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World Games

World Games is an Olympics-style sports game with arcade-oriented gameplay. The events players can compete in include: •Barrel jumping •Bull riding •Caber toss •Cliff diving •Log rolling •Platform diving •Pole…

90 31 December 1986

World Games is a sport developed by Epyx, released 31 December 1986 on Wii, Sega Master System/Mark III, Amiga and Amstrad CPC.

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What World Games is

World Games is a sport game developed by Epyx and released in 1986. It is available on Wii, Sega Master System/Mark III, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

World Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx for the Commodore 64 in 1986. Versions for the Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Master System and other contemporary systems were also released. The NES version was released by Milton Bradley, and ported by Software Creations on behalf of producer Rare. The Master System version was done by Sega.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

World Games holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1986 averaged 68, so it scored 22 points above the year average.

What it launched against

World Games launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar and Leaderboard. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar, Leaderboard.

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When did World Games come out?
World Games was released on 31 December 1986 for Wii, Sega Master System/Mark III, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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