Alpine Racer/Gameplay

Controls

 * Selection Buttons: Use these two rectangular yellow buttons to select menu choices; in MAME these are replicated by the Alt and Space keys.
 * Decision Button: Use this round red button, which is positioned between the two Selection ones, to confirm choices (or change the viewpoint during gameplay, as it starts with a 1st-person view, but can be changed to a 3rd-person one and back again); in MAME, this is replicated by the Ctrl key.
 * Foot Stands: Move the foot stands left and right while your feet are on them to direct the skier in those respective directions; by using the inner edge while doing so, the skier slows down and turns quicker. In MAME, the foot stands are replicated by the left and right arrow keys, while the inner edge is replicated by the up and down ones, meaning the emulator allows people who physically could not stand on the foot stands at the time to play too.

Skier #27
This magenta-suited skier is the default protagonist of this game; in Race Mode, he races against several other CPU-controlled skiers in differently-coloured suits and must cross the finish line first, and the time he has left to do it in gets extended each time he passes a checkpoint. However, for Time Trial Mode, he has to pass between the flags and cross the finish line in the fastest time, and the time he has left to do it in gets extended by one second each time he passes between a pair of flags (and, if he ever misses a pair of flags, he will not be disqualified, but it prevents you from entering your initials on the "best-time" table if you finished fast enough to do so!) - and if you should ever tire of playing with Skier #27, you can hold down both of the Selection Buttons on the "PRESS ANY BUTTON" screen, then repeatedly press the Decision one, to activate alternative protagonist Penguin (an actual penguin, as opposed to a human with the name).