Chill (video game)

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Chill
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Developer(s) Silicon Dreams Studio
Publisher(s) Eidos Interactive
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • EU: April 1998
Genre(s) Snowboarding
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Chill is a PlayStation snowboarding video game published by Eidos Interactive in 1998 and developed by Silicon Dreams Studio.

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Gameplay

The game features five tracks spread over five mountains, and features a two-player multiplayer mode that can be played in either vertical or horizontal split-screen mode. [1] [2] There are multiple routes down each mountain. [2]

Development

The game's existence was first mentioned in November 1996. [3] The title was endorsed by Burton Boards of America [4] [2] and was showcased at E3 1997. [5]

Eidos stated in early 1998 that they had decided against publishing the game for the PlayStation, [5] but they nonetheless released it a few months later. A Sega Saturn version of the game was slated to be published by developer Silicon Dreams themselves, [2] and was completed in time for its planned release date of April 1998, [6] but in the end it was left unreleased.

Reception

Cambridge Evening News gave the game a score of 3 out of 5, stating, "But overall the game is slightly dull and predictable. Chill will draw a cool response from snowboarding fans." [9]

Reviewing the Saturn version before its release was cancelled, Sega Saturn Magazine gave it a score of 80% but compared it unfavorably to its contemporary Steep Slope Sliders , citing inferior graphics and dull gameplay. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Chill". IGN. 23 May 2000. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Preview: Chill". Sega Saturn Magazine . No. 29. Emap International Limited. March 1998. pp. 30–33.
  3. ↑ "Games are a big business for GBH's Dreams". The Birmingham Post . March 27, 1997. p. 49. Retrieved September 18, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Silicon Dreams info". sdreams.co.uk. Archived from the original on October 3, 1999. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Fielder, Joe (February 6, 1998). "Eidos Pushes Ninja Back; Leaves Chill Out in the Cold". GameSpot . Archived from the original on October 17, 2000. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Cutlack, Gary (April 1998). "Review: Chill". Sega Saturn Magazine . No. 30. Emap International Limited. pp. 60–61.
  7. ↑ "Power Unlimited Game Database". powerweb.nl (in Dutch). April 1998. Archived from the original on September 24, 2003. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  8. ↑ Hodges, David (July 19, 1998). "Super Scene". The Sydney Morning Herald . p. 129. Retrieved September 18, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  9. 1 2 "Why Redshift is a real star turn". Cambridge Evening News . April 19, 1998. p. 15. Retrieved September 18, 2022– via Newspapers.com.


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