Summer Games
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Summer Games, known as Jogos Olímpicos in Brazil, is a sports game first released by Epyx in 1984. It was ported to the Sega Master System in 1991 and is the first in Epyx's Games series. Featured are a number of events similar to those seen in the Olympic Games.
A North American release was planned and advertised[7], but did not materialise.
Contents
Gameplay
Events
The original 1984 release of Summer Games contained eight events borrowed from the Olympic Games, however just as with its counterpart Winter Games, console conversions are known to have dropped events presumably due to storage concerns. On the Sega Master System, only five events exist in the game:
Pole vault | |
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100m dash | |
Gymnastics | |
Platform diving | |
100m freestyle | |
This means the 4x400m relay, freestyle relay and skeet shooting events have been axed.
Production credits
Whether or not the game has proper credits roll is unknown; this partial list is taken from an interview. In addition, Akashi said in the first interview that Zap may have been subcontracted by Kaga Electronics, parent company of naxat soft.
- Direction: Hitoshi Akashi (Zap)
- Programming: Hitoshi Akashi (Zap)
- Sound Programming: Tokuhiko Uwabo (Sega)
Magazine articles
- Main article: Summer Games/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Interview:Hitoshi_Akashi
- ↑ File:SummerGames SMS EU Box.jpg
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1991-07-01), page 16
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Computer & Video Games, "October 1990" (UK; 1990-09-16), page 118
- ↑ Mean Machines, "October 1990" (UK; 1990-09-xx), page 71
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ação Games, "Agosto 1991" (BR; 1991-08-xx), page 25
- ↑ File:SMSII US Catalog.pdf, page 2
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 108
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 62
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 145
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 158
- ↑ Excalibur, "" (CZ; 1993-09-10), page 33
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Marzo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 94
- ↑ Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 164
- ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Octubre 1991" (ES; 1991-xx-xx), page 35
- ↑ Mean Machines, "October 1990" (UK; 1990-09-xx), page 70
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 136
- ↑ Player One, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 75
- ↑ Power Play, "10/90" (DE; 1990-09-14), page 143
- ↑ S: The Sega Magazine, "October 1990" (UK; 1990-09-06), page 6
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 60
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 29
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 72
Summer Games | |
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Main page | Hidden content | Magazine articles | Reception |
Epyx's Games series on Sega systems | |
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California Games (1989) | World Games (1990) | Summer Games (1990) | California Games II (1993) | |
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