BEWARE THE SNOW MONSTER!
Video games you say, well why not just hit the snow? First off there isn’t snow year round. Secondly, do you also have those long trips where you forgot to bring a book or zine and your headphones broke the day before? I do. The first three I have tested since they’re free, but the rest of this list costs money. I think my rent is a higher priority.
1 – Crazy Snowboard (Lite) – Xmas Edition
They keep coming out with holiday versions, like the Halloween and Xmas ones. Then there’s the regular edition which is exactly the same setup, with the difference being non-themed courses and riders+gear. If you enjoy it enough to purchase the full version, good for you.
Free Ride: endless downhill action, and I mean infinitely long til you get sick enough from the same jumps and grabs to throw your iPhone at the old lady sitting next to you on the bus. You start with the aerial options of pulling a method, stalefish, nose grab, or front grab, and then if you play missions you can unlock bonus items (boards, dudes, and grabs).
Missions: in each mission there is a purple hint box that unlocks a bonus item. But wait, once you unlock those items, you still have to purchase them by acquiring enough points via these missions. I can only describe the first three since the Lite version doesn’t allow for further off-mountain practice. Mission 1 you need to grab 10 coins before time runs out, mission 2 you must accrue 2500 points before time runs out, and mission 3 is to jump through 15 rings before time runs out.
In this game you have many more options than in Crazy Snowboard. Let alone the inclusion of rails and halfpipes, Slope Rider lets you do aerial spins and flips, and since there are many more possibilities things tend to get a little hectic on the iPhone. To get more control on my rider, I turned down the sensitivity in options and voila!, I can actually stay on course.
Alpine: race against a computer-controlled snowboarder to the finish line while simultaneously trying to beat the fastest times in the highscores table.
Freestyle: test your trick skills on jumps, rails, and halfpipes to see if you can beat your last high score.
Think of the game you used to play on the comp wayyy back in the day where you’d always be eaten by the snow monster, Ski Champ, but now you’re a snowboarder and can slightly develop your features.
Here are the games with a price-tag:
Adrenaline Snowboarding (Take on the role of an extreme snowboarder and shred down the slopes, grind rails and bust out huge aerial tricks. Score big to compete against your friends, or others from around the world.)
Index & Bird’s Snowboard Park (Using multi-touch technology, it allows you to ride a snowboard with your fingers. Simply strap into the snowboard’s bindings by utilizing the yellow circles on the snowboard. Now you can ride the board by twisting your fingers on the screen.)
iStunt (iStunt is an addictive 2D snowboard game with a strong emphasis on physics. Perform amazing stunts while snowboarding through impossible scenarios in a unique game experience.)
Shaun White Snowboarding: Origins (The game spans four different countries – Chile, Japan, Spain and USA. Become part of the Shaun White community and take on the players all over the globe.)
Ski Champ (BEWARE THE SNOW MONSTER!)
Snowboarding TnT (Get massive air and perform over 30 unique tricks to earn points, maneuver through gates, and battle time and obstacles to unlock new courses.)
Snow Dude (Go little Snow Dude!)
XPEED Snowboard (Durability of your board will be reduced after every stage, but you can repair your snowboard at STATE menu)
- Get On The Scene -
Next time you wish you were riding freshies just reach in your pocket, take out your iPhone (that’s if you have one, and if not you can otherwise substitute this step with your imagination), and tap your favorite snowboard game’s icon. Play away.
Which games have you tried, my snowboarder amigo?
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I don’t usually like iphone games, but I’m diggin slope rider!