Had clean runs on all 5 slalom courses on both difficulty settings and was happy with my times on the 5 downhill courses on both difficulty settings. I couldn't break the 28.2 second target on mode 3 that the manual says would make you Olympic caliber.
This game is purely about getting better times on the various slopes. There are two types of courses: Slalom, where you have a number of gates to get through; and Downhill, where you just have to avoid trees and moguls, which you can avoid or jump over (the moguls are also on the slalom courses, but you don't have to avoid them there). Having 10 courses and 2 difficulty settings, with modes 5 & 10 being random courses, gives it a nice amount of variety. I like how on the Expert difficulty setting, the course extends beyond the sides of the screen -- this is in addition to having more trees to avoid. With 7 of the 10 modes being rather fast, it does provide a nice challenge on most of the modes.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get a crisp picture out of my Atari 2600 on my LCD TV as there was always a band of static across the middle of the screen. What little sound effects there are get the job done, as there is just a shushing sound as you go through gates, a dull thud when you run into a gate/tree/mogul, and a short chirp when you jump.
These are my best times on each mode:
Novice
1 (20 gates, slow) 0:36.29
2 (40 gates, slow) 1:15.43
3 (30 gates, fast) 0:30.50
4 (50 gates, fast) 1:08.98
5 (30 gates, fast) 0:33.71
6 (200 meters, slow) 0:31.12
7 (300 meters, fast) 0:41.10
8 (500 meters, fast) 0:55.18
9 (900 meters, fast) 1:50:58
10 (900 meters, fast, random) 1:50.51
Expert
1 (20 gates, slow) 0:34.93
2 (40 gates, slow) 1:18.56
3 (30 gates, fast) 0:30.39
4 (50 gates, fast) 0:57.06
5 (30 gates, fast) 0:33.35
6 (200 meters, slow) 0:32.93
7 (300 meters, fast) 0:33.08
8 (500 meters, fast) 0:51.25
9 (900 meters, fast) 1:40.06
10 (900 meters, fast, random) 1:38.01
