Water Ski (video game)

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Water Ski
Developer(s) Taito
Publisher(s) Taito
Platform(s) Arcade
Release
  • JP: September 1983
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system Taito SJ System

Water Ski [a] is a 1983 water skiing video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. It was released only in Japan in September 1983. [1] Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in 2019, marking the game's first release outside Japan. [2] [3]

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Gameplay

The player rides a water ski connected to a boat, navigating the sea while avoiding obstacles within a time limit. [2] Obstacles include random rocks, columns of rocks with tight gaps, sharks as well as passing ships. Crashing leads to the player restarting at a checkpoint, which would cost the player precious time. Ramps occasionally appear, allowing the player to score extra points if jumped from correctly, but failure would result in a crash. A second player can join in at any time. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ウオータースキー, Hepburn: Uōtā Sukī

References

  1. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005)[Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 42. ISBN   978-4990251215.
  2. 1 2 Calvert, Darren (August 29, 2019). "Nintendo Download: 29th August (North America)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  3. ↑ 株式会社インプレス (August 21, 2019). "PS4/Switch「アーケードアーカイブス ウォータースキー」配信日決定 モーターボートの動きに合わせてスキーヤーをコントロールしてゴールを目指そう". GAME Watch (in Japanese). Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  4. ↑ "『アーケードアーカイブス ウォータースキー』がSwitchとPS4で8月22日より配信開始。タイトーから発売された水上スキーのスポーツゲーム | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). August 21, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
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