- Platform: IBM PC Compatible
- Release Date: November 08, 1999
- Genre: Sports
- Style: Ice Skating
- Similar Games: Barbie Sparkling Ice Show CD-ROM (IBM PC Compatible), Imagine: Figure Skater (Nintendo DS), American Girl: Mia Goes for Great (IBM PC Compatible)
Game Description
The crowd sits in rapt attention as you attempt your last program of the competition, needing an average of 5.8 from the eight judges. You've choreographed the best program you can, set it to your choice of 12 different musical pieces (themes), selected the most dazzling skating outfit you've ever used and have donned yourMichelle Kwan Figure Skating gives you the chance to do all of the above activities and skate as either Michelle herself, create your own skater from the in-game options, or even scan a picture of yourself and/or your friends and be in the game itself! As the program evolves, you can save the best of the action by clicking on a single camera icon, then enter the pictures in a virtual scrapbook to relive the memories.
The game features a point-and-click interface used in conjunction with an extensive menu system. While on the ice, your only control will be trying to land jumps; the rest of the program is carried out by the computer and depends on successful development and choreography as you practice and hone your routines. Moves run the gamut from poses to whirling jumps, toe picks, and combinations.
In addition to nine specific moves, there is a vast array of outfits and several characteristics available to personalize and customize your skater including 80 dresses, 25 skirts, 20 skate covers, four skin colors, five body sizes, unlimited hair color and accessories such as glitter and straps. So, put Michelle's good luck necklace around your neck, boot up and hit the ice!
~ Michael L. House, All Game Guide
Roots & Influences
Michelle Kwan Figure Skating is a simulation of an ice skating program based on the many-times world champion and Olympic champion~ Michael L. House, All Game Guide
Production Credits
SEMI LOGIC ENTERTAINMENTS, INC.; Lead Programmer/Design: Tim Ryness; Senior Programmer/Design: Rick Koenig; Art Director/Design: Kevin Kutsch; Project Manager: Peter Adams; Artists: Joseph Kelley, Kevin Hanna, Linda Stapleton, John Adams, Shawn Shimizu, Joshua Suko; Original Music & Audio: Bill King; Project Coordinator: Glen Thomson; Technical Research: Darci Wilson; Classical Music Performances: Robert Finley; ELECTRONIC ARTS Director of Publishing: Ted Judson; Package Art Direction: Nancy Waisanen; Package Design: Mary Mitchell; Package Cover Photography: Allsport Photography; Package Internal Photography: Mary Mitchell; Public Relations: C.H.E.N. PR; Documentation: Gabe Leon, Jessica Pooree; Documentation Editor: Ede Clarke; Documentation Layout: Corinne Mah; Lead Tester: Michael Deir; Product Testing: Rick Brooks, David Constantino, Robb Reck; Compatibility Testing: David Koerner, Jay Miller, Michael Jung; Customer Quality Control: Dave Knudson, Benjamin Crick, Darryl Jenkins, Jacob Fernandez, Micah Pritchard, Andy Young, Tony Alexander; Technical Assistance: Cynthia Van Valkenburg; Testing Manager: Kurt Hsu; Additional Assistance: Peter Wierzbicki, Craig Suko; Assistant Producer: Harvey Bush; Supervising Producer: Mitzi McGilvray; Executive in Charge of Production: Scott Orr; Special Thanks: Shep Goldberg of Proper Marketing Associates, Momentum Partners, Fresh Water Spigot, Scott Cronce, Robert Gonzales, Scott Higgins, Sally Judson, Bobby Lee, Jerry Newton, John Riccitiello, Patrick O'Brien, Harold Seeley, Steve Sims, Craig Suko and the great folks at the Fremont Icoplex, and the Kwan family for their wonderful hospitality.; Our heartfelt thanks to all of the daughters of EA and Semilogic employees who helped us make this game.; And a very special thanks to Michelle, for without her elegance, athleticism and commitment to making this game great, there would be no Michelle Kwan Figure Skating
~ Michael L. House, All Game Guide
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