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8-bit character Horace is often considered the unofficial mascot of the ZX Spectrum. His first mini game saw him go hungry, in his third he battled spiders… but 1982’s Horace Goes Skiing – remastered for your gaming pleasure - saw the instantly recognisable hero don his skis and hit the slopes. Your first task is to cross a busy street that lies between you and the ski store – not such an simple task considering the volume of traffic you’ll encounter. Dangerously really big trucks, crazy speeding ambulances and short-sighted drivers all add to the fun. Having created it across alive, you can pick up your skis… and now you’re going to have to cross back over. Which idiot built the store there in the first place? The second scene sees Horace pelting his method through a flagged course; stay within the race place and you’ll score plenty of points, but watch out for bumps in the course that’ll send you zinging off in the wrong direction. Finish the race and you receive the best news of all: you receive to do it all over once more. But watch out for Horace’s nemesis – you never quite know when he’s going to appear! Despite its apparent simplicity, Horace Goes Skiing cemented its put in gaming history with its mix of simplicity, arcade-action video test and a special graphical style that a lot of retro fanatics still keep a candle for to this day. This lovingly remastered ver is faithful to the original, offering retro fanatics and casual gamers alike a possibility to experience the same thrill as the first generation of users had back in the day. Users can select to control Horace either using the on-screen touch zones or by using a compatible Bluetooth device. *** According to the original instructions: Horace Goes Skiing is a sequel to the very successful Hungry Horace. The Horace series pioneers the idea of inter-active cartoons. Assist Horace to slalom down the mountain course between the flags and avoiding the trees - but first he must cross the busy streets to receive to the ski slopes. A complex, colorful and outstanding computer game. Before Horace can receive to the ski-slopes he must fetch his skis from a hut on the another side of the busy street. Horace will move in one of four directions: Up, Left, Down and Right. At the beginning of the mini game, Horace has $40 to spend. If he is knocked down it will cost him $10 in ambulance fees. After Horace has successfully crossed the street, tutorial him into the door of the hut where he will fetch his skis. The charge for ski hire is $10. Horace could not enter the ski hut unless he can afford the hire charge. If Horace has spent all his cash on ambulance fees, then he can accumulate points and cash by crossing the street repeatedly, as at every 1000-point boundary, Horace receives a $10 premium. Horace could not linger on the street longer than important, since the traffic becomes progressively more congested. After fetching his skis Horace must return across the street to the ski slopes. In the second part of the mini game Horace must ski down the Hannekon run, avoiding the trees and slaloming between the red and blue pairs of flags. If Horace fails to pass between the flags a warning note is sounded and Horace will lose points. Horace can parallel left or right using the selected control way. Horace increases his points by passing between the flags and he can also keep a 100-point premium by passing through the finish barrier. As in the highway section, there is a $10 premium at every 1000-point boundary. If Horace could hit a tree then he can continue on the slope provided that his skis do not break. If his skis do break then Horace must once more cross the street for a fresh set of skis and then return across the street to the ski slopes. If Horace successfully completes the course with his skis intact then he must cross the street once with his skis to the next slope. ***