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The Activision Skiing game for Atari is eerily like this one.

Graphics: 3 Sound: 3 Replay Value: 4 Notes: 1- to 6-player game; Easter Egg Screen Shots

Whack! Thump! Stupid tree! We had a blast seeing how fast we could go and smash into trees, or cackling at the ineptitude of our opponent when hitting these slopes. This game offered lots of fun - and was one of the earliest Intellivision games to offer multi-colored characters - the skis were actually a different color than the main character! It was also a vertically scrolling game, which seemed pretty unique in the home video game market at the time. Best Time: Downhill: 40.6 [Slope: 14]; Slalom: N/A

A total of nine U.S. Ski Team Skiing box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	1817-0910	1980	U.S.A.	Plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1817-0910	1980	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover
	Mattel Electronics	1817-0910-G1	1980	U.S.A.	Trayless pocket; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1817-0910-G1	1980	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	1817-0510	1980	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada on back
	Mattel Electronics	1817-0910	1980	Hong Kong	French-Canadian outer sleeve refers to original Keyboard Component; internally, same as standard 1817-0910
	Mattel Electronics	1817-0410	1980	Hong Kong	International Edition; no U.S. Ski Team logo; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Intellivision Inc.	1817	1980	U.S.A.	Standard Intellivision, Inc. box; however, part number not listed in lower left corner on front, as it usually was
	Sears	3869-0910	1980	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; blue game title on top and back

A total of eleven U.S. Ski Team Skiing manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	1817-0920	1980	U.S.A.	Includes errata slip w/o origin
	Mattel Electronics	1817-0920	1980	Hong Kong	Includes 'TELLIVISION' errata slip
	Mattel Electronics	1817-0920-G2	1980	U.S.A.
	Mattel Electronics	1817-0920-G2	1980	Hong Kong	Includes 'TELLIVISION' errata slip
	Mattel Electronics	1817-0720	1980	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; blue artwork
	Mattel Electronics	1817-8920	1980	Canada	French translation; included in 'sleeved' version with a 1817-0920 English manual
	Mattel Electronics	1817-0820 G-3	1980	Hong Kong	International English edition
	Mattel Electronics	1817-0121	1980	Hong Kong	German
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	PC-1817-0920	1980	U.S.A.	PlayCable version; the instructions correctly show the overlays, so the errata slip is not needed
	Intellivision Inc.	1817-0820-G1	None		Accordian-style folding; no origin; unlike other I.I. manuals, does not have a 'back cover' with the Intellivision® logo on it
	Sears	3869-0920	1980	Hong Kong	Includes the 'TELLIVISION' errata slip

Supplemental Materials

The following supplemental materials have been found for U.S. Ski Team Skiing.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None		At least 'Television' is spelled correctly, but some extra exclamation points couldn't hurt...to hell with punctuation!
	Mattel Electronics	1817-0950	None	Hong Kong	'TELLIVISION' errata slip

A total of three U.S. Ski Team Skiing overlay variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	mattel	1817-4289	1980	U.S.A.	No outline around title; DIRECTION text and arrows not present
	mattel	1817-4289	1980	U.S.A.	Outline around title; DIRECTION text and arrows are present
	mattel	1817-4289-G1	1980	U.S.A.	No outline around title; DIRECTION text and arrows are present; part number updated

A total of three U.S. Ski Team Skiing label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None		No origin, copyright, or date info
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None	Hong Kong	Origin upper right
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	1980	U.S.A.	Origin lower right; © I.I. 1980 to left of origin; ™ small, centered vertically on right edge; smaller label, rounded corners

	Title screen for U.S. Ski Team Skiing.
	Some people knock this game, but I don't know why. But I never could get into the slalom races.

Credit: I first found this in Joe Zbiciak's post to the intvprog group on Yahoo on 23. March, 2001. JZ has indicated that the real credit should go to Carl Mueller, Jr. since he probably found it first. So you both get credit here!

Left Controller: Press and hold: [5], [7]
Right Controller: Press and hold: [5], [7]
Press Reset
Easter Egg: At the end of the race, instead of FINISH it shows PENDRAGON:

If you find new, contradictory, or other information you wish to share, please let me know!