SkiFree
From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
Developers | |
---|---|
Chris Pirih | |
Publishers | |
Microsoft | |
Release dates | |
Windows 3.x | 1991 |
Windows | April 4, 2005[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Freeware |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Sports |
SkiFree is a singleplayer top-down view action and sports game.
The game was originally sold as part of Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3 in 1991. Since then, the developer has released it as a free download, along with updates for modern systems, including an executable that can be run on 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Developer website | Free download. |
Game data
Save game data location
-
entpack.ini
contains high scores.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Always runs windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Native Windows Vsync. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | Native Windows mouse cursor. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
---|
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | No sound. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Everything is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Other information
API
Executable | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | 32-bit version available from the official site. Retail is 16-bit only. |
System requirements
Windows 3.x | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | 286, 386SX, 386DX or higher | |
System memory (RAM) | 640K plus 256K extended memory | 1 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | EGA, VGA, Hercules |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ The Most Officialest SkiFree Home Page - last accessed on May 2023