Initial release date 1996 | ||
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Genre Sports game (Olympic video games) Platforms Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, PlayStation, Game Boy, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Similar US Gold games, Sports games | ||
Olympic Summer Games is the 16-bit edition of the official video game of the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. It is the third game of a loose "trilogy" also consisting of Olympic Gold and Winter Olympics. It was the last "Olympic" video game released for the fourth generation of consoles, as well as the Game Boy.
Contents
It follows the already common button mashing techniques of previous (and future) games, with the usual exceptions.
It has 10 events (three more than Olympic Gold), with all but two based on track and field events. Unlike Winter Olympics, there are no major differences between each event on different platforms.
Athletes
The game comes with eight preset athletes to choose from, but the player can customize their names and nationalities before entering events.
Events
Gameplay
As in the previous titles, there are three difficulty levels and both Olympics and mini-Olympics (here called "custom game") modes. However, the points table was removed, and the only way to compare results is by the medals' table. In the sprinting events, there are two qualifying rounds, and only the winner (out of four competitors) passes to the next round. On long jump, triple jump, discus and javelin each player has three attempts; the best 10 progress to the final and have three extra attempts. The best result overall wins. In high jump and pole vault there aren't qualifying rounds; the players jump in turns until missing three consecutive jumps.