Curling in Video Games

[Ze_ro]

I'm watching the Olympics on TV... specifically the women's curling (Canada just beat Great Britain 9-3), and I'm craving some curling video game action.... What are my options? Obviously there are no dedicated curling games around, but I know of at least two games that have curling in them: Nagano '98 for the N64 and ESPN Winter Sports 2002 for the Gamecube. I haven't played Nagano, although a friend told me he used to love playing it while drunk... I have played ESPN while at a friend's place and it was pretty fun. Can anyone else recommend something? From what I hear, Torino 2006 on the PS2 is pretty crappy and lacks curling :(

--Zero

[Slimedog]

Warioware for GBA and the Cube has a curling "Microgame".

[keiblerfan69]

Warioware for GBA and the Cube has a curling "Microgame".

Damn you stole my answer.

[Mattiekrome]

Woo Hoo

*hi-five*

Curling... the most under-rated olympic sport evAr... Fun and intrigiuing to watch, and there's that hot Canadian chick who plays... I'm up for a total Curling video game

[roushimsx]

If ever there was one olympic sport that would be awesome in a DS Olympic game, it is curling.

Plus, there's some seriously hot chicks that throw that rock around.

[FantasiaWHT]

I actually belonged to a curling club in high school! It's a lot of fun to play (and like bowling, there's a lot of drinking involved, although mostly after, not during; keeping your balance on ice while wearing teflon on your feet is hard enough sober) but I can't watch it.

And yes, a curling DS game would COMPLETELY rule!

[InsaneDavid]

The only specific curling game I remember was a crappy freeware game for Win3.1 called "Curling Is A Sport!" What a run of crap luck the US women's team his having at the olympics, huh? Then again there's no way in hell Cassie Johnson should be a skip but in the last two days it's been random debris pickups that have cost them the most.

[PapaStu]

I liked Nagano for the 64. I kept schooling my friend who owned the game and i'd never played it before that night. It was pretty easy to play.

[Cav]

"Take Out Weight Curling"

http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&SQL=GIH||||45034

or

http://tinyurl.com/d64cs

For sale: http://tinyurl.com/dztle

[neuropolitique]

I picked up Take out Weight 2 at a Big Lots for only a few bucks. I've yet to play it, as it is PC only, but it looks good. :D

[Austin]

One of the single-player challenges in Timesplitters: Future Perfect is a curling minigame.

And it's actually pretty tough.

[Avatard]

There are a few mini "shell and ice" games on Mario 64 DS. Its not curling but its things sliding on ice and trying to hit the target.

IMO a game like curing would have to be on the DS to be any fun.

[CYRiX]

Its going! WILL IT STOP! OH NO IT MOVED ANOTHER CENTIMETER!!!!

[scooterb23]

Take Out Weight Curling (I only have the first one) is a wonderful Curling game for PC, 2 looks to be even better, so I highly recommend looking up one of those games.

Nagano for the N64 is the only other game that really has a good, full curling section.

Also, Everywhere Road Trip for PS2 has a curling minigame later on...

[GameSlaveGaz]

I can't believe curling is an actual sport...and I can't believe there is not one but TWO PC games dedicated specifically to curling. But hey, who am I to judge? Some people get off sweeping ice and trying move a big clay rock while not actually touching it.
As ridiculous a premise as I find the sport of curling, I do agree wholeheartedly that it would work wonders as a DS game.

EDIT: And why do they call it curling? That name makes no sense. When you think curl, you think curling up into a fetal position or curly hair. What is curly about sweeping rocks across ice? Does anyone know the actual origin of this title because I've acually been curious for a while. I guess "Rock-sweeping" was not as catchy a title.

[InsaneDavid]

EDIT: And why do they call it curling? That name makes no sense. When you think curl, you think curling up into a fetal position or curly hair. What is curly about sweeping rocks across ice? Does anyone know the actual origin of this title because I've acually been curious for a while. I guess "Rock-sweeping" was not as catchy a title.

Because when a stone is thrown it is done so (when thrown to) that it will "curl" as it moves along the ice toward the house. It's a very old sport, Google is your friend. And it's made of stone, 42 pounds. It takes a crapload of subtle finesse to play well.

[dan2357]

EDIT: And why do they call it curling? That name makes no sense. When you think curl, you think curling up into a fetal position or curly hair. What is curly about sweeping rocks across ice? Does anyone know the actual origin of this title because I've acually been curious for a while. I guess "Rock-sweeping" was not as catchy a title.

The point is your not susposed to "sweeping rocks across ice", the rocks curl as they go down the ice, ever notice how they sometime still get it in the inner circle when theree is another rock blockking the center line. You hook the rock as you throw it, or push it whatever its called. Kind of like throwing a bowlling ball. Thats why its spinning as its going down the ice, also why theres is 2 teamates sweeping and yelling like crazy in front of the rock, to controll the speed and curl of the rock.


yeah or like he said.......hehe that russian chick is pretty cute to.

[AB Positive]

"Take Out Weight Curling"

http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&SQL=GIH||||45034

or

http://tinyurl.com/d64cs

For sale: http://tinyurl.com/dztle

Beat me to it! I have this, pretty fun!

-AB+

[JohnnyA]

I went curling today, for real. I would suggest it as an alternative to fake curling. It's not very expensive, and doesn't take really any skill to do. Although you're going to suck, at least it's easy to suck.

[Crush Crawfish]

The only game I can think of is Digimon World for PSX, which has a curling mini-game in it. It was really freaking hard too, If I recall. That penguin was such a cheating bastard. LOL

[hydr0x]

Obviously there are no dedicated curling games around

at least in Europe there's this recent release for PC (20 bucks)



http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000E8LZU2.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Here is one, it isn't really serious curling though. LOL :D

http://www.gamesarcade.net/curling/default.asp

[Ze_ro]

"Take Out Weight Curling"

http://tinyurl.com/d64cs

at least in Europe there's this recent release for PC (20 bucks)

Wow, I'll have to check these out, although I'm not very into PC gaming so I'd probably be more likely to play Nagano '98... Any idea if either of these have any licenses or anything tied to them? ie, are there actually REAL teams in there you can play as, or do you just make your own teams from scratch? Can you actually do international tournaments?

--Zero

[SlayerOfFurbies]

i do seem to remember a c64 curling game... at least i think it was curling.... might have been lawn bowling :embarrassed:

[evil_genius]

curling is awesome, but I don't understand the point of the person that just screams.

[FantasiaWHT]

curling is awesome, but I don't understand the point of the person that just screams.

The skip? The one standing behind the "house" (the target rings) shouts out orders to the 2 sweepers and is in charge of guaging how fast the stone is going and calling for the right amount of sweeping to get the stone to stop in exactly the right place. When it's the skip's turn to throw, the vice-skip calls the sweeping.

[KJN]

There is a Japanese curling budget game for Playstation by Success:

Superlite 1500 Extra Series Vol. 4: The Curling
http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/sl/curling/images/01.gif http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/sl/curling/images/08.gif

[Sanriostar]

Kirby turns into a Curling stone in Kirby 64..

Ice and rock combo..

[ClubNinja]

There is a Japanese curling budget game for Playstation by Success:

Superlite 1500 Extra Series Vol. 4: The Curling
http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/sl/curling/images/01.gif http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/sl/curling/images/08.gif

Anyone have or play this? How english-friendly is it?

[Ed Oscuro]

Okay, that's it. You should be able to skip the stone across the ice, like a pebble. Yes, it's 42 pounds...uh, make it lighter so no scary ladies are playing

:P

Anyhow, thanks for all the curling information, people. o_O

[Bronty-2]

this is what I love about the time around the olympics - interest in sports that usually get no glory. 8-)

[boatofcar]

The only specific curling game I remember was a crappy freeware game for Win3.1 called "Curling Is A Sport!"

Boy, how could it not succeed with a name like that? :)

I agree about the DS being the perfect platform for a curling game.

[ClearWIRE05]

After searching for all most 2 weeks I finally found an awesome curling game for PC!!! After watching Curling on TV from the Olympics, I decided to call all around town looking for the Torino Winter Olympics PC game. After calling around and talking to a few people I found out that the game does not include Curling. I was very dissapointed and I was anxious to purchase a PDA format for my computer. Ebay had a listing for a Curling game, but I dont trust anybody from Ebay so I didnt purchase the game. I FINALLY FOUND WHAT YOUR LOOKING FOR!!!
IT'S CALLED SHOTSTONE for PC it cost $15 and the game is very realistic. I love playing the demo even though you only get 10 minutes of gameplay. But you can keep restarting the game after you throw around a couple of rocks. Thank you for mentioning that you played curling on N64 and GameCUBE I am going to find the rom files so I can play on my computer. Thank You and Good Luck Curling! Your New Curling Friend - JACK -

[kainemaxwell]

Google store has a curling game, think theres a 3ds one now too.

[YoshiM]

Thete should be a new Winter Games for Atari and curling shpuld be one if the events. Could you imagine the broken joysticks?

I can't wait until shuffleboard becomes an Olympic sport....

[Gameguy]

I actually belonged to a curling club in high school! It's a lot of fun to play (and like bowling, there's a lot of drinking involved, although mostly after, not during; keeping your balance on ice while wearing teflon on your feet is hard enough sober) but I can't watch it.
There was a lot of heavy drinking in a high school curling club?


I can't wait until shuffleboard becomes an Olympic sport....
There was a shuffleboard game for Windows 3.1, I have a copy somewhere. It was pretty fun actually.


Anyway, there were some curling games for the DS, including Curling DS which came out in November 2006.

https://s14.postimg.org/ckdrsrp7l/Curling.jpg