[HN Gopher] Creating the Longest Possible Ski Jump in "The Games...
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       Creating the Longest Possible Ski Jump in "The Games: Winter
       Challenge"
        
       Author : alberto-m
       Score  : 70 points
       Date   : 2025-08-07 14:57 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (mrwint.github.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (mrwint.github.io)
        
       | DrNosferatu wrote:
       | My PC joystick had a rapid fire mode, and if I remember
       | correctly, it was possible to achieve huge jumps leveraging this.
        
       | DrNosferatu wrote:
       | This game and the Summer Olympics had a huge wow factor when
       | arriving to PC gaming - nice memories!
       | 
       | Also, it seems the same graphics engine was further used (and
       | refined?) in baseball games - with the Hardball series. These, of
       | course, had little traction in Europe. How was it in baseball
       | friendly geographies? How did the popularity of the baseball
       | games compare to the Olympics titles?
        
       | sotsoguk wrote:
       | I have spent countless hours on Ski JUMP in Winter Challenge with
       | my best friend in the days. I still remember that 108.5 was the
       | max jump we were able to achieve
        
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