Beijing 2008

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Beijing 2008

System(s): PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Steam

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Eurocom

Genre: Sports

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2008-07-31^[1]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140)^[1]	CVC-00007
US	2008-07-08
DE	2008
ES	2008
FR	2008
PT	2008
UK	2008-06-27
SE	2008
IT	2008
RU	200x
AU	2008
CA	2008		60827
KR	200x
JP	2008-07-31^[2]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140)^[2]	BLJM-60080
US	2008-07-08		BLUS-30154
EU	2008-06-27		BLES-00286
AT	201x
PT	2008
IT	2008
RU	200x
AU	2008
CA	2008
KR	2008-08-01^[3]
US	2008-07-31
EU	2008-08-08
PT	2008
PL	200x
RU	200x
AU	2008-08
TH	200x

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Beijing 2008, called Beijing Olympics 2008 (北京オリンピック 2008) in Japan, is the officially licensed game for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. It was developed by Eurocom and published by Sega for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. Eurocom also developed the game for the previous olympics, Athens 2004.

Gameplay

As is often the case in sports games, Beijing 2008 consists of numerous events which involve either button-mashing or carefully timed button presses, especially in the track and field events. There are however a few events which provide a bit of variety, such as table tennis and judo.

List of events:

Track: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 100m hurdles, 110m hurdles
Field: High jump, Pole vault, Long jump, Triple jump, Shot put, Discus throw, Hammer throw, Javelin throw
Aquatics: 100m freestyle swimming, 100m backstroke swimming, 100m butterfly swimming, 100m breaststroke swimming, 3m springboard diving, 10m platform diving
Gymnastics: Parallel bars, Vault, Rings, Floor exercise, Beam, Uneven bars
Shooting: Skeet shooting, 10m Air Pistol, 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
Other: Archery, Weightlifting, Cycling, Canoeing, Judo, Table tennis

Achievements

Main article: Beijing 2008/Achievements.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Beijing 2008	Beijing 2008
English (US)	Beijing 2008	Beijing 2008
Japanese	北京オリンピック 2008	Beijing Olympics 2008

Downloadable content

Title and description	Links	Releases
Beijing 2008™ Trailer	Steam	US 2008-08-14^[6] FREEfree EU 2008-08-14^[6] FREEfree
Beijing 2008™ Theme	Xbox 360: US	US 2008-08-11^[7]

Digital manuals

Steam manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Beijing 2008/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Press release

Physical scans

Xbox 360 version

Xbox 360, US
Cover
Disc

Xbox 360, EU
Cover

Xbox 360, JP
Cover

Xbox 360, CA
Cover

Xbox 360, UK
Cover

Xbox 360, UK (Classics)
Cover

Xbox 360, AU
Cover

Xbox 360, FR
Cover

Xbox 360, DE
Cover
Disc

Xbox 360, GR
Cover

Xbox 360, IT
Cover

Xbox 360, SE
Cover

Xbox 360, ES
Cover

Xbox 360, RU
Cover

Xbox 360, PT
Cover

Xbox 360, KR
Cover

PlayStation 3 version

PlayStation 3, US
Cover

PlayStation 3, EU
Cover

PlayStation 3, JP
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 3, UK
Cover

PlayStation 3, AU
Cover

PlayStation 3, FR
Cover

PlayStation 3, DE
Cover

PlayStation 3, AT
Cover

PlayStation 3, Greece
Cover

PlayStation 3, IT
Cover

PlayStation 3, Sweden
Cover

PlayStation 3, ES
Cover

PlayStation 3, RU
Cover

PlayStation 3, PT
Cover

PlayStation 3, KR
Cover

PlayStation 3, CA

PlayStation 3, EX^†
Cover

PC version

PC, US
Cover
Disc

PC, EU
Cover

PC, UK
Cover

PC, AU
Cover

PC, FR
Cover

PC, DE
Cover

PC, Greece
Cover

PC, IT
Cover

PC, Sweden
Cover

PC, ES
Cover

PC, RU
Cover

PC, PT
Cover

PC, PL
Cover

PC, PL (TopSeller)

PC, PL (TopSeller; alt)
Cover

PC, TH

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Beijing 2008 on Xbox Marketplace: US, UK, AU, KR
Beijing 2008 on PlayStation.com: JP, KR
Beijing 2008 on Steam

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://sega.jp/x/beijing (Wayback Machine: 2009-02-16 09:56)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com:80/software/title/bljm60080.html (Wayback Machine: 2008-08-06 15:55)
↑ https://archive.is/7YJe0
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 https://steamdb.info/app/10520/ (Wayback Machine: 2017-05-22 03:01)
↑ http://store.steampowered.com/app/10520/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-09-13 01:42)
↑ http://store.steampowered.com:80/app/900633/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-09-15 00:13)
↑ Xbox LIVE Marketplace (en-US; Beijing-2008/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802534507f4) (Wayback Machine: 2016-10-12 10:46)

Olympics-themed games by Sega or on Sega consoles
Official Games
Olympic Gold (1992) \| Winter Olympics (1994) \| Olympic Summer Games (1996) \| (not Sega; 1998) \| Sydney 2000 (2000) \| (not Sega; 2002, 2004, 2006) \| Beijing 2008 (2008) \| Vancouver 2010 (2010) \| London 2012 (2012) \| Tokyo 2020 (2019)
Mario & Sonic
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) \| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) \| Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011) \| Mario & Sonic - London 2012 Virtual Card Album (2012) \| Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013) \| Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016) \| Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition (2016) \| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019) \| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition (2020)
Sonic at the Olympic Games (2008) \| Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2010) \| Sonic at the Olympic Games (2020)
Other
Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings (1995) \| Olympic Soccer (1996)

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