With three distinct game modes, players have a variety of ways to pass the time. Surf as far as possible in an endless ocean, compete for the shortest time, or zig zag through as many gates as you can in a row. Watch out for the kraken! Players can also collect hearts to extend their lives and boosts for a burst of speed. Inspired by the classic Windows game SkiFree, the surf game challenges players to ride through the water while avoiding islands, fellow surfers, and other obstacles.
The game is nice homage to SkiFree, a simple but classic skiing game that shipped on older versions of Windows in the nineties. If you’re running Microsoft Edge version 83.0.478.37, which is the latest build in the Stable channel, you can now try this game by navigating to edge://surf. The casual game should now make a much bigger splash as it’s no longer restricted to the Microsoft Edge Insider channels. After completing the chosen course players are left to "ski free" until being inevitably chased by a yeti at 2000 meters it is almost impossible to escape being eating by one of the yetis.Back in February, Microsoft released a fun web-based surf game to promote its new Chromium-based Edge browser. The tree slalom course - The same as the normal slalom course except that trees are scattered along the course, making it more difficult.Īlternatively, players can skip all of these courses and just ski free.The slalom course - a slalom course where the goal is to ski on the correct side of red and blue flags.
The free-style course - Collect style points by doing flips and other tricks.There are several different objects for to interact with, these include ski jumps, dogs, skiers, trees, and ski lift poles.Īt the start of the game there are three lanes to choose from, each one giving different tasks to complete during the run. When using the keyboard the arrow keys are used to turn the skier. When using the mouse players simply move the mouse and the skier will turn towards it. GameplayĪll players have to do in SkiFree is to ski down the slope in one of the four available lanes, using either the mouse or keyboard. He was discovered playing his own game during work hours, which eventually led to the game being included in the Microsoft Entertainment Pack in 1991. It is a simple game in which the player control. SkiFree was created by Chris Pirih, a Microsoft employee that developed the game using C for his own personal entertainment. SkiFree is a computer game created by Chris Pirih and released with the Microsoft Entertainment Pack in 1991.
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