What platforms is Skiing on?

Skiing was released on Intellivision.

When did Skiing release?

Skiing was first released on December 31, 1980.

Skiing

Dec 31, 1980SportIntellivision

Skiing — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Skiing on?: Skiing was released on Intellivision.
When did Skiing release?: Skiing was first released on December 31, 1980.

About Skiing

In Skiing, your goal is to ski to the bottom of the mountain in the shortest time possible. The mountain is treacherous with plenty of trees and moguls in the way! There are two different modes of gameplay. In slalom mode, there are a series of gates you need to ski through; missing any will result in a penalty to your time. In downhill mode you just need to ski to the bottom as fast as possible. Each mode includes five different skill levels which affect the length of the course (and the number of gates in slalom mode.)

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Intellivision
Developer: APh Technological Consulting
Publisher: Mattel Electronics
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action, Non-fiction

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

59/100

from 4 ratings

Collector value & authenticity

Intellivision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-20

Loose

Complete

Sealed

$16

few sales

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Sold as "Skiing"	$4	$8	$20

How often it sells

Loose: about 2 times a year
Complete: about 2 times a year
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-20.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $1.39 in Apr 2010, $4.28 five years ago, and $4.22 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2011	$1.39	—
Jan 2012	$3.99	—
Jan 2013	$3.99	—
Jan 2014	$1.99	$4.99
Jan 2015	$2.25	$5.00
Jan 2016	$3.95	$0.99
Jan 2017	$5.00	$5.99
Jan 2018	$4.88	$5.00
Jan 2019	$4.87	$5.99
Jan 2020	$4.12	$6.97
Jan 2021	$4.83	$7.80
Jan 2022	$4.00	$9.99
Jan 2023	$5.17	$8.50
Jan 2024	$5.14	$8.95
Jan 2025	$4.68	$7.43
Jan 2026	$4.15	$8.39
Oct 2026	$4.22	$8.05

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Product #
North America Mattel Electronics	1817
North America Sears (Tele-Games)	49 75219

North America: Product number confirmed by the game's own manual.
North America: Sears catalogue number, printed on the Sears Tele-Games box.

Source: Product numbers: each confirmed by the game's own manual, a publisher-prefix UPC that encodes it, a box scan, or INTV Funhouse's collector list where Mattel's own 1979–83 catalogues or manual order forms print the same number; barcodes from PriceCharting, check digits verified

Region: NA
Released: 1980
Controller: Hand controller
Players: One to six players
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases are not tracked for the IntellivisionLow look-alike risk

Intellivision prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A solo downhill-and-slalom cart from Mattel's 1980 sports line, cheap and dated but pleasant.

U.S. Ski Team Skiing came from APh Technological Consulting for Mattel at the end of 1980, with Scott Reynolds credited as programmer and Terry Ligocki also credited. It is a one-player sport game, unlike most of Mattel's early sports titles, and it carries the U.S. Ski Team license.

Mattel thought enough of it to put it in a promotional parent-and-child tournament that Electronic Fun covered in 1983, alongside Frog Bog, Astrosmash, Night Stalker, PGA Golf and Lock 'N' Chase. INTV Corporation revisited the game in 1988 as Mountain Madness: Super Pro Skiing, which adds course design and more players, so this original is mostly for completists and people who want the 1980 version.

What the press said at the time

“While there's nothing breathtakingly new about Mattel “Skiing,” it packs an amazing amount of detail into an easy-to-learn contest.”
— VIDEO (Arcade Alley), November 1981

How the Intellivision version differs

Sears sold this game for its private-label Intellivision console, the Super Video Arcade, without the U.S. Ski Team name or logo, which is why later re-releases simply call it Skiing.

Worth knowing

From the Intellivision manual. Two courses, Downhill and Slalom, each at four speeds; slalom is longer, has closer gates and no moguls, and is meant for advanced skiers.
From the Intellivision manual. You choose how steep the slope is; steeper slopes make losing control more likely, and beginners are advised to start on slope 4.
From the Intellivision manual. A race is decided over 3 heats, and finishing times map to ratings from safety hazard up to Olympic gold medalist.

Before you buy

Two keypad overlays came with Mattel's copies, so check for both. Sears sold the cartridge as plain Skiing, without the U.S. Ski Team name, and that version is priced separately. This is one of the cheapest carts in the library, so buy the best-condition complete copy you can find rather than a bargain loose one.