Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge Longplay (C64) [QHD]

Game Info --------------------------------------------------- Developer: Ocean Software Publisher: Ocean Software Year of Release: 1988 Game Review & Impressions --------------------------------------------------- I recorded a longplay of Daley Thompson's Decathlon, the first game from Ocean starring the celebrated decathlete, not too long ago and, it's fair to say, my hand and wrist almost broke from the ludicrously frantic joystick waggling that ensued. I undertook the challenge at the request of ‪@zappedpast3297‬, only to discover they meant the OTHER Daley Thompson game, namely this particular beast, which means I was about to get really sore all over again... Olympic Challenge is yet another game based on the Track and Field template set out by Konami, where the player must compete in a series of athletic events to earn the best times, scores and achievements possible. Events include 100m sprint, javelin, shot-put, discus, not to mention the ludicrous 1500m "long distance". Every event involves waggling the joystick from side to side to build up power or speed, guaranteed to grind your Zipstick microswitches into dust. Events like discus and javelin also involve pressing the fire button and timing angle of trajectory to hurl said objects the furthest distance possible, and pulling this off after battering the heck out of your waggling arm is easier said than done. If I'm honest, Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge is just a prettier version of the previous game, but one that's really devoid of any innovation. There's a series of training sections at the start of the game that involve, you guessed it, lots of waggling, which serves little purpose than to pay lip service to Lucozade, the first of the game's official sponsors, while an utterly pointless pre-amble to each event involving selecting the correct pair of Adidas training shoes, the second. It's all nicely presented, but it's dull and frustrating experience with occasional bugs that's just unrewarding to play. Video Notes --------------------------------------------------- Pole-vault event glitched after beating the maximum possible bar height Chapters --------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 02:50 Training mode 04:22 100 Metres 04:43 Long Jump 05:21 Shot Put 06:20 High Jump 08:50 400 Metres 09:51 110 Metre Hurdles 10:19 Discus 11:30 Pole-vault 14:48 Javelin 16:21 1500 Metres 18:38 Medal Ceremony