Olympic Decathlon Olympic Decathlon Olympic Decathlon is a sports game written by Timothy W. Smith for the TRS-80 and published in 1980 by Microsoft. In the game, the player competes in ten track and field events. The gold medalist for decathlon in the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics, Bruce Jenner, is a character. It was ported to the Apple II in 1981. The 1982 version for the IBM PC was renamed Microsoft Decathlon. The ten events in the game are the 100m run, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m run, 100m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1500m run. The running events
Bruce Jenner's World Class Decathlon Bruce Jenner's World Class Decathlon Bruce Jenner's World Class Decathlon is a 1996 computer game. In the game, the player participates in a Decathlon. The gold medalist for decathlon in the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics, Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner), also appears as a character in the 1981/1982 game "Olympic Decathlon"/"Microsoft Decathlon". A reviewer for "Next Generation" panned the game for its lack of depth and intensity, elaborating, "All that's involved is clicking a mouse button a few times at the right moments in each event, which makes the game about as exciting as re-arranging your Windows desktop." "GameSpot"s Hugo