Alpine Racer 2/Walkthrough

Once you have inserted your coin into a stand-alone cabinet of Namco's 1996 skiing arcade game Alpine Racer 2, it shall proceed to the skier selection screen shown above, and you'll have seven seconds to select either Free-Skiing (centre), Racing (left) or Mogul (right) by using the Selection Buttons (MAME: Ctrl and Space), then pushing the Decision Button (MAME: Alt) to confirm your choice; however, on a linked cabinet there'll be a short period of time before the game proceeds to this screen which gives a second player the chance to insert their coin into the other cabinet for linked play.

The game will then proceed to that mode selection screen shown above, where you will have seven more seconds to select either Race Mode or Time Trial Mode by using the Selection Buttons, then pushing the Decision Button to confirm your choice - and for a two-player game, both players will have to select Time Trial Mode if they want to race against each other without any interference from CPU-controlled skiers, but if the distance between both players becomes too close in this mode, the opposing skier will disappear from both monitors and reappear when the distance becomes greater again.

The game will then proceed to the course selection screen shown above, where you'll have seven more seconds to select either the Hi-Speed Course or Technical Course by using the Selection Buttons, then pushing the Decision Button to confirm your choice; for a two-player game, both players will have to select that Technical Course if they want to race against each other on it. The game shall now cut to a shot of your chosen skier (Free-Skiing has an image of "Nankin-cho" (Japanese: 南京町, lit. Nankin-chō), the Maneki Neko mascot of Namco's then-newly-opened theme park "Namja Town", on the back of his jacket) either putting on his skis at the Hi-Speed Course's starting line or waiting for the gate to be opened at the Technical Course's starting line - and it's also worth noting the Hi-Speed course is recommended for novice players, and the Technical Course for more experienced ones.