Val d'Isère Skiing and Snowboarding

Val d'Isère Skiing and Snowboarding is a winter sports game that uses a behind-the-view perspective , similar to Tommy Moe's Winter Extreme: Skiing & Snowboarding . When racing down the skiing trails , the player can accelerate, turn, stop, jump, decelerate and make sharp turns either when accelerating or decelerating. The players can choose either snowboard or ski playstyles at the main menu and change the default control scheme at the options menu. Unlike its original SNES version, however, in-game weather conditions changes do not exist.

Two players can also participate in any of the modes by taking their respective turn. Progress, records and other changes made by the player are saved automatically via the cartridge's internal EEPROM . More options can be accessed by entering a cheat code at the main menu. Modes Val d'Isère Skiing and Snowboarding has three different modes of play: Freeride, Training and Compete.

Each one having their own subset of rules. Freeride is an arcade-style, non-competitive event mode in which the player has to descend from the mountain and reach the finish line of the track. At the start of any course, the player is given a limited amount of time to reach a designated checkpoint and increase the time limit to continue racing, while avoiding obstacles in order to not lose time. After reaching down the bottom of the mountain, the player automatically uses a ski lift in order to climb to the next mountain trail.

More paths are unlocked depending on the route the player has chosen when descending from the mountain's skiing trail. If the players misses a checkpoint, the time limit stays the same, leading to an early end to the race as a result. Later paths get increasingly difficult as the player progresses in this mode, with more obstacles to avoid and lower time limits, in addition, these later courses add power ups such as turbo, shield and time increasers. Training mode is recommended for beginners to practice and refine their ski and snowboard skills for the competition modes of downhill , slalom and giant .

Before the start of any event, the player is given the choice of selecting any of the four courses on the map screen, each one increasing in difficulty. If the player misses any gate, there is a penalty of two seconds for each one lost at the end of the practice. Compete mode, as the name suggests, is a competitive mode consisting of four championships, each of which is divided into three events. In the first event, the player has to be in the top 7 to qualify, then in the top 5 on the second event and then in the top 3 on the third and final event to win an award, depending on the time the player reached the finish line.

If the player qualifies on the four championships, then he is moved on onto the finals. If the player fails to qualify in any of the events, a life is lost and once the three lives are lost in qualifying, the game is over. Unlike the previous two modes, progress is not saved after completing any event.