Olympic Summer Games (video game) Olympic Summer Games (video game) Olympic Summer Games is an official video game of the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. It is the successor to "Olympic Gold" and "Winter Olympics". It was the last "Olympic" video game released for the fourth generation of consoles, as well as the Game Boy. It follows the already common button mashing techniques of previous (and future) games, with the usual exceptions. It has 10 events (three more than "Olympic Gold"), with all but two based on track and field events. Unlike "Winter Olympics", there are no major differences between each event on different platforms. The
Olympic Summer Games (video game) final and have three extra attempts. The best result overall wins. In high jump and pole vault there aren't qualifying rounds; the players jump in turns until missing three consecutive jumps. In addition to fourth generation consoles, "Olympic Summer Games" was developed for the three major fifth generation consoles of the time: the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. However, the Saturn version, though completed, was never released. "GamePro"s Bruised Lee and Johnny Ballgame gave negative reviews to, respectively, the Genesis and Super NES versions. They criticized the bland, simplistic graphics, shortage of sound effects, repetitive music, and the