The Olympics. Whether you revel in the excitement of the world’s
greatest athletes coming together every four years for a festival of sport; or are
already planning a way to escape the non-stop coverage of an overly corporate 2
weeks of men and women hitting balls with sticks or running around in circles,
there's no denying that it and gaming have strong ties. Whilst the games have
never set the world alight, many a bedroom has been host to a bout of wrist-aching
joystick waggling as school friends attempt to show that they are indeed faster
over the digital 100m. From Daley Thompson sponsored joystick breakers on the
8-bits, through pad breaking exploits on the Mega Drive and SNES, right through
to 90's gaming icons battling it out in strangely mismatched sporting events on
the latest Nintendo consoles, the Olympics and Gaming have been bedfellows for
some time.
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| They all bought PS2s at launch. The lamenting went on for years... |
The DC didn't escape its own little role in Olympic video
gaming, and with Rio 2016 fast approaching, it's time to look back at the trio
of Olympics themed games that hit Sega's little box of dreams, and perhaps take
time to look at just what the console could deliver when it came to re-creating
the Olympic spectacle.
