The Games: Winter Challenge

Winter Challenge
Genesis box art
Developer(s)MindSpan
Publisher(s)Accolade
Designer(s)Jeff Sember
Mike Benna
Platform(s)MS-DOS, Genesis
Release1991: MS-DOS
1992: Genesis
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

The Games: Winter Challenge is a sports video game developed by Canadian developer Mindspan and published by Accolade for MS-DOS compatible operating systems in 1991 and as Winter Challenge for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in Europe in 1991 and the United States in 1992. The game portrays eight winter sports events that are competed in during the Winter Olympics. The game is unlicensed and not endorsed by the International Olympic Committee or similar organisations. Upon release, Winter Challenge received praise from several publications, with attention directed to the game's variety of events and visual presentation, with some criticism towards the inconsistency and difficulty of events. A sequel to the game based on the Summer Olympics, The Games: Summer Challenge, was released by Accolade in 1992.