It sure is what it says on the tin. Despite the vertically oriented monitor, obstacles zoom at you with incredible speed that require really fast reflexes to avoid if you ever use the speed up button. The screen scroll point for the left and right are also really far out so theres a lot of horizontal screen crunch which isn't the best. It leads to a whole lot of crashing into things and while I definitely expected said constant crashing to make this game unplayably frustrating, the whole choice to make the whole game time based rather than life based really makes things feel light and comfortable regardless. There's still a fair bit to master here as well in terms of scoring and being fast so really it could be enjoyed by both high and low level players. It's just a quaint little skiing game from the early 80's.