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Developer
  
Eurocom

6.5/10
GameSpot

Initial release date
  
30 June 2004

Mode
  
Single-player video game

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Release date(s)
  
PlayStation 2 EU: July 2, 2004 NA: July 14, 2004 JP: July 29, 2004 PC NA: October 5, 2004 EU: October 8, 2004

Genre
  
Sports game (Olympic video games)

Platforms
  
PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, IBM PC compatible

Publishers
  
Sony Interactive Entertainment, Eidos Interactive

Similar
  
Eidos Interactive games, Track and field athletics games, Other games

Athens 2004 is the official video game of the 2004 Summer Olympics, featuring various track and field events, as well as others.

Contents

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List of events

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Following is a list of events in the game. By default, all events are available for both sexes unless otherwise noted:

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  • Track
  • Sprints: 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres
  • Middle distance: 800 metres and 1500 metres
  • Hurdles: 100 metres hurdles for women and 110 metres hurdles for men
  • Field
  • Jumping: Long jump, triple jump, high jump and pole vault
  • Throwing: Discus throw, javelin throw and shot put
  • Swimming
  • 100 metres breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke and butterfly
  • Gymnastics
  • Artistic: Floor exercise (separate gameplay for male and female), still rings (men only) and vault
  • Equestrian
  • Show jumping (mixed gender event)
  • Weight lifting
  • +105 kg. clean and jerk (male only)
  • Archery
  • 70 m individual (female only)
  • Shooting
  • Skeet shooting (male only)

    • Countries

    A record 64 countries were able to be played on the game.

    Reception

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    Athens 2004 has received generally mixed to negative reviews from critics. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation 2 version a 65.27% and 61/100 and the PC version a 37.50% and 41/100. IGN gave the game a 4.5/10, criticising the game's ever-repeating button mashing and overall easiness of the game. GameSpy gave the game 4 out of 5 stars, praising the game's varying gameplay.

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    References

    Athens 2004 (video game) Wikipedia
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