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The January Hall Of Fame contest closed with the enigmatic AKIRA taking top honors with a score of 9020 on Duchess -- nice work. AKIRA earns a TB9 video, courtesy us, provided he ever answers his email. The Hall Of Fame saw some good activity with over fifty players submitting high-quality eye candy. This month we're going a little off-beat with the Contest -- whoever gets the lowest score on Mammoth - Killer takes home the prize video. See the Hall Of Fame page for the gory details.

For the unfortunate souls who do not yet own Soul Ride and want a jolt of backcountry adrenaline, I've posted a new Soul Ride trailer [24 MB] (low-res version [7 MB]). It's barely over a minute long, but it should get you pumped -- there's a nice flyover of Tuckerman Ravine followed by gameplay footage of plummeting willy-nilly over the headwall. I also included a high-bitrate taste of The Sadies and Sinkhole from the Soul Ride soundtrack.

The Soul Ride Hall Of Fame is now up. The Hall is a section of the Slingshot web site where players of Soul Ride and Virtual Stratton can upload recordings of their best runs. Recordings are reviewed by Slingshot, and are then available for anyone to download and check out on the Soul Ride VCR. The Hall Of Fame includes sections for the top score on each one of the available runs in Soul Ride and Virtual Stratton, so tune up your skills and see how you stack up against the world's best.

GameZone has just posted a Soul Ride review. "The courses are fantastic and wonderfully rendered," says reviewer Michael Lafferty. Have a look at the article for the whole story.

The first official Soul Ride review hits the web at Static Multimedia. Says Static, "The best 20 dollars you will ever spend!! What can I say about this next generation snowboarding game, except bravo." (I think they liked it :). Check out the review on the Static site, and check out their other stuff -- unlike the usual obsessive gamer site they also cover a selection of music, art, movies and such.

Slingshot and Stratton Mountain team up to deliver the Virtual Stratton interactive resort as a free download from Stratton's web site.

Virtual Stratton is based on the Soul Ride game engine, and features the actual terrain and trails from Stratton Mountain. Now instead of a static trail map or resort cam you can move around the real topography of the mountain.

[15 Dec 2000 - patch for 3dfx Voodoo owners We've solved the problem that Voodoo3 2000 and Banshee owners have seen with Virtual Stratton. See the Virtual Stratton page for the patch.]

Next Generation Magazine and GameWeek Magazine have published previews of the Catapult controller and Soul Ride.

And the prognosis is good. Says NextGen in the 12/00 issue, "The Catapult... lets you rotate on its skateboard-like deck, creating a real snowboarding feel... the entire setup is elegantly interfaced with Soul Ride...". Plus some more nice things. (Click here to read the whole preview.)

In their 11/6/00 issue, GameWeek had this to say: "The Catapult offers snowboard/skateboard game aficionados the chance to experience the real life thrill of carving down a mountain or the exhilaration of pulling off special skateboard tricks a la Tony Hawk." (See the rest of what they said)

Slingshot team members Rob and Mark spent a few days at the Chicago Ski and Snowboard Expo last week. We had a hell of a time!

The crowd, a knowledgeable group of snowboarders and skiers, seemed to really love The Catapult and Soul Ride. Although we've done a lot of testing, it was the first time we saw the reaction in a mass market. The boarders really go into it and found that after a run or two they were pulling out great grabs and even a rodeo or two. We started signing people up at the show for a free Catapult give-a-way and by the end of the show we had about 300 people signed up. We wish each of you the best of luck.

Here are a couple of shots from the show (click the images to see the full-size photos). We are also going to be going to the Boston SnowSports Expo this weekend. Check for us at Stratton's booth. Happy riding!