied games, it came with various technical problems and broke down often.

SOURCES
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Machine's picture.
Cash Box Magazine, Nov. 29th 1975, p. 52
Replay Magazine, Dec. 1976
Play Meter Magazine, July 1977