Skydive! (video game)

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Skydive!
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Developer(s) The Groove Alliance, Gonzo Games
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Macintosh
Release
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player

Skydive! Go Ahead and Jump (often stylized as SKYDIVE!) is a video game developed by The Groove Alliance and Gonzo Games and published by Electronic Arts for Windows and Macintosh in 1999.

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Reception

The game received unfavorable reviews to overwhelming dislike according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [2]

It won GameSpot 's award for "Worst Game of the Year". [12]

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References

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  9. ↑ PCA staff (October 1999). "Skydive!". PC Accelerator . No. 14. Imagine Media. p. 108. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
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