Knowledge

Olympic Gold (video game)

Source 📝

415: 382: 448: 22: 393: 437: 371: 426: 404: 283:, for instance, is a frequent 100 m and 110 m hurdles record breaker but only an average hammer thrower. Also, each computer-controlled player seems better in a particular event depending on his country: Germans usually take the top spots in archery, Italians on swimming, Russians on pole vault, Americans on sprinting and so on. 348:
Scoring in the Olympic modes follow the results table by position, the gold medal giving 24 points, and then reducing one point for each competitor behind until the 12th and last receives 13 points. The game is easy for experienced players, except for the sprinting and hurdles events and the hammer,
356:
Diving, unlike more recent titles where the player simply has to "click-a-long" a predefined sequence of buttons actually gives the player to control their own jumps. This means that one could indicate a jump and make one completely different, resulting in 0.0 notes. However, with practice it's
131: 345:) with noticeable differences from each other: computer-controlled athletes are actually capable of breaking world and Olympic records at the higher levels, while achieving only mediocre results on lower levels. 613: 623: 357:
perfectly possible to reach marks above 9.0 even for jumps rated 3.5. The same happens with pole vault, as an experienced player is able to clear 6.35 m easily.
39: 452: 386: 333:
The game allows the player to practice, play mini-Olympics (where some events can be turned off) or full Olympics. There are three difficulty levels (
441: 598: 268:
The game uses button mashing as the main part of gameplay, but in three events it isn't used (archery, diving) or is slow-paced (swimming).
578: 397: 375: 86: 618: 430: 419: 408: 105: 58: 608: 65: 568: 43: 563: 72: 573: 276: 588: 54: 593: 558: 464: 603: 583: 205: 32: 525: 250: 209: 143: 520: 227: 150: 138: 79: 317: 162: 195: 484: 292: 190: 489: 538: 502: 322: 272: 130: 552: 243: 175: 297: 235: 171: 21: 312: 223: 279:, everyone with its own anthem snippet) and actual strengths and weaknesses: 257:(only the European version) and the game featured both the company logo on a 254: 239: 231: 167: 155: 271:
Each computer athlete has a fictional name and nationality (choosing from
307: 258: 302: 262: 365:
There is a total of 8 playable countries in the game. They are:
275:, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United States, Japan and the 15: 353:, and they also rely on a fair share or luck and random. 349:
as the computer is able to break records quite easily in
201: 189: 181: 161: 149: 137: 123: 46:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 238:. An 8-bit version was released for the portable 234:, Spain in 1992 and released in May 1992 for the 261:above the scoreboard, as well as the company 8: 614:Video games developed in the United Kingdom 514: 512: 129: 120: 624:Multiplayer and single-player video games 106:Learn how and when to remove this message 519:Rubenstein, Glenn (February 22, 1992). 476: 7: 44:adding citations to reliable sources 521:"Olympic game deserves gold medal" 14: 446: 435: 424: 413: 402: 391: 380: 369: 20: 31:needs additional citations for 463:The game was showcased at the 55:"Olympic Gold" video game 1: 599:Tiertex Design Studios games 253:, the game was sponsored by 493:. May 29, 1992. p. 137 640: 579:Summer Olympic video games 465:Consumer Electronics Show 228:Games of the XXV Olympiad 128: 619:Video games set in Spain 318:200 m freestyle swimming 249:Developed internally by 609:Video games set in 1992 236:Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 526:San Francisco Examiner 323:3 m springboard diving 251:Tiertex Design Studios 144:Tiertex Design Studios 569:Athletics video games 564:1992 Summer Olympics 40:improve this article 574:Master System games 589:Sega Genesis games 467:in January 1992. 215: 214: 116: 115: 108: 90: 631: 594:Sega video games 559:1992 video games 543: 542: 536: 534: 516: 507: 506: 500: 498: 481: 450: 449: 439: 438: 428: 427: 417: 416: 406: 405: 395: 394: 384: 383: 373: 372: 361:Playable nations 222:is the official 133: 121: 111: 104: 100: 97: 91: 89: 48: 24: 16: 639: 638: 634: 633: 632: 630: 629: 628: 604:U.S. Gold games 584:Game Gear games 549: 548: 547: 546: 532: 530: 518: 517: 510: 496: 494: 490:Chicago Tribune 483: 482: 478: 473: 461: 447: 436: 425: 414: 403: 392: 381: 370: 363: 331: 289: 119: 118:1992 video game 112: 101: 95: 92: 49: 47: 37: 25: 12: 11: 5: 637: 635: 627: 626: 621: 616: 611: 606: 601: 596: 591: 586: 581: 576: 571: 566: 561: 551: 550: 545: 544: 539:Newspapers.com 508: 503:Newspapers.com 475: 474: 472: 469: 460: 457: 456: 455: 444: 433: 422: 411: 400: 389: 378: 362: 359: 330: 327: 326: 325: 320: 315: 310: 305: 300: 295: 288: 285: 213: 212: 203: 199: 198: 193: 187: 186: 183: 179: 178: 165: 159: 158: 153: 147: 146: 141: 135: 134: 126: 125: 117: 114: 113: 28: 26: 19: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 636: 625: 622: 620: 617: 615: 612: 610: 607: 605: 602: 600: 597: 595: 592: 590: 587: 585: 582: 580: 577: 575: 572: 570: 567: 565: 562: 560: 557: 556: 554: 540: 528: 527: 522: 515: 513: 509: 504: 492: 491: 486: 480: 477: 470: 468: 466: 458: 454: 453:United States 445: 443: 434: 432: 423: 421: 412: 410: 401: 399: 390: 388: 387:Great Britain 379: 377: 368: 367: 366: 360: 358: 354: 352: 346: 344: 340: 336: 328: 324: 321: 319: 316: 314: 311: 309: 308:110 m hurdles 306: 304: 301: 299: 296: 294: 291: 290: 286: 284: 282: 278: 274: 269: 266: 264: 260: 256: 252: 247: 245: 244:Master System 241: 237: 233: 229: 225: 221: 220: 219:Olympic Gold 211: 207: 206:Single-player 204: 200: 197: 194: 192: 188: 184: 180: 177: 176:Master System 173: 169: 166: 164: 160: 157: 154: 152: 148: 145: 142: 140: 136: 132: 127: 122: 110: 107: 99: 96:November 2021 88: 85: 81: 78: 74: 71: 67: 64: 60: 57: –  56: 52: 51:Find sources: 45: 41: 35: 34: 29:This article 27: 23: 18: 17: 537:– via 533:November 25, 531:. Retrieved 529:. p. 27 524: 501:– via 497:November 25, 495:. Retrieved 488: 479: 462: 442:Unified Team 364: 355: 350: 347: 342: 338: 334: 332: 298:Hammer throw 280: 277:Unified Team 270: 267: 248: 230:, hosted by 218: 217: 216: 151:Publisher(s) 139:Developer(s) 124:Olympic Gold 102: 93: 83: 76: 69: 62: 50: 38:Please help 33:verification 30: 459:Development 329:Competition 210:multiplayer 163:Platform(s) 553:Categories 471:References 313:Pole vault 224:video game 66:newspapers 255:Coca-Cola 246:console. 240:Game Gear 232:Barcelona 168:Game Gear 156:U.S. Gold 485:"Sports" 339:national 281:J. Balen 259:zeppelin 242:and the 191:Genre(s) 185:May 1992 398:Germany 351:Olympic 343:Olympic 303:Archery 226:of the 202:Mode(s) 182:Release 172:Genesis 80:scholar 451:  440:  429:  418:  407:  396:  385:  376:France 374:  287:Events 263:jingle 196:Sports 82:  75:  68:  61:  53:  431:Spain 420:Japan 409:Italy 293:100 m 87:JSTOR 73:books 535:2021 499:2021 341:and 335:club 59:news 42:by 555:: 523:. 511:^ 487:. 337:, 273:UK 265:. 208:, 174:, 170:, 541:. 505:. 109:) 103:( 98:) 94:( 84:· 77:· 70:· 63:· 36:.

Index


verification
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
"Olympic Gold" video game
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message

Developer(s)
Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher(s)
U.S. Gold
Platform(s)
Game Gear
Genesis
Master System
Genre(s)
Sports
Single-player
multiplayer
video game
Games of the XXV Olympiad
Barcelona
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game Gear
Master System

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.