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Summer Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx and released by U.S. Gold based on sports featured in the Summer Olympic Games. Released in 1984 for the Commodore 64, it was also eventually ported to the Amiga, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari ST and Sega Master System platforms. Image File history File links Screenshot C64 Summer Games (video game), made myself This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ...
Image File history File links Screenshot C64 Summer Games (video game), made myself This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ...
The Commodore 64 (C64, CBM 64) was a popular home computer of the 1980s. ...
A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...
Epyx, Inc. ...
US Gold was a British computer and video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms. ...
The Summer Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee. ...
The Commodore 64 (C64, CBM 64) was a popular home computer of the 1980s. ...
In computer science, porting is the adaptation of a piece of software so that it will function in a different computing environment to that for which it was originally written. ...
In computing, Amiga is a range of home/personal computers primarily using the Motorola 68000 processor family, whose development started in 1982, initially as a game machine. ...
The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ...
Atari 2600 (four-switch version). ...
Atari 7800 System The Atari 7800 is a video game console released by Atari. ...
The Atari 520 ST The Atari ST was a home/personal computer system released by Atari in 1985. ...
Sega Master System The Sega Master System (SMS for short) (Japanese: マスターシステム), is an 8-bit cartridge-based gaming console manufactured by Sega. ...
The game was presented as a virtual multi-sport carnival called the "Epyx Games" (there was no official IOC licensing in place) with up to 8 players each choosing a country to represent, and then taking turns competing in various events to try for a medal. Alternative meanings at IOC (disambiguation) The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organize this sports event every four years. ...
Events
The events available vary slightly depending on the platform, and may include: The game allowed you to compete in all of the events sequentially, choose a few events, choose just one event, or practice an event. Pole vaulting is an athletics event where competitors use a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar, similar to the high jump, but at much greater heights. ...
Diving has several meanings:- Jumping or falling deliberately, often acrobatically, into water. ...
Sprints are races where the runner tries to go as fast as humanly possible. ...
Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ...
Freestyle is one of the official swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. However, it is technically not a style, as there are very few regulations about the way freestyle has to be swum. ...
Skeet is a clay target shooting sport. ...
Rowing refers to several forms of physical activity: For rowing boats in general, see Watercraft rowing. ...
Legacy Summer Games was followed by a sequel, Summer Games II, which featured additional sports such as equestrian, fencing and cycling. The Games series was spun off into the Winter Games, World Games and California Games franchises. Equestrian has several meanings: An equestrian is a horseback rider: see equestrianism An equestrian (Roman) is a member of one of the upper classes in ancient Rome. ...
Russian Ivan Tourchine and American Weston Kelsey fence in the second round of the Olympic Mens Individual Epee event at the Helliniko Fencing Hall on Aug. ...
Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ...
Winter Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx and released by U.S. Gold based on sports featured in the Winter Olympic Games. ...
California Games is a 1987 Epyx sports video game for many home computers and video game consoles. ...
Summer Games is also said to have "popularised" the button mashing style of gameplay, in which a player must press a button on their controller as fast as possible in order to make an in-game character move. Many contemporary athletics games still use this form of control as part of their gameplay. Button mashing is the term given to repeated button presses over a short period. ...
External links - MobyGames' entry on Summer Games
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