Sports / Sports - Athletics · 1988

Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge

Published by Ocean Software · Developed by Choice Software

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Information

Genre: Sports - Athletics
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Gordon, Colin, Pearce, Sean, Johnson, Peter
Graphic Artist(s): Johnson, Peter
Game design: [unknown]
Musician(s): Dunn, Jonathan
Sound FX: [unknown]
Year: 1988
Publisher: Ocean Software
Distributor: -
Developer: Choice Software
Licensed from: -
Country: United Kingdom
Software: English
Box/Instructions: English, French, German, Finnish
License: Commercial
ST Type: ST, 0.5MB
Number of Disks: 2, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.6/10 · Votes: 5 · Downloads: 3,179 · Hits: 8,288

Screenshots (3)

Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge — screenshot 1

Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge — screenshot 2

Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge — screenshot 3

Cover Art (4)

Disk 1

Disk 2

Disk 3

Disk 4

Instructions (4)

Instructions page 1

Instructions page 2

Instructions page 3

Instructions page 4

Ads (5)

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Records (1)

Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge Soundtrack

Article (1)

Tips (1)

Trivia (3)

Graphics

The graphics were originally digized from VHS-tape with Atari ST and black and white digizer. After a lot of retouching they were ready for the game.

Source: Peter Johnson interview at codetapper.com

Origins

Endorsed by an English decathlete Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson whose sports career was active between 1975-1992

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 11 (2/1989)
Months on charts: 2 between 1/1989 - 2/1989