Chill (video game)
{{Short description|1998 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title= Chill
|image= Chill cover.jpg
|caption=
|developer= Silicon Dreams Studio
|publisher= Eidos Interactive
|designer=
|series=
|released= {{vgrelease|EU|April 1998}}
|genre= Snowboarding
|modes= Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms= PlayStation
}}
Chill is a PlayStation snowboarding video game published by Eidos Interactive in 1998 and developed by Silicon Dreams Studio.
Gameplay
The game features five tracks spread over five mountains, and features a two-player multiplayer mode that can be played in either vertical or horizontal split-screen mode.{{cite web |title=Chill |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/24/chill |website=IGN |accessdate=6 June 2019 |date=23 May 2000 |archive-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606155605/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/24/chill |url-status=live}} There are multiple routes down each mountain.
Development
The game's existence was first mentioned in November 1996.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109744469/the-birmingham-post/|title=Games are a big business for GBH's Dreams|newspaper=The Birmingham Post|page=49|date=March 27, 1997|accessdate=September 18, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}} The title was endorsed by Burton Boards of America{{cite web|url=http://www.sdreams.co.uk/html/info1.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991003032221/http://www.sdreams.co.uk/html/info1.html|title=Silicon Dreams info|website=sdreams.co.uk|archivedate=October 3, 1999|accessdate=September 18, 2022}} and was showcased at E3 1997.
Eidos stated in early 1998 that they had decided against publishing the game for the PlayStation,{{cite web |last=Fielder |first=Joe |title=Eidos Pushes Ninja Back; Leaves Chill Out in the Cold |url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_02/06_eidos/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001017080548/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_02/06_eidos/index.html|website=GameSpot|archivedate=October 17, 2000|date=February 6, 1998|accessdate=September 24, 2022}} but they nonetheless released it a few months later. A Sega Saturn version of the game was slated to be published by developer Silicon Dreams themselves,{{cite magazine |title=Preview: Chill|magazine=Sega Saturn Magazine |issue=29|publisher=Emap International Limited|date=March 1998|pages=30–33}} and was completed in time for its planned release date of April 1998,{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/Official_Sega_Saturn_Magazine_030/page/n59/mode/2up|last=Cutlack |first=Gary |title=Review: Chill|magazine=Sega Saturn Magazine|issue=30 |publisher=Emap International Limited|date=April 1998|pages=60–61}} but in the end it was left unreleased.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
|rev1=Power Unlimited
|rev2=The Sydney Morning Herald
|rev2Score=8.5/10{{cite web|first=David|last=Hodges|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109741458/the-sydney-morning-herald/|title=Super Scene|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|page=129|date=July 19, 1998|accessdate=September 18, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
|rev3=Cambridge Evening News
|rev3Score=3/5{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109741901/cambridge-evening-news/|title=Why Redshift is a real star turn|newspaper=Cambridge Evening News|page=15|date=April 19, 1998|accessdate=September 18, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
|rev4=Sega Saturn Magazine
}}
Cambridge Evening News gave the game a score of 3 out of 5 stating "But overall the game is slightly dull and predictable. Chill will draw a cool response from snowboarding fans."
References
{{Reflist}}
Category:Cancelled Sega Saturn games
Category:Eidos Interactive games
Category:Europe-exclusive video games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:PlayStation (console) games
Category:PlayStation (console)-only games
Category:Silicon Dreams Studio games
Category:Snowboarding video games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
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