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Heavy Shreddin NES cartridge, the 1990 snowboarding game from Parker Brothers. Ride downhill, slalom, half-pipe, moguls and Backwoods events across three mountains and 18 levels. One player. You get the loose cartridge only, with no box or manual. Orders ship within 2 business days.
| Platform | NES |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Parker Brothers |
| Condition | Loose Cartridge |
| Availability | In stock |
Heavy Shreddin NES is a snowboarding game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America in June 1990. Imagineering developed it, and Parker Brothers published it. This listing is the loose cartridge.
The game spreads its runs across three mountains. Each mountain has novice, intermediate and expert trails, marked with a circle, a square and a diamond, much like real ski slopes.
Five events make up 18 levels: downhill, slalom, half-pipe, moguls and Backwoods. In slalom, you must pass between pairs of flags. Miss a pair and you are sent back to the top of the mountain. In the half-pipe, you are scored on speed and on the tricks you pull at the peak of either side.
You start with four lives and earn a bonus life for every trail you complete. Outside North America, the game was released as Snowboard Challenge.
Each of the three mountains offers trails at three skill levels: circle for novice, square for intermediate and diamond for expert. That lets you start on easier runs and move up. Slalom sends you back to the top for every missed pair of flags, so accuracy counts. The half-pipe scores both speed and tricks, and every finished trail adds a bonus life.
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What events are in this Heavy Shreddin snowboarding game?
Downhill, slalom, half-pipe, moguls and Backwoods, spread across 18 levels.
Who made it?
Imagineering developed it, and the Heavy Shreddin Parker Brothers release came out in North America in June 1990.
Is it multiplayer?
No. It is a one-player game.
Does it come with a box or manual?
No. This is the loose cartridge only.
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Heavy Shreddin on nes
Fast shipping, very clean and worked.
Not the best game but still fun
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I Won’t Shred It That Heavily…
The first thing you’re likely to notice about Heavy Shreddin’ are its graphics. The scenery looks fine and your character’s animations are relatively smooth, but the actual character art is pretty meh, to put things mildly. I’ve seen this described as Atari graphics, and while that’s overstating it a bit, it’s not overstating it by much. Heavy Shreddin’ was released in 1989, the same year as TMNT2, Castlevania 3, & Ducktales, long past the days in which stick figure sprites were state-of-the-art.
The gameplay has some high points, though. Your character’s speed is dictated by the angle of his board. At various points, the grade of the mountain will get steeper and your character will move faster and at a sharper downward angle. This can catch you by surprise since the mountain is simply white, but the angle of your board matches the angle of the mountain ridge in the background, so you’ll at least have something to look for.
Some of the challenge is blatantly unfair, however. Nothing forecasts when each obstacle is coming up, so your reaction time won’t be enough to get you through some of the obstacles that dictate you be at the extreme top or bottom of the screen. You have to memorize where certain obstacles are position yourself accordingly before any onscreen indication that you should do so. Most of the controls work fine once you get the hang of them, with the exception of the toe-grab you need to extend your jumps over longer chasms. Often, for no reason I can see, it just won’t work, even though it works just fine when there’s no pit underneath you! The mule-kick is more reliable, but even it can be temperamental at times.
Heavy Shreddin’ might remind you of Excitebike, the way you’ve got certain obstacle tiles, and once you get the hang of how to pass each tile you can master the game. It’s not nearly as good, but it is a fun game once you learn the controls. Carving your way down the mountain just makes you feel good, and the game tries for variety with the different types of levels. Some are time trials, some have slalom gates, some are half-pipe trick events, and some you just need to survive until the end. Each event has its own music, which is passable. The sound effects are actually kind of decent, and a few of the obstacles even give you some kind of sound warning (would have been nice to have a few more of these for the cheap obstacles!).
All in all, pretty average for the time.