Slalom (video game)

Slalom, originally released as VS. Slalom, is a skiing sports video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was first released in arcades in North America for the Nintendo VS. System in 1986, as with most Nintendo-published games of the era; it was then released for the console in North America in August 1987 and in Europe later that year. The player races in a series of downhill slalom skiing runs while navigating past flags and obstacles before time expires. It was developed by Tim and Chris Stamper and its music was composed by David Wise.

Slalom is the first NES game developed outside Japan (in this case, the United Kingdom), the Stamper brothers' first game released under the Rare brand and the first non-Japanese game to be published by Nintendo. Reviews from the 1980s found Slalom unrealistic, but largely appreciated its graphics and animations, and the original arcade version received praise for its innovative ski controls. In contrast, AllGame's retrospective review called the game poorly made and rushed. The rights to Slalom was acquired by Microsoft through their acquisition of Rare, releasing the game in their 2015 Rare Replay compilation for the Xbox One.