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  1. Skifree (2025) by rocketfry for MS-DOS. A faithful port of the classic slope dodger, rebuilt from decompiled code for real 286+ hardware. No slalom, just the mountain. Makes an old chase feel fresh again.

    🎁 rocketfry.itch.io/skifree-dos-

    #homebrew #msdos #retro #game #skifree

  2. Skifree (2025) by rocketfry for MS-DOS. A faithful port of the classic slope dodger, rebuilt from decompiled code for real 286+ hardware. No slalom, just the mountain. Makes an old chase feel fresh again.

    🎁 rocketfry.itch.io/skifree-dos-

    #homebrew #msdos #retro #game #skifree

  3. The “Officialist” SkiFree Homepage
    SkiFree was part of one of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack releases for Windows 3.1, part of their limited gaming output before the went in on Xbox. Who knows, at the rate they're going, maybe they won't be doing Xbox much longer.

    It's a simple game where you guide a skier down through a scrolling course, avoiding o
    setsideb.com/the-authors-skifr
    #niche #ChrisPirih #indie #microsoftentertainmentpack #niche #skifree #Windows31

  4. Mistodon: for this date in last year's ADVENT23 #AdventCalendar, Cthulu manually made an #ANSIart reproduction of #pixelart sprites from Chris Pirih's #SkiFree, first included in 1991's Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3.

  5. Mistodon: for this date in last year's ADVENT23 #AdventCalendar, Cthulu manually made an #ANSIart reproduction of #pixelart sprites from Chris Pirih's #SkiFree, first included in 1991's Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3.

  6. Me finally learning how to use WINE in Linux so I can play games I had sitting in Windows...

    ...Then actually just using this newfound skill to play SkiFree.

    #Silly #Linux #SkiFree #VideoGames #RetroGaming #PCGaming #Ubuntu #Wine #WineIsNotAnEmulator

  7. Me finally learning how to use WINE in Linux so I can play games I had sitting in Windows...

    ...Then actually just using this newfound skill to play SkiFree.

    #Silly #Linux #SkiFree #VideoGames #RetroGaming #PCGaming #Ubuntu #Wine #WineIsNotAnEmulator

  8. As you may recall, I drew a couple of screens for an #ANSIart vintage computing #AdventCalendar this month, cooked up by my colleagues in the @mistfunk computer arts collective. Previously I shared my design for Dec 3, but I also adapted a rather pixelart-y, admittedly not especially ANSI-y design for today, Dec 14, from Chris Pirih's #SkiFree, made famous in 1991's #MicrosoftEntertainmentPack 3 for #Windows. Though I've fallen asleep within eyeshot of ski hills basically every night of my life

  9. As you may recall, I drew a couple of screens for an #ANSIart vintage computing #AdventCalendar this month, cooked up by my colleagues in the @mistfunk computer arts collective. Previously I shared my design for Dec 3, but I also adapted a rather pixelart-y, admittedly not especially ANSI-y design for today, Dec 14, from Chris Pirih's #SkiFree, made famous in 1991's #MicrosoftEntertainmentPack 3 for #Windows. Though I've fallen asleep within eyeshot of ski hills basically every night of my life

  10. Ski-Free But You Play As The Yeti
    Ski-Free is a beloved part of casual gaming from the days before it was called that, before even internet use was widespread. Distributed as part of Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3, it predates even Windows 95, and even Windows 3.1! It goes all the way back to Windows 3.0. Checking up on the game in
    setsideb.com/ski-free-but-you-
    #indies #2023 #gamejam #gmtk #indie #itchio #microsoftentertainmentpack #skifree #webgame #yetiupsetti

  11. Start your Saturday off right, learn a bit about #SkiFree -- the only game that needs to exist.

    ski.ihoc.net

  12. Start your Saturday off right, learn a bit about #SkiFree -- the only game that needs to exist.

    ski.ihoc.net

  13. #SkiFree used to be pre-installed with #Windows

    We used to be a real country...

  14. #SkiFree used to be pre-installed with #Windows

    We used to be a real country...

  15. @aadilayub Man, y'all missed out. That's some classic nostalgia right there. Does that mean y'all never played (ski.ihoc.net/)?

  16. @aadilayub Man, y'all missed out. That's some classic nostalgia right there. Does that mean y'all never played #skiFree (ski.ihoc.net/)?