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Olympic Summer Games

After years of training, you've finally got the chance to grab a hold of the gold with Olympic Summer Games! Get ready to compete in the world's most spectacular sporting event- The 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games…

60 6 May 1996

Olympic Summer Games is a sport, released 6 May 1996 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Olympic Summer Games is

Olympic Summer Games was released in 1996. It was published by Tec Toy. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After years of training, you've finally got the chance to grab a hold of the gold with Olympic Summer Games! Get ready to compete in the world's most spectacular sporting event- The 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Show your stuff in the most challenging range of Olympic events. With the world watching your every move, you will run swifter, jump higher and be stronger than ever before!
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Where it sits in the Olympic Games series

Olympic Summer Games is the 21st of 48 entries we hold in the Olympic Games series. It arrived 2 years after Winter Olympic Games. The next entry was Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996 in 1996. 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.

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How it was received

Olympic Summer Games 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 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Olympic Summer Games launched on 6 May 1996, within three weeks of Duke Nukem 3D and Jumping Flash! 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Duke Nukem 3D, Jumping Flash! 2.

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When did Olympic Summer Games come out?
Olympic Summer Games was released on 6 May 1996 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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