Arcade Archives: Water Ski (2019) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Arcade Archives: Water Ski

Water Ski is a sports game released by Taito in 1983. Control the skier's movements as they follow behind a motorboat and aim for the goal. Jump over any small obstacles to avoid them. If you make a good jump…

22 August 2019

What Arcade Archives: Water Ski is

Arcade Archives: Water Ski is an arcade game developed by Taito and released in 2019. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Water Ski is a sports game released by Taito in 1983. Control the skier's movements as they follow behind a motorboat and aim for the goal. Jump over any small obstacles to avoid them. If you make a good jump on the jump ramps, you will get lots of points!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Arcade Archives: Water Ski launched on 22 August 2019, within three weeks of Control, GreedFall, Gears 5 and Blasphemous. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Control, GreedFall, Gears 5, Blasphemous.

Arcade Archives: Water Ski — frequently asked questions