Sports / Sports - Athletics · 1983
Activision Decathlon (The)
Published by Activision
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Information
- Genre
- Sports - Athletics
- Controls
- Joystick
- Players
- 1, 2 (alt.), 2+
- Programmer(s)
- Crane, David
- Format
- NTSC
- Year
- 1983
- Publisher
- Activision
- Country
- USA
- Medium
- Cartridge
- Serial
- AZ-030
Votes / Statistics
Rating: 8.1/10 · Votes: 11 · Downloads: 9,548 · Hits: 46,813
Additional Comments
Two different versions of this game exist. The second version (packaged with a b&w manual) fixed the following infamous 'pole vault bug' in the original version: if you keep hitting the Fire button after letting go of the pole during the pole vault event, you can clear heights well beyond the intended limit of 5.6m.
Screenshots (12)
Cover Art (9)
Instructions (15)
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![The Activision Decathlon [French]](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/atari-2600-ad-decathlon-activision-dieu-stade.jpg?v=1613480226)
![The Activision Decathlon [Italian] · 1983](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/activision_decathlon_italy.jpg?v=1708890072)
![Pitfall! / Pitfall II / Decathlon / H.E.R.O. / Beamrider [French] · page 1/2 · 1984](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/activision_various_french.jpg?v=1612719044)
![Pitfall! / Pitfall II / Decathlon / H.E.R.O. / Beamrider [French] · page 2/2 · 1984](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/activision_various_french_2.jpg?v=1612719044)
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Comments (1)
Schabbl — 4 Jun 2009
I remember this game... Killed a lot of joysticks... and I had a round red wound in the middle of my right hand from shaking the original Atari joystick with a flat hand put on top of the stick... Haha! I loved it! Great game! Schabbl from Germany