Steep Slope Sliders
Steep Slope Sliders (スティープ・スロープ・スライダーズ) is a game that was made for the Sega Saturn and Sega Titan ST-V arcade system, published in 1997. It was developed by a collaboration of Victor Interactive Software, and the Cave Company. The game was released by Victor Interactive Software in Japan and by Sega in other territories. Capcom released the arcade version.
| Steep Slope Sliders | |
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 European Sega Saturn cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Cave |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Director(s) | Yasuyuki Hirota |
| Designer(s) | Yasuyuki Hirota Junji Seki Hideki Nomura Riichirō Nitta Takako Taniguchi |
| Platform(s) | Sega Saturn, Arcade |
| Release | Sega SaturnArcade
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Sega ST-V |
Gameplay
While UEP Systems' Cool Boarders system of executing moves is extremely regimented by a combo interface, Steep Slope Sliders' allows the player far more autonomy. Instead of actually holding in a direction while jumping (similar to the system that the SSX snowboarding series now uses), everything was based on the face buttons that were pressed, but the method of performing tricks was completely based on the Jamma configuration that was used in the arcades. Many other Sega arcade ports were like this as well, most notably Die Hard Arcade, Virtua Fighter: Remix, Virtua Fighter Kids, Radiant Silvergun and Winter Heat.
Legacy
Cave developed a follow-up exclusively for the PlayStation, Trick'N Snowboarder. It was released on 27th March 1998 in Europe and May 16th, 1998 in the UK after originally missing a UK release for unknown reasons.
References
- "PR: Off the Beaten Path With "Steep Slope Sliders" for Sega Saturn". Transworld Snowboarding. TEN: The Enthusiast Network. December 15, 1997. Retrieved July 31, 2014.