Athens 2004
With Athens 2004, you can capture all the spirit and emotion of the Olympic Games. The game lets you compete in four arcade and eight competition game modes, ranging from Practice to the Official Decathlon and…
Athens 2004 is a sport developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software, released 2 July 2004 on PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Athens 2004 is
Athens 2004 is a sport game developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software and released in 2004. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
With Athens 2004, you can capture all the spirit and emotion of the Olympic Games. The game lets you compete in four arcade and eight competition game modes, ranging from Practice to the Official Decathlon and Heptathlon combined events, while choosing one of 64 countries and 800 different characters. See what it's like to compete in some of the Olympic Games' most challenging sports, including athletics (track & field), aquatics (swimming), gymnastics, shooting, archery, weightlifting, and equestrian. Participate in such events as hurdles, long jump, pole vault, shot put, and more.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Olympic Games series
Athens 2004 is the 28th of 48 entries we hold in the Olympic Games series. It arrived 4 years after Sydney 2000. The next entry was Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games in 2007. Its critic score of 60 is 4 points below the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games at 74.
How it was received
Athens 2004 holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Athens 2004 launched on 2 July 2004, within three weeks of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, ESPN NFL 2K5 and Silent Hill 4: The Room. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, ESPN NFL 2K5, Silent Hill 4: The Room.
Official trailer
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