Play Ski Champ Online Free for Sega Model 3.
Ski Champ is Sega AM1's downhill skiing game for the Sega Model 3 board, released in Japan in January 1998 after a showing at Sega's private show the month before. It follows Sega Ski Super G, and like that game it was built around its cabinet: you stood on a ski platform and leaned to carve, with a pole in each hand to push off.
Ski Champ
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Ski Champ can be relived on your own PC through the free RetroPlayers.Club Player app — full speed, with a controller and saves just like your hardware. You confirm you own the game from your library, and no need to connect your console.
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| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| D-Pad Up | ↑ | D-Pad up |
| D-Pad Down | ↓ | D-Pad down |
| D-Pad Left | ← | D-Pad left |
| D-Pad Right | → | D-Pad right |
| B (bottom) | X | Bottom face |
| A (right) | Z | Right face |
| Y (left) | S | Left face |
| X (top) | A | Top face |
| L | Q | Left shoulder |
| R | E | Right shoulder |
| Start | Enter | Start |
| Select | V | Select |
🎮 Sega Arcade controls
These are the keys the RetroPlayers.Club Player app uses for Sega Arcade, shown for reference. Your controller still lights up below so you can confirm it is detected — Premium members can remap here (keyboard or USB controller) and the app applies the map at the next launch.
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| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Lean Forward | W | Stick up |
| Lean Back | S | Stick down |
| Lean Left | A | Stick left |
| Lean Right | D | Stick right |
| Left Pole | J | Arcade button 1 |
| Right Pole | K | Arcade button 2 |
| View: Third Person Far | L | Arcade button 3 |
| View: Third Person Near | U | Arcade button 4 |
| View: First Person | I | Arcade button 5 |
| Start | F | Start |
| Coin | Shift | Arcade coin |
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The free RetroPlayers.Club Player runs it on your PC, on free play, with the leaning and the poles on your keyboard or pad.
How to Play Ski Champ
Lean forward, back, left and right with the movement keys - that is the ski platform - and push with the left and right pole keys. Three more keys switch between the far and near chase cameras and the first-person view. The table shows the starting keys and Controller Mapping changes them.
Four Skiers
Pick from four named racers, each with the game's own one-line description: Monique, number one for top speed; Kazuma, well balanced; Brenda, easy to manoeuvre and the one for beginners; and Mathias, great with quick steps.
Down the Mountain
The run is split into areas. Area 1 starts on the Mountaintop; Area 2 drops through a Large forest and the Snowy wastelands; Area 3 crosses a Gigantic glacier and a Snow canyon.
The Cabinet
Ski Champ was a one-player machine. Its inputs were a platform read on two axes, so every lean was a turn or a tuck, two poles, and three view buttons - the same set the Player maps for you here. Sega ended service for the machines on March 31, 2017.
Ski Champ — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Ski Champ?
Sega AM1's 1998 skiing game for the Sega Model 3 arcade board, the successor to Sega Ski Super G.
Which skiers can I choose?
Monique (top speed), Kazuma (well balanced), Brenda (for beginners) and Mathias (quick steps).
How do I steer without the ski platform?
The movement keys stand in for leaning on the platform, and two keys work the poles. Controller Mapping can put them on a pad's stick and buttons.
Do I need coins?
No - free play, press Start.
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