Summer Games
A port of "Summer Games" of Atari 2600. Summer Games allows up to eight players to compete in a series of summer themed Olympic events. The gameplay is similar to the other entries in Epyx "games" series. Each…
Summer Games is a sport developed by Epyx, released 1 October 1987 on Atari 2600.
What Summer Games is
Summer Games is a sport game developed by Epyx and released in 1987. It is available on Atari 2600 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A port of "Summer Games" of Atari 2600. Summer Games allows up to eight players to compete in a series of summer themed Olympic events. The gameplay is similar to the other entries in Epyx "games" series. Each player can choose a country to represent, and then takes turns competing in various events to see who will win the gold medal! The game allows you to compete in all of the events sequentially, choose a few events, choose just one event, or practice an event. The events available vary slightly depending on the platform, and may include: - Pole vault - Platform diving - 4x400 meter relay - 100 meter dash - Gymnastics - Freestyle swimming - Skeet shooting - 100 meter freestyle - Rowing
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Olympic Games series
Summer Games is the sixth of 48 entries we hold in the Olympic Games series. It arrived a year after Summer Games. The next entry was Hyper Olympic '84 in 1988.
What it launched against
Summer Games launched on 1 October 1987, within three weeks of Maniac Mansion, International Karate + and Time Soldiers.
Released around the same time: Maniac Mansion, International Karate +, Time Soldiers.
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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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